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 B.C.E.) is thought to contain the earliest attestation of the name Israel in any language, Egyptian ysrjꜣr.





Doublet of Yisroel.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭzʹrā-əl, ĭzʹrē-əl; IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/, /ˈɪz.ɹi.əl/
    (formal and posh RP) enPR: ĭzʹrā-ĕl; IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.ɛl/
    (in singing, also) enPR: ĭzʹrī-ĕl; IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹaɪ.ɛl/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Israel (plural Israels)

  1. The State of Israel, a modern country in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
  2. The Land of Israel, the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people, 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 from Hebrew, notably borne by Jacob (after Genesis 32:28).
  7. A surname.

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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /israˈel/, [iz.raˈel]

Proper noun

Israel m

  1. Israel (the state)
  • israelín

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Israel m

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

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Finnish

Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈisrɑel/, [ˈis̠rɑe̞l]
  • Rhymes: -isrɑel
  • Syllabification(key): Is‧ra‧el

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
Possessive forms of Israel (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Israelini Israelimme
2nd person Israelisi Israelinne
3rd person Israelinsa

Derived terms

Anagrams


German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin Israel, Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiːsʁaeːl]
  • IPA(key): [ˈɪsʁaeːl] (less common)
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧el

Proper noun

Israel

  1. (biblical) Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob
    • 1912, 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Proper noun

Israel n (proper noun, genitive Israels or (optionally with an article) Israel)

  1. Israel (a country in Western Asia)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

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

Further reading

  • Israel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Israel” in Duden online

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English Israel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /israel/

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Adjective

Israel

  1. Israeli

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch Israël, from Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל. Doublet of Israil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪsˈrael]
  • Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧él

Proper noun

Israel

  1. 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.
      Synonym: Yahudi

Further reading


Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /israˈel/

Proper noun

Israel

  1. (all senses) Israel

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl). The spelling Istrāhēl, from Ἰστραήλ (Istraḗl), was predominant until the dissemination of Jerome’s Vulgate (5th century CE), which popularized Isrāhēl. The h was gradually lost thereafter.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Isrāēl m sg (variously declined, genitive Isrāēl or Isrāēlis); indeclinable, third declension

  1. (Late Latin) Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis 32:28:
      At ille: Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israhel: quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti quanto magis contra homines praevalebis.
  2. (New Latin) Israel, a country in the Middle East

Declension

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

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

Derived terms

References

  1. Souter, Alexander (1949), Istrahēl”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 222

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel

Derived terms


Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Israel

  1. Israel

Derived terms


Plautdietsch

Noun

Israel n

  1. Israel

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /iz.ʁaˈɛw/ [iz.haˈɛʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /iʒ.ʁɐˈɛl/ [iʒ.ʁɐˈɛɫ]

  • 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)
  3. a male given name, equivalent to English Israel

Usage notes

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

Derived terms


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ישראל.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.ra.ˈel/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Israel n

  1. Israel

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /israˈel/ [iz.raˈel]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: Is‧ra‧el

Proper noun

Israel m

  1. Israel
  2. Jacob
  3. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Israel

Derived terms

Anagrams


Swedish

Proper noun

Israel n (genitive Israels)

  1. Israel

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Israel (Israel).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧el
  • IPA(key): /ʔisɾaˈʔel/, [ʔɪs.ɾɐˈʔel]

Proper noun

Israél

  1. Israel (a country in Western Asia)
  2. (biblical) Israel (a historical region in the southern Levant)

Welsh

Proper noun

Israel f

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

  • Gwladwriaeth Israel (State of Israel)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
Israel unchanged unchanged Hisrael
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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