Izraēla

See also: Izraēlā

Latvian

Izraēla (Eirāzijā)

Izraēlas karogs

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”), which, in Biblical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew, means "he who wrestles with God" (a Biblical name for Jacob after he wrestles with an adversary, later extended to cover the Jewish people and their land).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Izraēla f (4th declension)

1. Israel (a Jewish state in the Near East, in Asia)

   Izraēlas karogs ― the flag of Izrael

   Izraēlas premjerministrs ― the prime minister of Israel

   1974. gadu Izraēlā dzīvoja 5 473 100 iedzīvotāju ― in 1974, 5 473 000 people lived in Israel

2. (historical) Israel (a nation that in ancient times occupied roughly the same area as the State of Israel)

Declension

Declension of Izraēla (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Izraēla	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Izraēlu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Izraēlas	—
dative (datīvs)	Izraēlai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Izraēlu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Izraēlā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Izraēla	—

Synonyms

• Izraēlas Valsts

Related terms

• izraēlietis, izraēliete
• izraēlisks