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ישראל

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See also: ישׂראל

Hebrew

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 ישראל on Hebrew Wikipedia

Etymology

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    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".[1] See Israel for more.

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    דגל ישראל

    יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'élf

    1. Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
    2. the Kingdom of Israel

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    יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'élm

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

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    References

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    1. ^ 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