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Israel

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United States//ˈɪz.ɹeɪl//
  • //ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl//
  • //ˈɪz.ɹi.əl//

A country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Official name: State of Israel.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Official name: State of Israel.

    And you know how we train for the army? We don’t train for defensive warfare. If the war against Israel ever had to be fought on Israeli soil – do I have to tell you? –, it’s an impossibility. So it’s the same thing. Don’t let the war of words ever be fought about Israel’s nature!

    With Western support, Israel is plunging headfirst into slaughter.

  2. 2

    A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people.

  3. 3

    historicalAn ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel.

  4. 4

    historicalAn ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah.

  5. 5

    The Jews as a people, taken collectively.

    Hear O’ Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One

    For our ancestors, for us, for our children, for every generation of the people Israel, for all ages from the first to the last, His teachings are true, everlasting.

  6. 6

    A male given name from Hebrew.

    IF VOLFER is happy, Transportation Minister Israel Katz seems almost jubilant.

  7. 7

    A male given name from Hebrew. Another name for Jacob, notably after Genesis 32:28 and in later references.

    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.

  8. 8

    A surname.

  9. 9

    A barangay of Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.

    These are intended for the completion of the Construction of Level II Water System Project for barangays Mt. View, Little Baguio and Israel under the BuB-Water and Construction of Brgy. Bulongisan-Canaan Level II Water Supply under the SALINTUBIG Program.

Etymology

From Middle English Israel, from Old English, borrowed from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”). In the Bible, it is said to be from the name יִשְׂרֶה אֵל (yisré 'él) given to Jacob in he:T:29, 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), has been variously translated as "he wrestles with God", "he prevails with God", or "God rules" (possibly from the same root ש־ר־ה/ש־ר־ר as שָׂרָה (“Sarah”)). 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. : i-i-z:Z1s*Z1s:r-i-A-r:Z1*T14-A1*B1:Z2 Doublet of Yisroel.

Forms

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Israels
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