Lexical Definition

‎יִשְׂרְאֵלִי‎ Yisrᵉʼêlîy (yis-reh-ay-lee') Ishmaelite ^N:N--PG
patronymically from ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎

of Israel, Israelite.

• § Israelite = see Israel "God prevails"
• a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael

1) a descendant or inhabitant of the nation of Israel

Extended Information

group of: יִשְׂרָאֵל

• Someone descended from Israel who was 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
• Group of yis.ra.el (‎י‎ִ‎ש‎ְׂ‎ר‎ָ‎א‎ֵ‎ל‎ "Israel" יִשְׂרָאֵל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יִשְׂרְאֵלִי‎ adjective, of a people of foregoing; —

masculine ‎׳‎‎הַיִּשׂ‎ Lev 24:10 feminine ‎הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית‎ vLev 24:10 vLev 24:11, compare vLev 24:10. — 2Sam 17:25 < ‎הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִי‎, ᵐ5^A Th We Dr and others (so || 1Chr 2:19).

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