Israel

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English

Flag of the State of Israel
Location map of the State of Israel, with disputed territories shown in light green

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English Israel, from Old English, borrowed from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, Israel).[1][2] In the Bible, it is said to be from the name יִשְׂרֶה אֵל (yisré 'él) given to Jacob in

, after which his descendants came to be known as Israelites and their land as the "kingdom/land of Israel". The personal name, already attested in Eblaite 𒅖𒊏𒅋 (iš-ra-il) and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎌𐎗𐎛𐎍 (yšrỉl),[3] has been variously translated as "he wrestles with God", "he prevails with God",[4] or "God rules" (possibly from the same root ש־ר־ה/ש־ר־ר as שָׂרָה (Sarah)).[5]

Line 27 of the Merneptah Stele (from about 1200 B.C.E.) is thought to contain the earliest attestation of the name Israel in any language, Egyptian ysrjꜣr.

iiz
Z1s Z1s
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Z1 T14
A1 B1
Z2

Doublet of Yisroel.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭzʹrā-əl, ĭzʹrē-əl; IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/, /ˈɪz.ɹi.əl/
    (formal and posh RP) enPR: ĭzʹrā-ĕl; IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.ɛl/
    (in singing, also) enPR: ĭzʹrī-ĕl; IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹaɪ.ɛl/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Israel (plural Israels)

  1. The State of Israel, a modern country in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
  2. The Land of Israel, the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people, a region that is roughly coextensive with the State of Israel.
  3. (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied roughly the same area in ancient times.
  4. (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of this area, as distinct from Judah.
  5. The Jews, taken collectively.
  6. A male given name from Hebrew, notably borne by Jacob (after Genesis 32:28).
  7. A surname.

Usage notes

  • (region): The use of Israel to refer to the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea has been, since the latter half of the 20th century, sometimes seen as politically or emotionally charged; indeed, this is true of all terms for this region.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

  1. ^ Israel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ^ Israel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^ Michael G. Hasel, Domination and Resistance: Egyptian Military Activity in the Southern Levant (Brill, 1998)
  4. ^ James P. Boyd, Bible dictionary (Ottenheimer Publishers, 1958)
  5. ^ Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis: Chapters 18–50 (NICOT, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995)

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

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Etymology

Inherited from Dutch Israël, from Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Jerusalem)

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /israˈel/, [iz.raˈel]

Proper noun

Israel m

  1. Israel (the state)

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Israel m

  1. Israel
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Israel

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈisrɑel/, [ˈis̠rɑ̝e̞l]
  • Rhymes: -isrɑel
  • Syllabification(key): Is‧ra‧el

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel

Declension

Inflection of Israel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Israel
genitive Israelin
partitive Israelia
illative Israeliin
singular plural
nominative Israel
accusative nom. Israel
gen. Israelin
genitive Israelin
partitive Israelia
inessive Israelissa
elative Israelista
illative Israeliin
adessive Israelilla
ablative Israelilta
allative Israelille
essive Israelina
translative Israeliksi
abessive Israelitta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Israel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Israelini
accusative nom. Israelini
gen. Israelini
genitive Israelini
partitive Israeliani
inessive Israelissani
elative Israelistani
illative Israeliini
adessive Israelillani
ablative Israeliltani
allative Israelilleni
essive Israelinani
translative Israelikseni
abessive Israelittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Israelisi
accusative nom. Israelisi
gen. Israelisi
genitive Israelisi
partitive Israeliasi
inessive Israelissasi
elative Israelistasi
illative Israeliisi
adessive Israelillasi
ablative Israeliltasi
allative Israelillesi
essive Israelinasi
translative Israeliksesi
abessive Israelittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Israelimme
accusative nom. Israelimme
gen. Israelimme
genitive Israelimme
partitive Israeliamme
inessive Israelissamme
elative Israelistamme
illative Israeliimme
adessive Israelillamme
ablative Israeliltamme
allative Israelillemme
essive Israelinamme
translative Israeliksemme
abessive Israelittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Israelinne
accusative nom. Israelinne
gen. Israelinne
genitive Israelinne
partitive Israelianne
inessive Israelissanne
elative Israelistanne
illative Israeliinne
adessive Israelillanne
ablative Israeliltanne
allative Israelillenne
essive Israelinanne
translative Israeliksenne
abessive Israelittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Israelinsa
accusative nom. Israelinsa
gen. Israelinsa
genitive Israelinsa
partitive Israeliaan
Israeliansa
inessive Israelissaan
Israelissansa
elative Israelistaan
Israelistansa
illative Israeliinsa
adessive Israelillaan
Israelillansa
ablative Israeliltaan
Israeliltansa
allative Israelilleen
Israelillensa
essive Israelinaan
Israelinansa
translative Israelikseen
Israeliksensa
abessive Israelittaan
Israelittansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin Israel, Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiːsʁaeːl]
  • IPA(key): [ˈɪsʁaeːl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "less common" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Audio:(file)
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  • Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧el

