• (abbreviation)Isr.
• (misspelling)Isreal
• (surname):Yisrael
• (obsolete):Israhel

FromMiddle EnglishIsrael, fromOld English, borrowed fromLatinIsrael, fromAncient GreekἸσραήλ(Israḗl), fromHebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל(yisra'él,“Israel”).^[1][2] In the Bible, it is said to be from the nameיִשְׂרֶהאֵל(yisré 'él) given toJacob inGenesis32:29, after which his descendants came to be known asIsraelites and their land as the "kingdom/land of Israel". The personal name, already attested inEblaite𒅖𒊏𒅋 (iš-ra-il) andUgaritic𐎊𐎌𐎗𐎛𐎍(yšrỉl),^[3] has been variously translated as "he wrestles with God", "he prevails with God",^[4] or "God rules" (possibly from the same rootש־ר־ה/ש־ר־ר asשָׂרָה(“Sarah”)).^[5]

Line 27 of theMerneptah Stele (from about 1200B.C.E.) is thought to contain the earliest attestation of the nameIsrael in any language,Egyptianysrjꜣr.

Doublet ofYisroel.

• enPR:ĭzʹrā-əl,ĭzʹrē-əl;IPA^(key):/ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/,/ˈɪz.ɹi.əl/

  (US)enPR:ĭzʹrāl;IPA^(key):/ˈɪz.ɹeɪl/

  (formal and posh RP)enPR:ĭzʹrā-ĕl;IPA^(key):/ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.ɛl/

  (in singing also)enPR:ĭzʹrī-ĕl;IPA^(key):/ˈɪz.ɹaɪ.ɛl/

  (certain Carolina accents)IPA^(key):/ˈɪz.ɹɛəl/

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Israel (countable anduncountable,pluralIsraels)

2. A country inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean. Official name:State of Israel.
   • 2023 October 18, “We’re anti-Zionist Jews and we see genocide unfolding in Gaza”, inThe Guardian‎^[2],→ISSN:

     Representative Nancy Pelosi, our California congresswoman, has affirmed that the United States stands “unwaveringly” byIsrael as it conducts its defense[…]

4. (biblical) A Biblical region ofWestern Asia roughlycoextensive with the modernState of Israel, known in the Bible as theLand of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of theJewish people.
6. (historical) An ancientkingdom inWestern Asia, roughlycoextensive with the modernState of Israel and theLand of Israel.
8. (historical) An ancientkingdom that occupied the northern part of theLand of Israel and modernState of Israel, as distinct fromJudah.
9. (historical,Judaism, liturgical, otherwise nowproscribed oroffensive) TheJews as a people, takencollectively.
   • 2024 August 24 (last accessed), My Jewish learning,The Shema‎^[3]:

     Hear O’Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One

   • 2024 August 24 (last accessed), My Jewish learning,The Shema‎^[4]:

     For our ancestors, for us, for our children, for every generation of the peopleIsrael, for all ages from the first to the last, His teachings are true, everlasting.

10. A malegiven name from Hebrew.
    1. Another name forJacob, notably afterGenesis 32:28 and in laterreferences.
       • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Genesis32:28:

         And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, butIsrael: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

11. Asurname.
13. Abarangay ofImelda,Zamboanga Sibugay,Philippines

    Synonym:Balian Israel —old name

    Coordinate terms:Balugo,Balungisan,Baluyan,Cana-an,Dumpoc,Gandiangan,Guintolan,Israel,La Victoria,Little Baguio,Lower Baluran,Lumbog,Lumpanac,Mali Little Baguio,Poblacion,Pulawan,San Jose,Santa Barbara,Upper Baluran —barangays of Imelda

    • 2015 June, “The Municipality of Imelda receives checks for the completion of their water system project”, inDILG IX‎^[5]:

      These are intended for the completion of the Construction of Level II Water System Project for barangays Mt. View, Little Baguio andIsrael under the BuB-Water and Construction of Brgy. Bulongisan-Canaan Level II Water Supply under the SALINTUBIG Program.

• (region): The use ofIsrael to refer to the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in a non-historical sense is (since the latter half of the 20th century) politically charged; indeed, this is true of all terms for this region.

