Israel

English

Flag of the State of Israel
Location map of the State of Israel, with disputed territories shown in light green

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English Israel, from Old English, borrowed from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, Israel).[1][2] In the Bible, it is said to be from the name יִשְׂרֶה אֵל (yisré 'él) given to Jacob in Genesis 32:29, after which his descendants came to be known as Israelites and their land as the "kingdom/land of Israel". The personal name, already attested in Eblaite 𒅖𒊏𒅋 (iš-ra-il) and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎌𐎗𐎛𐎍 (yšrỉl),[3] has been variously translated as "he wrestles with God", "he prevails with God",[4] or "God rules" (possibly from the same root ש־ר־ה/ש־ר־ר as שָׂרָה (Sarah)).[5]

Line 27 of the Merneptah Stele (from about 1200 BCE) is thought to contain the earliest attestation of the name Israel in any language, Egyptian ysrjꜣr (although alternative readings have been proposed, such as Jezreel):





Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭzʹrāəl, ĭzʹrēəl; IPA(key): /ˈɪzɹeɪəl/, /ˈɪzɹi.əl/.
    (In singing also) enPR: ĭzʹrīĕl; IPA(key): /ˈɪzɹaɪɛl/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Israel

  1. The State of Israel, a modern country in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
  2. The Land of Israel, a region that is roughly coextensive with the State of Israel.
  3. (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied roughly the same area in ancient times.
  4. (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of this area, as distinct from Judah.
  5. The Jews, taken collectively.
  6. A male given name, notably borne by Jacob (after Genesis 32:28).

Usage notes

  • (region): The use of Israel to refer to the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea has been, since the latter half of the 20th century, sometimes seen as politically or emotionally charged; indeed, this is true of all terms for this region.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Israel
  • Appendix:Countries of the world
  • Irving (surname used to anglicize Israel)
  • Zion, Judea

References

  1. Israel” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. Israel” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
  3. Michael G. Hasel, Domination and Resistance: Egyptian Military Activity in the Southern Levant (Brill, 1998)
  4. James P. Boyd, Bible dictionary (Ottenheimer Publishers, 1958)
  5. Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis: Chapters 18–50 (NICOT, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995)

Further reading

Anagrams


Asturian

Proper noun

Israel ?

  1. Israel (the state)
  • israelín

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /iz.ɾəˈɛl/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /iz.ɾaˈɛl/

Proper noun

Israel m

  1. Israel
  2. A male given name, equivalent to English Israel

Finnish

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel

Declension

Inflection of Israel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Israel
genitive Israelin
partitive Israelia
illative Israeliin
singular plural
nominative Israel
accusative nom. Israel
gen. Israelin
genitive Israelin
partitive Israelia
inessive Israelissa
elative Israelista
illative Israeliin
adessive Israelilla
ablative Israelilta
allative Israelille
essive Israelina
translative Israeliksi
instructive
abessive Israelitta
comitative

Derived terms

Anagrams


German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪsʀaeːl/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Israel n (genitive Israels)

  1. Israel
  2. Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob
    • Lutherbibel 1912, 1.Mose 32, 29 (Luther Bible 1912, Genesis 32:29):
      Er sprach: Du sollst nicht mehr Jakob heißen, sondern Israel; denn du hast mit Gott und mit Menschen gekämpft und bist obgelegen.

Synonyms

  • (State of Israel): Staat Israel (official name)

Derived terms

  • israelisch
  • Israeli
  • israelisieren
  • israelfeindlich
  • israelfreundlich
  • israelkritisch
  • antiisraelisch
  • proisraelisch

Latin

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Isrāēl m (indeclinable)
Isrāēl m (genitive Isrāēlis); third declension

  1. Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob
    • Nova Vulgata, Genesis 32, 29:
      At ille: “ Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob amplius appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israel: quoniam certasti cum Deo et cum hominibus et praevaluisti! ”.
  2. (New Latin) Israel, a country in the Middle East

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Isrāēl
Genitive Isrāēlis
Dative Isrāēlī
Accusative Isrāēlem
Ablative Isrāēle
Vocative Isrāēl

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel

Derived terms


Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel

Derived terms


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, Israel). Displaced Old Portuguese Irrael.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /iʒ.ʁɐ.ˈɛɫ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌiz.ʁa.ˈɛw/
  • Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧el

Proper noun

Israel m

  1. Israel (a historical region in the southern Levant)
  2. Israel (a country in the Middle East, Asia, Asia)
  3. A male given name, equivalent to English Israel

Usage notes

Israel is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ישראל.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.ra.ˈel/

Proper noun

Israel n

  1. Israel

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /isɾaˈel/, [izɾaˈel]

Proper noun

Israel m

  1. Israel
  2. Jacob
  3. A male given name, equivalent to English Israel

Swedish

Proper noun

Israel n (genitive Israels)

  1. Israel

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Israel (Israel).

Proper noun

Israél

  1. Israel
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