Proper noun

Israel

  1. (biblical) Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob
    • 1912, Lutherbibel 1912, 1.Mose 32, 29 (Luther Bible 1912, Genesis 32:29):
      Er sprach: Du sollst nicht mehr Jakob heißen, sondern Israel; denn du hast mit Gott und mit Menschen gekämpft und bist obgelegen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Proper noun

Israel n (proper noun, genitive Israels or (optionally with an article) Israel)

  1. Israel (a country in Western Asia)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Israel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Israel” in Duden online

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English Israel.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Adjective

Israel

  1. Israeli

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

From Dutch Israël, from Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל. Doublet of Israil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪsˈrael]
  • Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧él

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel:
    1. The State of Israel, a modern country in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
    2. The Land of Israel, a region that is roughly coextensive with the State of Israel.
    3. (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied roughly the same area in ancient times.
    4. (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of this area, as distinct from Judah.
    5. The Jews, taken collectively.
      Synonym: Yahudi

Further reading

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Israel

  1. (all senses) Israel

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl). The spelling Istrāhēl, from Ἰστρᾱήλ (Istrāḗl), was predominant until the dissemination of Jerome’s Vulgate (5th century CE), which popularized Isrāhēl. The h was gradually lost thereafter.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Isrāēl m sg (variously declined, genitive Isrāēl or Isrāēlis); indeclinable, third declension

  1. (Late Latin) Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.32.28:
      At ille: Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israhel: quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti quanto magis contra homines praevalebis.
  2. (New Latin) Israel, a country in the Middle East

Declension

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Isrāēl
Genitive Isrāēl
Isrāēlis
Dative Isrāēl
Isrāēlī
Accusative Isrāēl
Isrāēlem
Ablative Isrāēl
Isrāēle
Vocative Isrāēl

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Souter, Alexander (1949) “Istrahēl”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 222

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel

Derived terms

Plautdietsch

Noun

Israel n

  1. Israel

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, Israel). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese Irrael.

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /iʒ.ʁɐˈɛl/ [iʒ.ʁɐˈɛɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /iʒ.ʁɐˈɛ.li/

  • Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧el

Proper noun

Israel m

  1. Israel (a historical region in the southern Levant)
  2. Israel (a country in the Middle East, Asia)
  3. a male given name, equivalent to English Israel

Usage notes

Israel is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

Romanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ישראל.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Israel n

  1. Israel

Declension

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /israˈel/ [iz.raˈel]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: Is‧ra‧el

Proper noun

Israel m

  1. Israel
  2. Jacob
    • 1602, Casiodoro de Reina, La Santa Biblia, rev., Genesis 32:28
      Y él dijo: No se dirá más tu nombre Jacob, sino Israel: porque has peleado con Dios y con los hombres, y has vencido.
      And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. (KJV)
  3. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Israel

Derived terms

Anagrams

Swedish

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Proper noun

Israel n (genitive Israels)

  1. Israel

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Israel (Israel).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧el

  • IPA(key): /ʔisɾaˈʔel/, [ʔɪs.ɾɐˈʔɛl]

Proper noun

Israél (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜁᜎ᜔)

  1. Israel (a country in Western Asia)
  2. (biblical) Israel (a historical region in the southern Levant)
  3. a male given name, equivalent to English Israel

Welsh

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Proper noun

Israel f

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Israel unchanged unchanged Hisrael
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.