ישראל

See also: ישׂראל

Hebrew

Etymology

The name given to Jacob in the Bible (Genesis 32:29), said to be from יִשְׂרֶה אֵל (yisré 'él), after which his descendants came to be known as Israelites and their land as the "kingdom/land of Israel". See Israel for more.

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Biblical) IPA^(key): /jiɬ.raːˈʔil/
• (Samaritan) IPA^(key): /jiʃ.rɒ.el/ [jiʃˈrɒː.ʔəl]
• (Tiberian) IPA^(key): /jis.rɔːˈʔeːl/ [jis.rˤɔːˈʔeːel]
• (Yemenite) IPA^(key): /jis.rɔˈʔel/ [jis.rɔːˈʔeːl]
• (Sephardi) IPA^(key): /jis.raˈ(ʔ)el/
• (Ashkenazi) IPA^(key): /jis.rɔˈ(ʔ)ejl/, /jis.ruˈ(ʔ)ajl/
• (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /(j)is.ʁaˈ(ʔ)el/

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Proper noun

דגל ישראל

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תל אביב

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סוּרְיָה

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פָלַסְטִין

יִשְׂרָאֵל

יַרְדֵּן

מִצְרַיִם

סָעוּדְיָה

עִירָאק

טוּרְקְיָה

קַפְרִיסִין

הַיָּם הַתִּיכוֹן

יַם סוּף

נִילוּס

פְּרָת

חִידֶּקֶל

יִשְׂרָאֵל • (yisra'él) f

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
2. (biblical, historical) the Kingdom of Israel

Derived terms

• אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (ahavát yisra'él, “love of one's fellow Jew”)
• אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל (éretz yisraél, “the land of Israel”)
• בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (b'ne yisraél, “children of Israel, Jewish people”)
• חלב ישראל (khaláv yisra'él)
• יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (yisr'elí, “Israeli, an Israelite”)
• יִשְׂרְאֵלִיּוּת (yisr'eliyut, “Israeliness”)
• מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (medinát yisra'él, “State of Israel”)
• עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל (am yisra'él, “the whole of Israel, the Jewish people”)
• פַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל (pat yisra'él, “Israelite bread, grain products prepared by Orthodox Jews”)
• צְבָא הֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל (ts'vá haganá l'yisra'él, “Israeli Defence Forces”)

Proper noun

יִשְׂרָאֵל • (yisra'él) m

1. Israel (the alternative name of Jacob)
   • Tanach, Genesis 32:29, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֹד שִׁמְךָ כִּי אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־שָׂרִיתָ עִם־אֱלֹהִים וְעִם־אֲנָשִׁים וַתּוּכָל׃

     vayómer ló ya'akóv ye'amér ód shim'khá kí im-yisra'él ki-saríta im-elohím v'im-anashím vatukhál.
     wayyṓmer lō yaʿăqōḇ yēʾāmēr ʿōḏ šiməḵā kī-ʾim-yiśrāʾēl kī śārī́ṯā ʿim-ʾĕlōhīm wəʾim-ʾănāšīm wattūḵāl.

     And he said: ‘Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.’

2. the children of Israel, the Jewish people
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 6:4, with translation of Robert Alter:

     שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֶחָֽד:

     shĕmaʿ yisrāʾēl ăḏonay ĕloheynu ăḏonay eḥāḏ

     Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

3. a male given name, Yisrael, equivalent to English Israel

Descendants

• → Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
• → Ancient Greek: Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), Ῐ̓σρᾱήλος (Ĭsrāḗlos) — Josephus
  • Greek: Ισραήλ (Israḯl)
  • → Coptic: ⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ (israēl)
    • → Old Nubian: ⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ (israēl), ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ (pisraēl), ⲡⲓⲏⲗ (piēl)
      • Nobiin: Israīl
  • → Old Armenian: Իսրայէլ (Israyēl)
    • Armenian: Իսրայել (Israyel)
  • → Gothic: 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻 (israēl)
  • → Latin: Isrāēl (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: Изра́иль (Izráilʹ)
• → Judeo-Tat: Isroil
• → Lishanid Noshan: ישראל (yəsrāʾel)
• → Moabite: 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
• → Yiddish: ישׂראל (yisroel)