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israel Ísrael Israèl İsrael Israël
English
thumb|240px|Flag of Israel
thumb|A location map of the State of Israel, with annexed territories shown in light green
Alternative forms
abbreviation en Isr.
misspelling en Isreal
surname en Yisrael
obsolete en Israhel
Etymology
From en enm Israel, from en ang -, borrowed from en la Israel, from en grc Ἰσραήλ, from en he יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel yisra'él. In the Bible, it is said to be from the name he יִשְׂרֶה אֵל yisré 'él given to Jacob in 1 32 29, after which his descendants came to be known as Israelites and their land as the "kingdom/land of Israel". The personal name, already attested in xeb 𒅖𒊏𒅋 1 (iš-ra-il) and uga 𐎊𐎌𐎗𐎛𐎍 1,Michael G. Hasel, Domination and Resistance: Egyptian Military Activity in the Southern Levant (Brill, 1998) has been variously translated as "he wrestles with God", "he prevails with God",James P. Boyd, Bible dictionary (Ottenheimer Publishers, 1958) or "God rules" (possibly from the same root he ש־ר־ה/he ש־ר־ר as he שָׂרָה Sarah).Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis: Chapters 18–50 (NICOT, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995)
Line 27 of the Merneptah Stele (from about 1200 ) is thought to contain the earliest attestation of the name Israel in any language, egy ysrjꜣr.
i-i-z:Z1s*Z1s:r-i-A-r:Z1*T14-A1*B1:Z2
en Yisroel.
Pronunciation
ĭzʹrā-əl ĭzʹrē-əl; en /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/ /ˈɪz.ɹi.əl/
US ĭzʹrāl; en /ˈɪz.ɹeɪl/
formal and posh RP ĭzʹrā-ĕl; en /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.ɛl/
in singing also ĭzʹrī-ĕl; en /ˈɪz.ɹaɪ.ɛl/
certain Carolina accents en /ˈɪz.ɹɛəl/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Israel.wav UK
en En-us-Israel.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Israel.wav US
Proper noun
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en Q801 en country r/Western Asia in the r/Middle East at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean State of Israel.
en State of Israel official name Israhell derogatory Jewsrael Jewish state derogatory Zionistan derogatory Isn'treal derogatory Zionist entity derogatory Jewish colony derogatory Zionist state derogatory
en 1986-06-05 Senate Session w:Joe Biden https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-highlight/senate-session/36311 01:27:00 w:C-SPAN If we look at the Middle East, I think it’s about time we stop those of us, who support – as most of us do – Israel in this body, for apologizing for our support for Israel. There is no apology to be made. None. It is the best $3 billion investment we make. Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region; the United States would have to go out and invent an Israel.
en 2019-12-03 w:Ruth Wisse Global Anti-Semitism: A New or Old Phenomenon? (Natan Sharansky and Ruth Wisse in Conversation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BoCVgHqizI&t=1864s 31:04 w:Jewish Broadcasting Service And you know how we train for the army? We don’t train for defensive warfare. If the war against Israel ever had to be fought on Israeli soil – do I have to tell you? –, it’s an impossibility. So it’s the same thing. Don’t let the war of words ever be fought about Israel’s nature!
en-GB We’re anti-Zionist Jews and we see genocide unfolding in Gaza w:The Guardian 2023-10-18 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/18/israel-gaza-hamas-palestinians 0261-3077 With Western support, Israel is plunging headfirst into slaughter. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017223124/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/18/israel-gaza-hamas-palestinians 17 October 2026
en Q155321en Biblical en A Biblical <<region>> of <<r/Western Asia>> roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and State of Palestine, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people.
en Q3185305 en historical en ancient kingdom r/Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel.
en Land of Israel Palestine Holy Land Canaan
en Q230407 en historical en ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah.
en poetic liturgical The Jews as a people, taken collectively.
en Children of Israel Israelites Jewry Zion
en My Jewish learning The Shema https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-shema/ 24 August 2024 Hear O’ Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One https://web.archive.org/web/20260920231618/https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-shema/ 20 September 2026
en My Jewish learning The Shema https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-shema/ 24 August 2024 For our ancestors, for us, for our children, for every generation of the people Israel, for all ages from the first to the last, His teachings are true, everlasting. https://web.archive.org/web/20260920231618/https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-shema/ 20 September 2026
en male Hebrew.
en Carl Hoffman The project that could help determine Israel's future https://www.jpost.com/Metro/Tel-Aviv-Light-Rail-What-a-difference-a-year-makes-466080 w:The Jerusalem Post 1 September 2016 IF VOLFER is happy, Transportation Minister Israel Katz seems almost jubilant. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204064039/https://www.jpost.com/metro/tel-aviv-light-rail-what-a-difference-a-year-makes-466080
Another name for Jacob, notably after Genesis 32:28 and in later references.
