Izraēla

See also: Izraēlā

Latvian

Izraēla (Eirāzijā)

Izraēlas karogs

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”), which, in Biblical Hebrew, means "he who wrestles with God" (a Biblical name for Jacob after he wrestles with an adversary, later extended to cover the Jewish people and their land).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Izraēla f (4th declension)

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

   Izraēlas karogs ― the flag of Izrael

   Izraēlas premjerministrs ― the prime minister of Israel

   1974. gadu Izraēlā dzīvoja 5 473 100 iedzīvotāju ― in 1974, 5 473 000 people lived in Israel

2. (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)
3. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)
4. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)

Declension

Declension of Izraēla (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Izraēla	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Izraēlu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Izraēlas	—
dative (datīvs)	Izraēlai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Izraēlu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Izraēlā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Izraēla	—

Synonyms

• Izraēlas Valsts

Related terms

• izraēlietis, izraēliete
• izraēlisks