ישראל

See also: ישׂראל

Hebrew

ישראל on Hebrew Wikipedia

Etymology

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

(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)
Audio (Old Biblical): (file)

Proper noun

ישראל

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

אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל
חלב ישראל (khaláv yisra'él)
יִשְׂרְאֵלִי
יִשְׂרְאֵלִיּוּת (yisr'eliyut, “Israeliness”)
עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל
בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל
פַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל (pat yisra'él)
צְבָא הֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל (ts'vá haganá l'yisra'él)

Proper noun

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.’
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

→ Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl)
- Greek: Ισραήλ (Israḯl)
- → Old Armenian: Իսրայէլ (Israyēl)
  - Armenian: Իսրայել (Israyel)
- → Gothic: 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻 (israēl)
- → Latin: Isrāēl (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: Изра́иль (Izráilʹ)
→ Moabite: 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 (yšrʾl)
→ Yiddish: ישׂראל (yisroel)

References

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