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إسرائيل

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrāʾēl).

Proper noun

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إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīlm

  1. Israel (the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)
    Synonym: يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:93:
      كُلُّ الطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلًّا لِّبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ التَّوْرَاةُ
      kullu ṭ-ṭaʕāmi kāna ḥillan li-banī ʔisrāʔīla ʔillā mā ḥarrama ʔisrāʔīlu ʕalā nafsi-hī min qabli ʔan tunazzala t-tawrātu
      All food was lawful unto the Children of Israel, save that which Israel forbade himself, (in days) before the Torah was revealed.
Declension
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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
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Israeli Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él).

Proper noun

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إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīlf

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)
    Synonym: (derogatory or euphemistic) الكِيَانْ الصِّهْيُونِيّ (al-kiyān aṣ-ṣihyūniyy)
Declension
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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
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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, Israel).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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إسرائيل (ʔisrāʔīlf

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)
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