Israel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭzʹrā-əl
enpr: ĭzʹrē-əl
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹi.əl/
enpr: ĭzʹrāl
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹeɪl/
enpr: ĭzʹrā-ĕl
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.ɛl/
enpr: ĭzʹrī-ĕl
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹaɪ.ɛl/
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹɛəl/
Forms: form: Israels
form: Isr.
form: Isreal
form: Yisrael
form: 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 he:T: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.
: i-i-z:Z1s*Z1s:r-i-A-r:Z1*T14-A1*B1:Z2
Doublet of Yisroel.
Senses: examples: text: If we look at the Middle East, I think it’s about time we stop those of us, who support – as most of us do – Israel in this body, for apologizing for our support for Israel. There is no apology to be made. None. It is the best $3 billion investment we make. Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region; the United States would have to go out and invent an Israel.
ref: 1986 June 5, Joe Biden, 01:27:00 from the start, in Senate Session, C-SPAN:
text: And you know how we train for the army? We don’t train for defensive warfare. If the war against Israel ever had to be fought on Israeli soil – do I have to tell you? –, it’s an impossibility. So it’s the same thing. Don’t let the war of words ever be fought about Israel’s nature!
ref: 2019 December 3, Ruth Wisse, 31:04 from the start, in Global Anti-Semitism: A New or Old Phenomenon? (Natan Sharansky and Ruth Wisse in Conversation), Jewish Broadcasting Service:
text: With Western support, Israel is plunging headfirst into slaughter.
ref: 2023 October 18, “We’re anti-Zionist Jews and we see genocide unfolding in Gaza”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Official name: State of Israel.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: 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.
glosses: An ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel.
glosses: An ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah.
examples: text: Hear O’ Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One
ref: 2024 August 24 (last accessed), My Jewish learning, The Shema:
text: For our ancestors, for us, for our children, for every generation of the people Israel, for all ages from the first to the last, His teachings are true, everlasting.
ref: 2024 August 24 (last accessed), My Jewish learning, The Shema:
qualifier: liturgical
glosses: The Jews as a people, taken collectively.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
examples: text: And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 32:28:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Another name for Jacob, notably after Genesis 32:28 and in later references.
glosses: A surname.
examples: text: These are intended for the completion of the Construction of Level II Water System Project for barangays Mt. View, Little Baguio and Israel under the BuB-Water and Construction of Brgy. Bulongisan-Canaan Level II Water Supply under the SALINTUBIG Program.
ref: 2015 June 23, “The Municipality of Imelda receives checks for the completion of their water system project”, in DILG IX:
synonyms: Balian Israel
glosses: A barangay of Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
Synonyms: sense: State of Israel
english: official name
translation: official name
word: the State of Israel
sense: State of Israel
word: Israhell
sense: State of Israel
word: Jewsrael
sense: State of Israel
word: Zionistan
sense: State of Israel
word: Isn'treal
sense: State of Israel
word: Zionist entity
sense: Land of Israel
word: the Land of Israel
sense: Land of Israel
word: Palestine
sense: Land of Israel
word: the Holy Land
sense: Land of Israel
word: Canaan
sense: the Jews
word: the Children of Israel
sense: the Jews
word: the Israelite
sense: the Jews
word: Jewry
sense: the Jews
word: Zion
Derived terms: Anglo-Israelism
Balian Israel
Bene Israel
Beta Israel
Greater Israel
Isnotreal
Isn'treal
israelane
Israel Daylight Time
Israel Destruction Force
Israel Destruction Forces
Israel-firster
Israeli
Israelian
Israelification
Israelify
Israelise
Israelish
Israelism
Israelization
Israelize
Israel Occupation Forces
Israelophile
Israelophilia
Israelophilic
Israelophobe
Israelophobia
Israelophobic
Israel proper
Israelson
Israel Standard Time
Israel Summer Time
Israhell
Israhelli
Isratine
Jewsrael
New Israel
Pissrael
Shitrael
USrael
Wasrael
Related terms: word: Israelite
word: Israelitic
word: Israelitish
word: Irving
raw_tags: used to anglicize Israel
word: Zion
word: Judea