Numbers 5:2:3Num.5.2.W3TAB
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yis-rah-EL
- IPA
- /jisraˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
TSA-v ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL vi-shal-KHU min-ha-ma-KHA-neh kol-tsa-RU-a ve-KOL-zav
- sentence
TSA-v ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL vi-shal-KHU min-ha-ma-KHA-neh kol-tsa-RU-a ve-KOL-zav ve-KOL ta-MEI la-NA-fesh
Exegesis
The following particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks the definite direct object benei yisrael {בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-nê yiś-rā-ʾêl} ‘sons of Israel’.
In context — Numbers 5:2
Command the sons of Israel, and let them send away from the camp every leper and everyone with a discharge , and everyone unclean because of a dead body.
About this coordinate
Numbers 5:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 5:2, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yisrael) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.5.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.5.2.W3.S1) and character.