Numbers 6:2:3Num.6.2.W3TAB

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

yisrael

Israel

Transliteration
yis-ra-EL
Extended
yis-rah-EIL
IPA
/jis.raˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English
Israel

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֔ל
yis + ra + el
yisrael

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    yis-ra-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM

  4. sentence

    da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ISH o-i-SHAH KI yaf-LEE lin-DOR NE-der na-ZIR le-ha-ZIR la-ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The phrase el benei yisrael {אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel benē yiśrāʾēl} ‘to the sons of Israel’ specifies the audience.

In contextNumbers 6:2

Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “If a man or a woman distinctly makes a vow of a Nazirite to set himself or herself apart to the LORD .”

About this coordinate

Numbers 6:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 6:2, 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.6.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.6.2.W3.S1) and character.