ישראל
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See also: ישׂראל
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(j)is.ʁaˈ(ʔ)el/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /jis.rɔ.ejl/, /jis.ru.ajl/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /jis.raˈ(ʔ)el/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /jis.rɔːˈʔeːl/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /jiɬ.raːˈʔil/ → /jis.raːˈʔeːl/
Audio (Israel): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/220px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png)
יִשְׂרָאֵל • (yisra'él) f
- Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
- the Kingdom of Israel
Derived terms
[edit]- אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל
- חלב ישראל (khaláv yisraél)
- יִשְׂרְאֵלִי
- יִשְׂרְאֵלִיּוּת (yisraeliyút, “Israeliness”)
- עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל
- בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
- מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל
- צְבָא הֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל (ts'vá haganá l'yisra'él)
Proper noun
[edit]יִשְׂרָאֵל • (yisra'él) m
- 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.’
- vayómer ló ya'akóv ye'amér ód shim'khá kí im-yisra'él ki-saríta im-elohím v'im-anashím vatukhál.
- 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.
- a male given name, Yisrael, equivalent to English Israel
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
- → Ancient Greek: Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl)
- → Moabite: 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 (yšrʾl)
- → Yiddish: ישׂראל (yisroel)
References
[edit]- Sachsse, Eduard (1910) Die Bedeutung des Namens Israel. Eine quellen-kritische Untersuchung [The meaning of the name Israel. A source-critical investigation.][1] (in German), Bonn: Carl Georgi, Universitäts-Buchdruckerei und Verlag