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title: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי — a Jisreelite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (3481), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a Jisreelite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִשְׂרְאֵלִי

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«יִשְׂרְאֵלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a Jisreelite** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 3481 · **BDB:** יִשְׂרְאֵלִי

### Glosses

Israelite (1); the.Israelite\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a Jisreelite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3481/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3481/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of foregoing;—m. הַיִּשׂ׳ Lv 24:10; f. הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית v 10, 11, cf. v 10.—2 S 17:25 הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִי, 𝔊A Th We Dr al. (so ‖ 1 Ch 2:19).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִשְׂרְאֵלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3481/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 24:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.24.10/)

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וַיֵּצֵא֙ בֶּן־אִשָּׁ֣ה יִשְׂרְאֵלִ֔ית וְהוּא֙ בֶּן־אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּנָּצוּ֙ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה בֶּ֚ן הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔ית וְאִ֖ישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out a.son of.a.woman Israelite and he \[was\].a.son of.a.man Egyptian among the.people of.Israel and they.struggled.together in the camp the.son of the.Israelite.\[woman\] and the.man of the.Israelite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp.

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[2 Samuel 17:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.25/)

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וְאֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֗א שָׂ֧ם אַבְשָׁלֹ֛ם תַּ֥חַת יוֹאָ֖ב עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א וַעֲמָשָׂ֣א בֶן־אִ֗ישׁ וּשְׁמוֹ֙ יִתְרָ֣א הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־בָּא֙ אֶל־אֲבִיגַ֣ל בַּת־נָחָ֔שׁ אֲח֥וֹת צְרוּיָ֖ה אֵ֥ם יוֹאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and (et) Amasa he.had.appointed Absalom in.place.of Joab over the army and Amasa \[was\].a.son of.a.man and name his \[was\].Jether the Israelite who he.had.gone into Abigail the.daughter of.Nahash the.sister of.Zeruiah the.mother of.Joab

*JPS 1917:* And Absalom had set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Jesraelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

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