Genesis 32 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
en.
en Philippines en barangay mun/Imelda p/Zamboanga Sibugay c/Philippines.
en Balian Israel old name
en The Municipality of Imelda receives checks for the completion of their water system project These are intended for the completion of the Construction of Level II Water System Project for barangays Mt. View, Little Baguio and Israel under the BuB-Water and Construction of Brgy. Bulongisan-Canaan Level II Water Supply under the SALINTUBIG Program. 2015-06 https://region9.dilg.gov.ph/the-municipality-of-imelda-receives-checks-for-the-completion-of-their-water-system-project/ DILG IX https://web.archive.org/web/20250430152701/https://region9.dilg.gov.ph/the-municipality-of-imelda-receives-checks-for-the-completion-of-their-water-system-project/ 30 April 2025
Usage notes
region
Derived terms
en Beta Israel Israel Derangement Syndrome United States of Israel Israel Destruction Force Israel Destruction Forces Israel Occupation Forces Israel Daylight Time Israel Summer Time Israel Standard Time Israelian Isnotreal Israel Day on Fifth Anglo-Israelism israelane Israelification Israelify Israelise Israelish Israelization Israelize Israelson Isn'treal Israelism Israel-firster Israeli Israelophile Israelophilia Bene Israel Israelophilic Israelophobe Israelophobia Israelophobic Israhell Greater Israel Isratine Jewsrael New Israel Pissrael Israel proper Shitrael USrael Balian Israel Wasrael MIGA Israeliana Isramerica
Related terms
en Israelite Israelitic Israelitish
Descendants
ja 1 イスラエル Isuraeru
pon Israel Isrehl 1
Translations
Q801 the state Abkhaz: ab Ауриатәыла, ab Израиль
Afrikaans: af Israel
Albanian: sq Izrael m
Amharic: am እስራኤል
Antillean Creole: gcf Israyèl m
Arabic: ar إِسْرَائِيل f, ar دولة إسرائيل f
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ
Syriac: syc ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ
Armenian: hy Իսրայել
Assamese: as ইজৰাইল
Asturian: ast Israel
Azerbaijani: az İsrail
Bashkir: ba Израиль
Belarusian: be Ізра́іль m
Bengali: bn ইসরায়েল
Breton: br Israel
Bulgarian: bg Израе́л m
Burmese: my အစ္စရေး
Catalan: ca Israel m
Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⵉⵙⵔⴰⵢⵉⵍ
Chechen: ce Израиль
Cherokee: chr ᎢᏏᎵᏱ, chr ᎢᏏᎵ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 以色列, yue 以國
Eastern Min: cdo 以色列
Hakka: hak 以色列 Yî-set-lie̍t
Hokkien: nan-hbl 以色列 Í-sek-lia̍t
Mandarin: cmn 以色列, cmn 以國, cmn 一賜樂業 dated
Wu: wuu 以色列
Chuvash: cv Израиль
Circassian:
West Circassian: ady Исраил
Coptic: cop ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ
Corsican: co Israele m
Czech: cs Izrael m
Danish: da Israel n
Dhivehi: dv އިސްރާއީލު
Dutch: nl Israël n
Dzongkha: dz ཨིཛ་རཱེལ་
Esperanto: eo Israelo
Estonian: et Iisrael
Faroese: fo Ísrael n
Fijian: fj Isireli
Finnish: fi Israel
French: fr Israël m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Israel n
Galician: gl Israel m
Georgian: ka ისრაელი
German: de Israel n
Gothic: got 𐌹𐍃𐍂𐌰𐌴𐌻 m
Greek: el Ισραήλ n
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰσραήλ m
Gujarati: gu ઇઝરાયલ m
Hausa: ha Isra'ila
Hebrew: he יִשְׂרָאֵל m yisra'el
Hindi: hi इसराइल m
Hungarian: hu Izrael
Icelandic: is Ísrael n
Ido: io Izrael
Indonesian: id Israel
Interlingua: ia Israel
Irish: ga Iosrael m
Italian: it Israele m
Japanese: ja イスラエル Isuraeru
Kalenjin: kln Israel
Kamba: kam Israel
Kannada: kn ಇಸ್ರೇಲ್
Kazakh: kk Израиль
Khmer: km អ៊ីស្រាអែល
Kikuyu: ki Israel
Korean: ko ^이스라엘
Krymchak: jct Исраэль
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئیسرئێل
Northern Kurdish: kmr Îsraêl
Kyrgyz: ky Израиль
Lao: lo ອິດສະລະແອນ, lo ອິດສະຣາເອນ, lo ອິດສະຣາແອນ
