Genesis 47:27:2Gen.47.27.W2PAT
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EHL
- IPA
- /jis.ra.ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Israel
- French
- Israël
- Spanish
- Israel
- Portuguese
- Israel
- German
- Israel
- Russian
- Израиль
- Arabic-Simplified
- إسرائيل
- Hindi
- इस्राएल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以色列
- Korean
- 이스라엘
- Indonesian
- Israel
- Bengali
- ইস্রায়েল
- Tagalog
- Israel
- Swahili
- Israeli
- Amharic
- እስራኤል
- Yoruba
- Israeli
- Igbo
- Izrel
- Twi
- Israel
- Ewe
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-shev yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YE-shev yis-ra-EL be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-E-rets GO-shen
- sentence
va-YE-shev yis-ra-EL be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-E-rets GO-shen va-ye-a-kha-ZU BAH va-yif-RU va-yir-BU me-OD
In context — Genesis 47:27
{And} settled Israel in the land of Egypt in the land of Goshen {And} they gained holdings in it they were fruitful they multiplied greatly
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 47:27, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (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 Gen.47.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.27.W2.S1) and character.