• (State of Israel):theState of Israel(official name),Israhell(derogatory),Jewsrael(derogatory),Zionistan(derogatory),Isn'treal(derogatory),Zionist entity(derogatory)
• (Land of Israel): theLand of Israel,Palestine, theHoly Land,Canaan
• (the Jews):theChildren of Israel,theIsraelites,Jewry,Zion

• Israelite
• Israelitic
• Israelitish

• → Japanese:イスラエル(Isuraeru)

• Appendix:Countries of the world

• Irving(surname used to anglicizeIsrael)
• Zion,Judea

•  Israel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

Inherited fromDutchIsraël, fromMiddle Dutchisrael, fromOld Dutchisrael, fromLatinIsrāēl, fromAncient GreekἸσρᾱήλ(Isrāḗl), fromBiblical Hebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל.

Israel

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

• IPA^(key):/israˈel/[iz.raˈel]
• Rhymes:-el
• Syllabification:Is‧ra‧el

Israel m

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

• israelín

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[iz.rəˈɛl]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[iz.raˈɛl]

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Israel m

1. Israel (a country inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean)
2. a malegiven name, equivalent to EnglishIsrael

• israelià

Israel

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

Israel

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

Israel

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

• israeler
• israelsk

• israelit
• israelitisk

FromBiblical Hebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל(yisra'él).

• IPA^(key):/ˈisrɑel/,[ˈis̠rɑ̝e̞l]
• Rhymes:-isrɑel
• Hyphenation^(key):Is‧ra‧el

Israel

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

• israelilainen

• laseri

• Israël(obsolete)

LatinIsrael,Ancient GreekἸσραήλ(Israḗl)

• IPA^(key):[ˈiːsʁaeːl]
• IPA^(key):[ˈɪsʁaeːl](less common)

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• Hyphenation:Is‧ra‧el

Israel

1. (biblical)Israel, another name of the patriarchJacob
   • 1912, Lutherbibel 1912, 1.Mose 32, 29 (Luther Bible 1912, Genesis 32:29):

     Er sprach: Du sollst nicht mehr Jakob heißen, sondernIsrael; denn du hast mit Gott und mit Menschen gekämpft und bist obgelegen.

     And he said: Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, butIsrael; for thou hast power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Israel n (proper noun,genitiveIsraelsor(optionally with an article)Israel)

1. Israel (a country inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean; official name:Staat Israel)

• “Israel” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Israel” inDuden online

Borrowed fromBrazilian PortugueseIsrael.

• IPA^(key):/israˈeːl/
• Rhymes:-eːl
• Syllabification:Is‧ra‧el

Israel n

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

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Israel”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch,page83, column 2

Borrowed fromEnglishIsrael.

• IPA^(key):/israel/

Israel

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

Israel

1. Israeli

FromDutchIsraël, fromMiddle Dutchisrael, fromOld Dutchisrael, fromLatinIsrāēl, fromAncient GreekἸσρᾱήλ(Isrāḗl), fromBiblical Hebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל.Doublet ofIsrail.

• IPA^(key):[ɪsˈrael]
• Hyphenation:Is‧ra‧él

Israel

1. Israel:
   1. A country inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean
   2. (biblical) A Biblical region 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) An ancientkingdom inWestern Asia, roughlycoextensive with the modernState of Israel and theLand of Israel
   4. (historical) An ancientkingdom that occupied the northern part of theLand of Israel and modernState of Israel, as distinct fromJudah
   5. theJews, taken collectively

      Synonym:Yahudi

• “Israel” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key):/israˈel/

Israel

1. (all senses)Israel

• Isrāhēl,Isdrāhēl,Istrāhēl
• Israël

Borrowed fromKoine GreekἸσρᾱήλ(Isrāḗl), fromBiblical Hebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל(Yiśrāʾēl). The spellingIstrāhēl, fromἸστρᾱήλ(Istrāḗl), was predominant until the dissemination ofJerome’sVulgate (5th centuryCE), which popularizedIsrāhēl. Theh was gradually lost thereafter.^[1]

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/isˈraː.eːl/,[ɪs̠ˈräːeːɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/isˈra.el/,[isˈräːel]

Isrāēl m sg (genitiveIsrāēlorIsrāēlis);indeclinable, variously declined,third declension

1. (Late Latin,Ecclesiastical Latin)Israel, another name of the patriarchJacob
   • 405CE,Jerome,Vulgate Genesis.32.28:

     At ille: Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum, sedIsrahel: quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti quanto magis contra homines praevalebis.

