Israel

== English == === Alternative forms === (abbreviation) Isr. (misspelling) Isreal (surname): Yisrael (obsolete): Israhel === Etymology === From Middle English Israel, from Old English, borrowed from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”). 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), has been variously translated as "he wrestles with God", "he prevails with God", or "God rules" (possibly from the same root ש־ר־ה/ש־ר־ר as שָׂרָה (“Sarah”)). 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/ (US) enPR: ĭzʹrāl; IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹeɪl/ (formal and posh RP) enPR: ĭzʹrā-ĕl; IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.ɛl/ (in singing also) enPR: ĭzʹrī-ĕl; IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹaɪ.ɛl/ (certain Carolina accents) IPA(key): /ˈɪz.ɹɛəl/ === Proper noun === Israel (countable and uncountable, plural Israels) A country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Official name: State of Israel. (biblical) A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. (historical) An ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel. (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah. (poetic, liturgical) The Jews as a people, taken collectively. A male given name from Hebrew. Another name for Jacob, notably after Genesis 32:28 and in later references. A surname. A barangay of Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. Synonym: Balian Israel — old name ==== Usage notes ==== (region): The use of Israel to refer to the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in a non-historical sense is (since the latter half of the 20th century) politically charged; indeed, this is true of all terms for this region. ==== Synonyms ==== (State of Israel): the State of Israel (official name), Israhell (derogatory), Jewsrael (derogatory), Zionistan (derogatory), Isn'treal (derogatory), Zionist entity (derogatory) (Land of Israel): the Land of Israel, Palestine, the Holy Land, Canaan (the Jews): the Children of Israel, the Israelites, Jewry, Zion ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Israelite Israelitic Israelitish ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: イスラエル (Isuraeru) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Countries of the world Irving (surname used to anglicize Israel) Zion, Judea === References === === Further reading === Israel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Ariels, Lieras, serial, serail, railes, resail, Sal Rei, ariels, Realis, sailer, Isreal, relais, Alires, Sailer, realis == Afrikaans == === Etymology === Inherited from Dutch Israël, from Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל. === Proper noun === Israel Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Related terms ==== == Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /israˈel/ [iz.raˈel] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: Is‧ra‧el === Proper noun === Israel m Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Related terms ==== israelín == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [iz.rəˈɛl] IPA(key): (Valencia) [iz.raˈɛl] === Proper noun === Israel m Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) a male given name, equivalent to English Israel ==== Related terms ==== israelià == Central Huasteca Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Israel Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Israel Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) == Danish == === Proper noun === Israel Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Derived terms ==== israeler israelsk ==== Related terms ==== israelit israelitisk == Finnish == === Etymology === From Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈisrɑel/, [ˈis̠rɑ̝e̞l] Rhymes: -isrɑel Syllabification(key): Is‧ra‧el Hyphenation(key): Is‧ra‧el === Proper noun === Israel Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== israelilainen === Anagrams === laseri == German == === Alternative forms === Israël (obsolete) === Etymology === Latin Israel, Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈiːsʁaʔeːl] IPA(key): [ˈɪsʁaʔeːl] (less common) Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧el === Proper noun === Israel (biblical) Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob 1912, Lutherbibel 1912, 1.Mose 32, 29 (Luther Bible 1912, Genesis 32:29): === Proper noun === Israel n (proper noun, genitive Israels or (optionally with an article) Israel) Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean; official name: Staat Israel) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Israel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Israel” in Duden online == Hunsrik == === Etymology === Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Israel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /israˈeːl/ Rhymes: -eːl Syllabification: Is‧ra‧el === Proper noun === Israel n Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === References === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Israel”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 83, column 2 == Iban == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Israel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /israel/ === Proper noun === Israel Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) === Adjective === Israel 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 Israel: a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean (biblical) A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people (historical) an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel (historical) an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah the Jews, taken collectively Synonym: Yahudi === Further reading === “Israel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /israˈel/ === Proper noun === Israel (all senses) Israel == Latin == === Alternative forms === Isrāhēl, Isdrāhēl, Istrāhēl Israël === Etymology === Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl). The spelling Istrāhēl, from Ἰστρᾱήλ (Istrāḗl), was predominant until the dissemination of Jerome’s Vulgate (5th century CE), which popularized Isrāhēl. The h was gradually lost thereafter. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪsˈraː.eːɫ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [isˈraː.el] === Proper noun === Isrāēl m sg (genitive Isrāēl or Isrāēlis); indeclinable, variously declined, third declension (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob (New Latin) Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Israel”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Middle English == === Alternative forms === irael, Irael, israhel, yrael, Yrael Israæl, Issraæl (Ormulum); Iraelle, Israele, Israhell, ysrail (Late Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English Israēl and Old French Israel, from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from the Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌizraˈɛːl/, /ˈizra.ɛl/, /ˌiːraˈɛːl/, /ˈiːra.ɛl/ === Proper noun === Israel The Land of Israel; the historical region of Israel. The ancient Kingdom of Israel. Any polity in the region of Israel (e.g. the Kingdom of Jerusalem or Kingdom of Judah) (rare) Christendom; the body of Christian believers. ==== Descendants ==== English: Israel (see there for further descendants) Middle Scots: Israel Scots: Israel ==== References ==== “Israēl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Israel Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Derived terms ==== israeler israelsk ==== Related terms ==== israelitt israelittisk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Israel Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Derived terms ==== israelar israelsk ==== Related terms ==== israelitt israelittisk == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Irael, Irrael, Isrrael, Jsrrael, Yrrael, Ysrael === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin Israel, borrowed from Koine Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל. === Proper noun === Israel m (biblical) Israel (a Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people) (biblical) Israel (another name for Jacob) ==== Descendants ==== Galician: Israel Portuguese: Israel (see there for further descendants) === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “[ijy]s?r+ael”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Plautdietsch == === Noun === Israel n Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Israel, a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin Israel, borrowed from Koine Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧el === Proper noun === Israel m (plural Israéis) Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean; official name: Estado de Israel) (biblical) Israel (a Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people) a male given name, equivalent to English Israel ==== Usage notes ==== Israel is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Israel == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hebrew ישראל. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /is.ra.ˈel/ === Proper noun === Israel n Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /israˈel/ [iz.raˈel] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: Is‧ra‧el (Latin America) IPA(key): [iz.ʐaˈel], (/ɾ/ realized as [ʐ] after /s/) === Proper noun === Israel m Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) Jacob a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Israel ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === liarse, raíles == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²iːsˌrɛːl/ Hyphenation: Is‧rael === Proper noun === Israel n (genitive Israels) Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Related terms ==== israel israelit ==== See also ==== === References === Israel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) Svensk MeSH == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Israel (“Israel”), from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔisɾaˈʔel/ [ʔɪs.ɾɐˈʔɛl] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: Is‧ra‧el === Proper noun === Israél (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜁᜎ᜔) Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) (biblical) Israel (a Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people) a male given name, equivalent to English Israel ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Israel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 == Welsh == === Etymology === Latin Israel, from Koine Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɪsraɨ̯l/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɪzrai̯l/ === Proper noun === Israel f Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean) ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Gwladwriaeth Israel (“State of Israel”) Israelaidd (“Israeli”, adjective) Israeliad (“Israelite; Israeli”, noun) === Mutation ===