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Israel.

Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob

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Meaning & usage

name[ɪsˈraː.eːɫ]Classical-Latin[isˈraː.el]
  1. Israel, another name of the patriarch Jacob

    Ecclesiastical · Late-Latin · Latin · declension-3 · indeclinable
  2. Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

    New-Latin · declension-3 · indeclinable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl). The spelling Istrāhēl, from Ἰστρᾱήλ (Istrāḗl), was predominant until the dissemination of Jerome’s Vulgate (5th century CE), which popularized Isrāhēl. The h was gradually lost thereafter.

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