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

2. (New Latin)Israel (a country inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean)

Indeclinable noun orthird-declension noun, singular only.

• “Israel”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Israel

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

• israeler
• israelsk

• israelitt
• israelittisk

Israel

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

• israelar
• israelsk

• israelitt
• israelittisk

• Irael,Irrael,Isrrael,Jsrrael,Yrrael,Ysrael

Learned borrowing fromEcclesiastical LatinIsrael, borrowed fromKoine GreekἸσρᾱήλ(Isrāḗl), borrowed fromBiblical Hebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל.

Israel m

1. (biblical)Israel (A Biblical region ofWestern Asia roughlycoextensive with the modernState of Israel, known in the Bible as theLand of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of theJewish people)
2. (biblical)Israel(another name for Jacob)

• Galician:Israel
• Portuguese:Israel (see there for further descendants)

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “[ijys?r+ael]”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

Israel n

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

Inherited fromOld Galician-PortugueseIsrael, borrowed fromEcclesiastical LatinIsrael, borrowed fromKoine GreekἸσρᾱήλ(Isrāḗl), borrowed fromBiblical Hebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל.

• Rhymes:(Portugal)-ɛl,(Brazil)-ɛw
• Hyphenation:Is‧ra‧el

Israel m (pluralIsraéis)

1. Israel (a country inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean; official name:Estado de Israel)
2. (biblical)Israel (A Biblical region 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. a malegiven name, equivalent to EnglishIsrael

Israel is never indicated by an article; see usage notes forPortugal.

• → Hunsrik:Israel

Borrowed fromHebrewישראל.

• IPA^(key):/is.ra.ˈel/

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Israel n

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

• IPA^(key):/israˈel/[iz.raˈel]

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• Rhymes:-el
• Syllabification:Is‧ra‧el ~ [is.r̥a'el]

Israel m

1. Israel (a country inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean)
2. Jacob
   • 1602,Casiodoro de Reina,La Santa Biblia, rev.,Genesis 32:28

     Y él dijo: No se dirá más tu nombre Jacob, sinoIsrael: porque has peleado con Dios y con los hombres, y has vencido.

     And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, butIsrael: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

     (KJV)

3. a malegiven name from Hebrew, equivalent to EnglishIsrael

• liarse,raíles

• IPA^(key):/²iːsˌrɛːl/

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• Hyphenation:Is‧rael

Israel n (genitiveIsraels)

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

• israel
• israelit

• Israel inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Borrowed fromSpanishIsrael(“Israel”), fromLatinIsrael, fromAncient GreekἸσραήλ(Israḗl), fromHebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל(yisra'él,“Israel”).

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ʔisɾaˈʔel/[ʔɪs.ɾɐˈʔɛl]
• Rhymes:-el
• Syllabification:Is‧ra‧el

Israél (Baybayin spellingᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜁᜎ᜔)

1. Israel (a country inWestern Asia, in theMiddle East, at the easternshore of theMediterranean)
2. (biblical)Israel (A Biblical region 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. a malegiven name, equivalent to EnglishIsrael

• “Israel”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

LatinIsrael, fromKoine GreekἸσρᾱήλ(Isrāḗl), fromBiblical Hebrewיִשְׂרָאֵל(Yiśrāʾēl).

• (North Wales)IPA^(key):/ˈɪsraɨ̯l/
• (South Wales)IPA^(key):/ˈɪzrai̯l/

Israel f

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

• Gwladwriaeth Israel(“State of Israel”)
• Israelaidd(“Israeli (adjective)”)
• Israeliad(“Israelite; Israeli (noun)”)