Latin: la Israel
Latvian: lv Izraēla f
Lithuanian: lt Izraelis m
Livonian: liv Izraēl, liv Jūdõmō
Luo: luo Israel
Macedonian: mk Израел m
Malay: ms Israel
Malayalam: ml ഇസ്രയേൽ
Maltese: mt Iżrael
Manchu: mnc ᡳᠰᠠᡵᠠᡳᠯ
Mansoanka: msw Israeli
Māori: mi Iharaira
Marathi: mr इस्रायल n
Meru: mer Israel
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Израиль, mn Израйль
Mongolian script: mn ᠢᠰᠷᠠᠶᠢᠯ
Navajo: nv Ízrel bikéyah, nv Ízrel
Neapolitan: nap Isdraele
Nepali: ne इजरायल
Nicobarese:
Car Nicobarese: caq Israĕl
Nogai: nog Исраил
Norman: nrf Israël m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Israel
Nynorsk: nn Israel n
Occitan: oc Israèl m
Odia: or ଇସ୍ରାଏଲ
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Їздраил҄ь m
Old Nubian: onw ⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ
Ossetian: os Израиль
Paiwan: pwn Israil
Pashto: ps اسراييل m esrāil
Persian:
Dari: prs اِسْرَائِیل
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِسْرائیل
Plautdietsch: pdt Israel n
Pohnpeian: pon Israel, pon Isrehl
Polish: pl Izrael m-in
Portuguese: pt Israel
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਇਜ਼ਰਾਇਲ
Rarotongan: rar Ītarā‘era
Romanian: ro Israel n
Russian: ru Изра́иль m
Samogitian: sgs Izraelės m, sgs Izraele Valstībė f
Sanskrit: sa इस्रेल, sa इस्रेल
Santali: sat ᱤᱡᱽᱨᱟᱭᱮᱞ
Sardinian: sc Israele m
Scots: sco Israel
Scottish Gaelic: gd Iosrael f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ѝзраел m
Latin: sh Ìzrael m
Shan: shn ဢိသရေး
Sicilian: scn Israeli m
Sindhi: sd اسرائيل
Sinhalese: si ඊශ්රායෙලය
Slovak: sk Izrael m
Slovene: sl Ȋzrael m
Somali: so Israaiil
Spanish: es Israel m
Swahili: sw Israeli
Swedish: sv Israel n
Tagalog: tl Israel
Tajik: tg Исроил
Tamil: ta இஸ்ரேல்
Tatar: tt Исраил
Telugu: te ఇజ్రాయిల్
Thai: th อิสราเอล
Northern Thai: nod ᩍᩈᩕᩣᩑᩃ
Tibetan: bo ཨི་སི་ར་ཨེལ
Tigrinya: ti እስራኤል
Turkish: tr İsrail
Turkmen: tk Izrail, tk Ysraýyl
Ukrainian: uk Ізра́їль m
Urdu: ur اِسْرائیِل m
Uyghur: ug ئىسرائىلىيە
Uzbek: uz Isroil
Veps: vep Izrailʹ
Vietnamese: vi I-xra-en, vi Ít-ra-en biblical, Catholicism, vi Y-sơ-ra-ên biblical, Protestantism
Volapük: vo Yisraelän
Welsh: cy Israel f
Yiddish: yi ישׂראל n yisroel
Yoruba: yo Ísírẹ́lì
the region
Asturian: ast Israel
Fijian: fj Isireli
Hebrew: he אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל f
Hindi: hi इसराइल m
Middle English: enm Israel
Yiddish: yi ארץ־ישׂראל n erets-yisroel, yi ישׂראל n yisroel
the ancient kingdom
Asturian: ast Israel
Fijian: fj Isireli
Hindi: hi इसराइल m
Middle English: enm Israel
Moabite: obm 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
Yiddish: yi מלכות־ישׂראל n malkhes-yisroel
the Jews, taken collectively
Asturian: ast Israel
Egyptian: egy ysrjꜣr
Fijian: fj Isireli, fj ira na Isireli, fj luve i Isireli
Hebrew: he עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל m ám yisra'él, he יִשְׂרָאֵל m yisra'él
Hindi: hi इसराइल m
Ladino: lad Yisrael, lad Am Yisrael
Portuguese: pt Israel
Sicilian: scn Judei m-p f-p
Yiddish: yi עם־ישׂראל n am-yisroel, yi ישׂראל m yisroel, yi כּלל־ישׂראל m klal-yisroel
Biblical: name given to Jacob
Arabic: ar إِسْرَائِيل m
Aramaic:
Syriac: syc ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ
Asturian: ast Israel
Catalan: ca Israel m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 以色列 ji5 sik1 lit6
Eastern Min: cdo 以色列 Ī-sáik-liĕk
Hakka: hak 以色列 Yî-set-lie̍t
Hokkien: nan-hbl 以色列 Í-sek-lia̍t, nan-hbl I-su-la-el
Mandarin: cmn 以色列 Yǐsèliè
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Israila
Esperanto: eo Izrael, eo Izraelo
Estonian: et Iisrael
Fijian: fj Isireli
Finnish: fi Israel
French: fr Israël m
