Israel
Transliteration:
yis.ra.el
Morphhology:
Proper Name Noun Male Person
Definition:
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26; son of: Isaac (
h3327) and Rebekah (
h7259); brother of: Esau (
h6215); married to Rachel (
h7354), Leah (
h3812), Zilpah (
h2153) and Bilhah (
h1090A); father of: Reuben (
h7205), Simeon (
h8095), Levi (
h3878), Judah (
h3063), Dan (
h1835H), Naphtali (
h5321), Gad (
h1410), Asher (
h836), Issachar (
h3485), Zebulun (
h2074), Dinah (
h1783), Joseph (
h3130) and Benjamin (
h1144); also called Jacob frequently Aramaic of
yis.ra.el (יִשְׂרָאֵל "Israel"
h3478) § Israel = "God prevails" 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile
Pronounciation:
yis-raw-ale'
Morphhology:
Proper Name Masculine
Definition:
{Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity}; Israel.; (Aramaic) corresponding to
h3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל)