إسرائيل

See also: اسراییل and اسرائیل

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • إِسْرٰئِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)

Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, Israel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔis.raː.ʔiːl/

Proper noun

إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl) f

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)

Declension

Proper noun

إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl) m

  1. Israel (the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:47:
      يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ ٱلَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَالَمِينَ
      yā banī ʔisrāʔīla ḏkurū niʕmatiya llatī ʔanʕamtu ʕalaykum wa-ʔannī faḍḍaltukum ʕalā l-ʕālamīna
      Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds.
  2. Israel (northern kingdom opposite Judah)

Declension

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References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), إسرائيل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, Israel).

Proper noun

إسرائيل (ʔisrāʔīl) f

  1. Israel (a country in Asia)
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