German: de Israel
Hebrew: he יִשְׂרָאֵל m yisra'el
Hindi: hi इसराइल m
Italian: it Israele m
Japanese: ja イスラエル
Ladino: lad Yisrael
Lambya: lai Izilayeli
Latin: la Israel m
Malawi Lomwe: lon Israele
Old Nubian: onw ⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ, onw ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ, onw ⲡⲓⲏⲗ
Polish: pl Izrael m
Portuguese: pt Israel m
Romanian: ro Israel m
Russian: ru Изра́иль m, ru Израи́л m, ru Исраэ́ль m
Sicilian: scn Israeli m
Spanish: es Israel m
Swedish: sv Israel c
Thai: th อิสราเอล
Tonga (Malawi): tog Yisraele
Tumbuka: tum Israele
Yiddish: yi ישׂראל m yisroel
given name
Arabic: ar إِسْرَائِيل m
Aramaic:
Syriac: syc ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ
Asturian: ast Israel
Catalan: ca Israel m
Fijian: fj Isireli, fj Sireli
Finnish: fi Israel
French: fr Israël m
Hebrew: he יִשְׂרָאֵל m yisra'él
Italian: it Israele m
Old Nubian: onw ⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ, onw ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ, onw ⲡⲓⲏⲗ
Polish: pl Izrael m
Portuguese: pt Israel m
Russian: ru Изра́иль m, ru Израи́л m, ru Исраэ́ль m
Swedish: sv Israel c
Thai: th อิสราเอล
Yiddish: yi ישׂראל m yisroel
See also
Appendix:Countries of the world
en Irving surname used to anglicize Israel
en Zion, en Judea
References
Further reading
Anagrams
en aeilrs Ariels Lieras serial serail railes resail Sal Rei ariels Realis sailer Isreal relais Alires Sailer realis
Afrikaans
af:
Etymology
af nl Israël, from af dum israel, from af odt israel, from af la Isrāēl, from af grc Ἰσρᾱήλ, from af hbo יִשְׂרָאֵל.
Proper noun
af Israel Q801
Related terms
af Israeli Israelies Israeliet Israelities Israels
Asturian
ast:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
ast Israel Q801
Related terms
ast israelín
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
è
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Israel.wav Valencia
Proper noun
m
ca Israel Q801
ca male Israel
Related terms
ca israelià
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch Israel Q801
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn Israel Q801
Chavacano
Etymology
cbk es Israel.
Pronunciation
israél
cbk Is ra el
Noun
cbk Israel Q801
cbk male
Danish
da:
Proper noun
da proper noun
da Israel Q801
Derived terms
da israeler
da israelsk
Related terms
da israelit
da israelitisk
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi hbo יִשְׂרָאֵל yisra'él.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Israel Q801
fi uncommon fi male
Declension
sg Israel a 0
Derived terms
fi israelilainen
Anagrams
fi aeilrs laseri
German
Alternative forms
de Israël obsolete
Etymology
de la Israel, de grc Ἰσραήλ
Pronunciation
de [ˈiːsʁaʔeːl]
de [ˈɪsʁaʔeːl] less common
de De-Israel.ogg
de De-Israel2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Is ra el
Proper noun
de proper noun
de biblical character Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob
1912, Lutherbibel 1912, 1.Mose 32, 29 (Luther Bible 1912, Genesis 32:29):
de Er sprach: Du sollst nicht mehr Jakob heißen, sondern Israel; denn du hast mit Gott und mit Menschen gekämpft und bist obgelegen. And he said: Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Proper noun
toponym
de Israel Q801 de:Staat Israel
Derived terms
de israelisch Israeli israelisieren israelfeindlich israelfreundlich israelkritisch antiisraelisch proisraelischh
Related terms
de Israelit israelitisch
Further reading
Hunsrik
Etymology
hrx :bor pt-BR:Israel
hrx pt-BR Israel.83 2
Pronunciation
Israél
Proper noun
n Israëlitt
hrx Israel Q801
See also
References
Iban
Etymology
iba en Israel.
