Genesis 48:20:7Gen.48.20.W7PAT

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙

yisrael

“Israel”

Transliteration: yis-ra-EL
Extended: yis-rah-EHL
IPA: /jis.raː.ˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English: Israel
French: Israël
Spanish: Israel
Portuguese: Israel
German: Israel
Russian: Израиль
Arabic-Simplified: إِسْرَائِيلُ
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: Israele

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

יִשְׂ + רָ + אֵל֙

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yis + ra + el

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yisrael

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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
yis-ra-EL
phraseyour reading level
ye-va-REKH yis-ra-EL
clause
va-ye-va-ra-KHEM bai-YOM ha-HU le-MOR be-KHA ye-va-REKH yis-ra-EL le-MOR ye-sim-KHA e-lo-HIM ke-ef-RA-yim ve-khim-na-SHE
sentence
va-ye-va-ra-KHEM bai-YOM ha-HU le-MOR be-KHA ye-va-REKH yis-ra-EL le-MOR ye-sim-KHA e-lo-HIM ke-ef-RA-yim ve-khim-na-SHE va-YA-sem et-ef-RA-yim lif-NEI me-na-SHE

In context — Genesis 48:20

{And} he blessed them on the day that saying by you will bless Israel saying may make you God like Ephraim and like Manasseh {And} he placed Ephraim before Manasseh

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 48:20, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (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.48.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.20.W7.S1) and character.

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