Israël

In non-native speakers’ English: borrowed from Dutch Israël or French Israël.

Israël

1. Obsolete and non-native speakers' English spelling of Israel.
   • 1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Romanes 11:1–2, page 409:

     I Say then: Hath God reiected his people? God forbid, for I alſo am an Iſraëlite, of the ſeede of Abraham, of the tribe of Ben-iamin. † God hath not reiected his people vvhich he foreknevve. Or knovv you not in Elias vvhat the Scripture ſaith: hovv he requeſteth God againſt Iſraël?

   • 1999 May 20, salmieri, “ecology-community things to do in israël???”, in rec.travel.misc‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 1 June 2022:

     hi there, i will be going to israël very shorlty, and i'd like to go visit a few sites and communes where they apply ecological philosophy and permaculture.....

   • 2003 August 25, Fam van Delft, “Israël”, in alt.religion.christian.home-church‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 1 June 2022:

     Cor, my husband, and I are going to Israël at the end of next month.

   • 2004 July 29, kodok, “200 French Jews Rescued From Jew-Hating France!!!”, in alt.france‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 1 June 2022:

     If it is 200 jews leaving France per day, they would be all gone to Israël in 9 years (2013)

• Ariels, Lieras, serial, railes, resail, Sal Rei, ariels, Realis, sailer, Isreal, relais, realis, Alires, Sailer, serail

From Middle Dutch israel, from Old Dutch israel, from Latin Isrāēl, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɪsraːˌɛl/
• Hyphenation: Is‧ra‧el

Israël n

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
2. (biblical) Israel (a Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people)
3. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)
4. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah)

• Israëli
• Israëliër
• Israëlisch

• Afrikaans: Israel
• → Indonesian: Israel

Israël m

1. Israel, Jacob (mythological character)

• Israëliet
• Israëlitisch

Borrowed from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל.

• IPA^(key): /i.sʁa.ɛl/, /iz.ʁa.ɛl/

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Israël m

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

This country name is used without a direct article, but using the preposition en instead of à: un citoyen d'Israël; aller en Israël.

• israélien
• Israélien

• éliras, lieras, liséra, relais, relias, sérail, silera

From Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Israël m

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)