Lexical Definition

‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ Yisrâʼêl (yis-raw-ale') Israel ^N:N-M-P
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎

Israel.

• § Israel = "God prevails"
• {Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob
• also (typically) of his posterity}

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

Extended Information

Aramaic of: יִשְׂרָאֵל

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26
• son of: Isaac (יִצְחָק) and Rebekah (רִבְקָה)
• brother of: Esau (עֵשָׂו); married to Rachel (רָחֵל), Leah (לֵאָה), Zilpah (זִלְפָּה) and Bilhah (בִּלְהָה)
• father of: Reuben (רְאוּבֵן), Simeon (שִׁמְעוֹן), Levi (לֵוִי), Judah (יְהוּדָה), Dan (דָּן), Naphtali (נַפְתָּלִי), Gad (גָּד), Asher (אָשֵׁר), Issachar (יִשָּׂשכָר), Zebulun (זְבוּלוּן), Dinah (דִּינָה), Joseph (יוֹסֵף) and Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין); also called Jacob frequently
• Aramaic of yis.ra.el (‎י‎ִ‎ש‎ְׂ‎ר‎ָ‎א‎ֵ‎ל‎ "Israel" יִשְׂרָאֵל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ proper name, of a people Israel (Biblical Hebrew id., √ I. ‎שָׂרָה‎); — ‎׳‎‎אֱלַהּ יִשׁ‎ Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:15 ‎׳‎‎מֶלֶךְ לְיִשׂ‎ Ezra 5:11 ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי יִשׂ‎ Ezra 6:16, ‎׳‎‎עַמָּא יִשׂ‎ Ezra 7:13.

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