Pronunciation
iba /israel/
Proper noun
iba proper noun
iba Israel Q801
Adjective
iba adjective
Israeli
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
From id nl Israël, from id dum israel, from id odt israel, from id la Isrāēl, from id grc Ἰσρᾱήλ, from id hbo יִשְׂרָאֵל. id Israil.
Pronunciation
id [ɪsˈrael]
id Is ra él
Proper noun
id proper noun
en Israel:
id Israel Q801,Q155321,Q3185305,Q230407 ## -
the Jews, taken collectively
id Yahudi
Derived terms
id Isriwil<qq:derogatory, Internet slang> Sirewel<qq:derogatory, Internet slang>
Further reading
Interlingua
Pronunciation
ia /israˈel/
Proper noun
ia all senses en Israel
Latin
Alternative forms
la Isrāhēl Isdrāhēl Istrāhēl
la Israël
Etymology
la Jacob :bor grc-koi:Ἰσρᾱήλ<id:Israel>
la grc-koi Ἰσρᾱήλ, from la hbo יִשְׂרָאֵל Yiśrāʾēl. The spelling la Istrāhēl, from grc Ἰστρᾱήλ, was predominant until the dissemination of Jerome’s Vulgate Bible Vulgate (5th century ), which popularized Isrāhēl. The h was gradually lost thereafter.Istrahēl 222
Pronunciation
Isrāēl
Proper noun
((Isrāēl<0>,Isrāēl<3>)) m
la Late Latin Ecclesiastical Latin en Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob
la Jerome Vulgate Genesis 32 28 At ille: Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israhel: quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti quanto magis contra homines praevalebis.
la New Latin la Israel Q801
Declension
((Isrāēl<0>,Isrāēl<3>))
Derived terms
la Isrāēlīta Isrāēlītēs isrāēlīticus Isrāēlīticus
Descendants
2 desc
ast Israel
ca Israel
odt israel 1
dum israel
nl Israël
ang Israel 1
enm Israel 1 reinforced by fro Israel
fro Israel 1
fr Israël
de Israel 1
sga Israhél 1
nrf Israël
roa-opt Israel 1
ro Israel
es Israel
References
la Judaism Biblical characters
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm irael Irael israhel yrael Yrael
enm Israæl Issraæl Orm; enm Iraelle Israele Israhell ysrail late
Etymology
From enm ang Israhēl and enm fro Israel, from enm la Israel, from enm grc Ἰσραήλ, from the enm hbo יִשְׂרָאֵל yisra'él.
Pronunciation
enm /ˌizraˈɛːl/ /ˈizra.ɛl/ /ˌiːraˈɛːl/ /ˈiːra.ɛl/
Proper noun
The Land of Israel; the historical region of en Israel.
The ancient Kingdom of Israel.
Any polity in the region of en Israel e.g. the Kingdom of Jerusalem or Kingdom of Judah
enm rare Christendom; the body of Christian believers.
Descendants
en Israel
gmw-msc Israel
sco Israel
References
Israēl n MED23501
enm Bible Christianity Israel
Norwegian Bokmål
no:Israel,no:Israel (mannsnavn)
thumb|The flag of the State of Israel
thumb|The location of Israel.
Etymology
The traditional European biblical form was transmitted through nb la Israel Israel, from nb grc Ἰσραήλ Israḗl Israel, from nb hbo יִשְׂרָאֵל Yiśrāʾēl Israel.
In the Bible, the name is given to the patriarch Jacob after he wrestles with God. It was subsequently applied to his descendants, the Israelite people, and their land; the modern state, established in 1948, took its name from this biblical usage. The Hebrew name has traditionally been interpreted as “God strives, fights” or “God rules”.
