إسرائيل

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Arabic[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrāʾēl).

Proper noun[edit]

إِسْرَائِيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) m

  1. Israel (the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)
    Synonym: يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:4:
      يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ ٱلَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَالَمِينَ
      yā banī ʔisrāʔīla ḏkurū niʕmatiya llatī ʔanʕamtu ʕalaykum wa-ʔannī faḍḍaltukum ʕalā l-ʕālamīna
      Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds.
  2. Israel (northern kingdom opposite Judah)
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — إِسْرَائِيل
ʔisrāʔīl 		—
Nominative — إِسْرَائِيلُ
ʔisrāʔīlu 		—
Accusative — إِسْرَائِيلَ
ʔisrāʔīla 		—
Genitive — إِسْرَائِيلَ
ʔisrāʔīla 		—
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Israeli Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él).

Proper noun[edit]

إِسْرَائِيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) f

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)
    Synonym: (derogatory or euphemistic) الكِيَانْ الصِّهْيُونِيّ (al-kiyān aṣ-ṣihyūniyy)
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — إِسْرَائِيل
ʔisrāʔīl 		—
Nominative — إِسْرَائِيلُ
ʔisrāʔīlu 		—
Accusative — إِسْرَائِيلَ
ʔisrāʔīla 		—
Genitive — إِسْرَائِيلَ
ʔisrāʔīla 		—
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “إسرائيل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

إسرائيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) f

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Related terms[edit]

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