ישראל

See also: ישׂראל

Hebrew

Etymology

The name given to Jacob in the Bible (

Tanach, 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

• IPA^(key): /is.ʁaˈ(ʔ)el/
• IPA^(key): /jis.rɔ.ejl/, /jis.ru.ajl/
• IPA^(key): /jis.raˈ(ʔ)el/
• IPA^(key): /jis.rɔːˈʔeːl/
• IPA^(key): /jiɬ.raːˈʔeːl/ → /jis.raːˈʔeːl/

Proper noun

דגל ישראל

יִשְׂרָאֵל • (yisra'él) m

1. Israel (the alternative name of Jacob)
   • Tanach, Genesis 32:29:

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     JPS

     
     

     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. the State of Israel (a country in Asia)
4. the Kingdom of Israel
5. a male given name, Yisrael, equivalent to English Israel

Related terms

• אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל
• יִשְׂרְאֵלִי
• יִשְׂרְאֵלִיּוּת (yisraeliyút, “Israeliness”)
• עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל
• בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
• מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל

Descendants

• → Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
• → Ancient Greek: Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl)
  • Greek: Ισραήλ (Israḯl)
  • → Latin: Isrāēl
    • → English: Israel
    • → German: Israel
    • Portuguese Israel
  • → Russian: Изра́иль (Izráilʹ)
• → Moabite: 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 (yšrʾl)
• → Yiddish: ישׂראל (yisroel)