Compare nn Israel, da Israel, sv Israel, de Israel and en Israel.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈiːs.ra.əl/
nb iːsraəl 3
nb Is ra el
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb country r/Western Asia r/Middle East at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea
nb biblical another name for the patriarch Jacob
nb biblical the Israelites collectively
nb biblical historical the land associated with the Israelites; the Land of Israel
nb male Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Israel
Usage notes
As a male given name, nb Israel was historically most common in Finnmark during the 19th century. In the period 1900–2017, about 20 men born in Norway had it as their sole or first given name.Alhaug, Gulbrand (2024), “Israel” in Store norske leksikon.
Derived terms
nb israeler Israeli, inhabitant of Israel
nb israelsk Israeli
Related terms
nb israelitt Israelite
nb israelittisk Israelite, Israelitic
References
“Israel” in Store norske leksikon.
“Israel” at Nordic Names.
Israel (name)
Israel (mannsnavn) no
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Israel Q801
Derived terms
nn israelar
nn israelsk
Related terms
nn israelitt
nn israelittisk
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
roa-opt Irael Irrael Isrrael Jsrrael Yrrael Ysrael
Etymology
roa-opt Kingdom of Israel :lbor la-ecc:Israel<id:Jacob> ++
Proper noun
m
roa-opt Israel Q155321
roa-opt biblical character en Israel another name for Jacob
Descendants
gl Israel
pt Israel
References
[ijy]s?r+ael
Plautdietsch
Noun
pdt proper noun n
pdt Israel Q801
Pohnpeian
Alternative forms
pon Isrehl
Etymology
pon :bor en:Israel 1
pon en Israel.
Pronunciation
pon /isʲ.rɐ.(j)ɛl/
Proper noun
pon proper noun
pon Israel Q801
References
+ pnp-i.htm#15091
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt State of Israel :inh roa-opt:Israel<id:Kingdom of Israel> ++
Pronunciation
[el:él]
pt ɛl Portugal ɛw Brazil 3
pt Is ra el
Proper noun
m Israéis
pt Israel Q801 pt:Estado de Israel
pt Israel Q155321
pt male Israel
Usage notes
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
pt israelense israelita
Descendants
hrx Israel 1
Romanian
ro:
Etymology
ro :bor he:ישראל + 1
Pronunciation
ro /is.ra.ˈel/
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Israel.wav
Proper noun
ro proper noun n
ro Israel Q801
Declension
sg
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Israel.wav<a:Spain>>
es [iz.ʐaˈel] Latin America, /ɾ/ realized as [ʐ] after /s/
Proper noun
m
es Israel Q801
es Jeremy Diamond and Kareem Khadder “¿Por qué no previenen el terrorismo de los colonos?”: Palestinos denuncian a las FDI tras brutal muerte de un estadounidense w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/07/14/mundo/asesinato-saif-musallet-palestino-estadounidense-colonos-israelies-trax 2025-07-14 Dijo que colonos y soldados impidieron que las ambulancias llegaran a Musallet durante horas, hasta que apareció un vehículo con oficiales de COGAT, el Coordinador de Actividades Gubernamentales de Israel en los Territorios, y accedió a escoltarlo. https://web.archive.org/web/20251002003328/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/07/14/mundo/asesinato-saif-musallet-palestino-estadounidense-colonos-israelies-trax 2 October 2025
Jacob
Genesis 32 28 Y él dijo: No se dirá más tu nombre Jacob, sino Israel: porque has peleado con Dios y con los hombres, y has vencido. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. (KJV)
es male Israel Hebrew
Derived terms
es Estado de Israel
Related terms
es israelita
See also
Anagrams
es liarse raíles
Swedish
sv:
Pronunciation
sv /²iːsˌrɛːl/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Israel.wav
sv Is rael
Proper noun
n
sv Israel Q801
Related terms
sv israel
sv israelit
See also
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es Israel Israel, from tl la Israel, from tl grc Ἰσραήλ, from tl he יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel yisra'él.
Pronunciation
Isra7él
Proper noun
Israél +
tl Israel Q801
tl Israel Q155321
tl male Israel
Coordinate terms
Related terms
tl Israelita
Further reading
Welsh
cy:
Etymology
From cy la Israel, from cy grc-koi Ἰσρᾱήλ, from cy hbo יִשְׂרָאֵל Yiśrāʾēl.
Pronunciation
cy /ˈɪsraɨ̯l/ cy-N
cy /ˈɪzrai̯l/ cy-S
Proper noun
f
cy Israel Q801
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
cy Gwladwriaeth Israel State of Israel
cy Israelaidd Israeli a
cy Israeliad Israelite; Israeli n
Mutation