Israel

See also Ísrael, Israël, and İsrael

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭzʹrāəl, ĭzʹrēəl; IPA: /ˈɪzreɪəl/, /ˈɪzriəl/; X-SAMPA: /"IzreI@l/, /"Izri@l/.

  (In singing also) enPR: ĭzʹrīĕl; IPA: /ˈɪzraɪɛl/; X-SAMPA: /"IzraIEl/

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Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”), which, in Biblical Hebrew, means "he who wrestles with God" (a Biblical name for Jacob after he wrestles with an adversary).

Proper noun

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) A nation 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. (biblical) A name given to Jacob (Genesis 32:28).
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 32:28

     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.

7. A male given name.

Synonyms

• (State of Israel): the Jewish State, the State of Israel
• (Land of Israel): Canaan, the Holy Land, the Land of Israel, the Levant, Palestine
• (ancient kingdom): Ephraim
• (the Jews): the Children of Israel

Usage notes

• (Land of Israel): The use of the name Israel to refer to the region is sometimes seen as politically or emotionally charged; indeed, this is true of all terms for this region.

Derived terms

• Israeli
• Israelite

Translations

the state

• Albanian: Izraeli (sq)
• Amharic: እስራኤል (am) (əsra'el)
• Arabic: إسرائيل (ar) ('isra'íl) m
• Armenian: Իսրայել (hy) (Israyel)
• Azeri: İsrail (az)
• Belarusian: Ізраіль (be) (Izráil’) m
• Bengali: ইসরায়েল (bn) (israyel)
• Breton: Israel (br)
• Bulgarian: Израел (bg) (Izráel) m
• Burmese: အစ္စရေး (my) (iʿsẏè)
• Catalan: Israel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以色列 (cmn) (Yǐsèliè)

• Czech: Izrael (cs)
• Danish: Israel (da), Staten Israel (da)
• Dutch: Israël (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཨིཛ་རཱེལ་ (dz)
• Esperanto: Israelo (eo), Izraelo (eo)
• Estonian: Iisrael (et)
• Finnish: Israel (fi)
• French: Israël (fr) m
• Georgian: ისრაელი (ka) (israeli)
• German: Israel (de) n
• Greek: Ισραήλ (el) (Israíl) n
• Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל (he) (yiśra'ēl) m
• Hindi: इस्राइल (hi) (isrā'il) m
• Hungarian: Izrael (hu)
• Icelandic: Ísrael (is)
• Indonesian: Israel (id)
• Interlingua: Israel (ia)
• Irish: Iosrael (ga) m, Stát Iosrael (ga) m
• Italian: Israele (it)
• Japanese: イスラエル (ja) (isuraeru)
• Kalenjin: Israel
• Kamba: Israel
• Kannada: ಇಸ್ರೇಲ್ (kn) (isrel)
• Kazakh: Израиль (kk) (Ïzraïl)
• Khmer: អ៊ីស្រាអែល (km) (iisraa’ael)
• Kikuyu: Israel
• Korean: 이스라엘 (ko) (Iseura-el)
• Kyrgyz: Израиль (ky) (İzrail)
• Lao: ອິດສະລະແອນ (lo) (itsala'ǣn)
• Latin: Israel (la)
• Latvian: Izraēla (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Izraelis (lt) m, Izraelio Valstybė (lt) f
• Livonian: Izraēl, Jūdõmō

• Luo: Israel
• Macedonian: Израел (mk) (Ízrael) m
• Malay: Israel (ms)
• Maltese: Iżrael (mt)
• Mansoanka: Israeli
• Marathi: इस्रायल (mr) (isrāyal), इस्रायल (mr) (isrāyal)
• Meru: Israel
• Mongolian: Израйль (mn) (Izrajl')
• Navajo: Ízrel bikéyah
• Neapolitan: Isdraele
• Norwegian: Israel (no)
• Old Church Slavonic: Їздраил҄ь
• Oriya: ଇସ୍ରାଏଲ (or)
• Pashto: اسرايل (ps)
• Persian: اسرائیل (fa) (Esrâ’il)
• Polish: Izrael (pl) m
• Portuguese: Israel (pt)
• Romanian: Israel (ro) n
• Russian: Израиль (ru) (Izráil’) m
• Samogitian: Izraelės m, Izraele Valstībė f
• Sanskrit: इस्रेल (sa), इस्रेल (sa) (isrēla)
• Scottish Gaelic: Iosrael (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Израел (sh) m

  Roman: Izrael (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ඊශ්‍රායෙලය (si) (īśrāyelaya)
• Slovak: Izrael (sk)
• Slovene: Ízrael (sl) m
• Spanish: Israel (es) m
• Swahili: Israeli (sw)
• Swedish: Israel (sv)
• Tagalog: Israel (tl)
• Tajik: Исроил (tg) (Isroil)
• Tamil: இஸ்ரேல் (ta) (isrēl)
• Tatar: Исраил (tt) (İsrail)
• Thai: ประเทศอิสราเอล (th) (bpràtâyt ìtsàrăa-ayn), อิสราเอล (th) (ìt-sà-răa-ayn)
• Tibetan: ཨི་སི་ར་ཨེལ། (bo)
• Turkish: İsrail (tr)
• Turkmen: Izrail (tk)
• Ukrainian: Ізраїль (uk) (Izrájil’) m
• Urdu: اسرائیل (ur) (isrā'il) m
• Uzbek: Isroil (uz)
• Veps: Izrail'
• Vietnamese: Israel (vi), Ixraen (vi)
• Yiddish: ישׂראל (yi) (Yisroel)

Biblical: name gven to Jacob

• Catalan: Israel (ca) m
• French: Israël (fr) m
• Hebrew: ישראל (he) (yisra'el) m

• Spanish: Israel (es) m

given name

• Catalan: Israel (ca) m

• Hebrew: ישראל (he) (yisra'el) m

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Israel
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Irving
• Zionistan

Anagrams

• ariels
• realis
• resail
• sailer
• serial

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Catalan

Proper noun

Israel m

1. Israel
2. A male given name

Related terms

• israelià

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Finnish

Wikipedia ^fi

Proper noun

Israel

1. Israel

Declension

Declension of Israel (type risti) singular plural nominative Israel – genitive Israelin – partitive Israelia – accusative Israel Israelin – inessive Israelissa – elative Israelista – illative Israeliin – adessive Israelilla – ablative Israelilta – allative Israelille – essive Israelina – translative Israeliksi – instructive – – abessive Israelitta – comitative – –

Anagrams

• laseri

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Israel n

1. Israel

Derived terms

• israelisch
• israelitisch
• Israelit
• Israelitin
• Israeli

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Israel n

1. Israel

Derived terms

• israeler
• israelsk

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Romanian

Wikipedia ^ro

Etymology

Hebrew ישראל

Pronunciation

• IPA: [is.ra.el]

Proper noun

Israel n

1. Israel

Declension

    declension of Israel

gender n	uncountable
Nominative/Accusative (Unarticulated)	Israel
Nominative/Accusative (Definite articulation)	Israelul
Genitive/Dative (Definite articulation)	Israelului

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Israel m

1. Israel
2. Jacob

Quotations

• 1602, Casiodoro de Reina, La Santa Biblia, rev., Génesis 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.

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Proper noun

Israel n

1. Israel