In non-native speakers’ English: borrowed fromDutchIsraël orFrenchIsraël.

Israël

1. Obsolete andnon-native speakers' English spelling ofIsrael.
   • 1582,The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible),Rheims: Iohn Fogny,→OCLC,Romanes 11:1–2,page409:

     I Say then: Hath God reiected his people? God forbid, for I alſo am an Iſraëlite, of the ſeede of Abraham, of the tribe of Ben-iamin. † God hath not reiected his people vvhich he foreknevve. Or knovv you not in Elias vvhat the Scripture ſaith: hovv he requeſteth God againſtIſraël?

   • 1999 May 20, salmieri, “ecology-community things to do in israël???”, inrec.travel.misc‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved2022-06-01:

     hi there, i will be going toisraël very shorlty, and i'd like to go visit a few sites and communes where they apply ecological philosophy and permaculture.....

   • 2003 August 25, Fam van Delft, “Israël”, inalt.religion.christian.home-church‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved2022-06-01:

     Cor, my husband, and I are going toIsraël at the end of next month.

   • 2004 July 29, kodok, “200 French Jews Rescued From Jew-Hating France!!!”, inalt.france‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved2022-06-01:

     If it is 200 jews leaving France per day, they would be all gone toIsraël in 9 years (2013)

• Ariels,Lieras,serial,railes,resail,Sal Rei,ariels,Realis,sailer,Isreal,relais,realis,Alires,Sailer,serail

FromMiddle Dutchisrael, fromOld Dutchisrael, fromLatinIsrāēl, fromAncient GreekἸσρᾱήλ(Isrāḗl), fromBiblical Hebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל.

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• IPA^(key):/ˈɪsraːˌɛl/
• Hyphenation:Is‧ra‧el

Israël n

1. Israel (acountry inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean)
2. (biblical)Israel (a Biblicalregion ofWestern Asia roughlycoextensive with the modernState of Israel, known in the Bible as theLand of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of theJewish people)
3. (historical)Israel (an ancientkingdom inWestern Asia, roughlycoextensive with the modernState of Israel and theLand of Israel)
4. (historical)Israel (an ancientkingdom that occupied the northern part of theLand of Israel and modernState of Israel, as distinct fromJudah)

• Israëli
• Israëliër
• Israëlisch

• Afrikaans:Israel
• → Indonesian:Israel

Israël m

1. Israel,Jacob(mythological character)

• Israëliet
• Israëlitisch

Borrowed fromHebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל.

• IPA^(key):/i.sʁa.ɛl/,/iz.ʁa.ɛl/

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Israël m

1. Israel (acountry inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean)

This country name is used without a direct article, but using the prepositionen instead ofà:un citoyen d'Israël; aller en Israël.

• israélien
• Israélien

• éliras,lieras,liséra,relais,relias,sérail,silera

FromHebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל(yisra'él,“Israel”).

Israël m

1. Israel (acountry inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean)