Leviticus 18:2:3Lev.18.2.W3PAT
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yisrael
“Israel”
- Transliteration
- yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- yihs-rah-EL
- 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
- Israel
- Amharic
- እስራኤል
- Yoruba
- Israẹli
- Igbo
- Israel
- Twi
- Israel
- Ewe
- Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
יִשְׂ + רָ + אֵ֔ל
↓
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ah-mar-TA a-le-HEM
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ah-mar-TA a-le-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
In context — Leviticus 18:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them I LORD your God
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 18:2, 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 Lev.18.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.2.W3.S1) and character.