Genesis 48:8:2Gen.48.8.W2PAT
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EHL
- IPA
- /jis.raː.ˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Israel
- French
- Israël
- Spanish
- Israel
- Portuguese
- Israel
- German
- Israel
- Russian
- Израиль
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِسْرَائِيل
- 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
Result
יִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֖ל
↓
yis + ra + el
↓
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)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YAR yis-ra-EL et-be-NEI yo-SEF
- sentence
va-YAR yis-ra-EL et-be-NEI yo-SEF va-YO-mer mi-EL-leh
In context — Genesis 48:8
{And} {He} saw Israel the sons of Joseph He said who are these
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 48:8, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (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.48.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.8.W2.S1) and character.