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Meaning of Israel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl

Definitions

  1. Obsolete and non-native speakers' English spelling of Israel.
  2. A country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Official name: State of Israel.
  3. 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.
  4. An ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel.
  5. An ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah.
  6. The Jews as a people, taken collectively.
  7. A male given name from Hebrew.
  8. Another name for Jacob, notably after Genesis 32:28 and in later references.
  9. A surname.
  10. A barangay of Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.

Equivalents

Bosanski Izrael Израел
Čeština Izrael
Deutsch Israel
Ελληνικά Ισραήλ
Suomi Israel
Français Israël
हिन्दी इसराइल
Hrvatski Izrael Израел
Bahasa Indonesia Isriwil
日本語 イスラエル
한국어 이스라엘
Kurdî Israîl
Polski Izrael
Português Israel
Српски Izrael Израел
Svenska Israel
Türkçe İsrail
Українська Ізраїль
Tiếng Việt I-xra-en Ích Xà Ix-ra-en

Examples

“If we look at the Middle East, I think it’s about time we stop those of us, who support – as most of us do – Israel in this body, for apologizing for our support for Israel. There is no apology to be made. None. It is the best $3 billion investment we make. Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region; the United States would have to go out and invent an Israel.”
“And you know how we train for the army? We don’t train for defensive warfare. If the war against Israel ever had to be fought on Israeli soil – do I have to tell you? –, it’s an impossibility. So it’s the same thing. Don’t let the war of words ever be fought about Israel’s nature!”
“With Western support, Israel is plunging headfirst into slaughter.”
“Hear O’ Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One”
“For our ancestors, for us, for our children, for every generation of the people Israel, for all ages from the first to the last, His teachings are true, everlasting.”
“IF VOLFER is happy, Transportation Minister Israel Katz seems almost jubilant.”
“And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.”
“These are intended for the completion of the Construction of Level II Water System Project for barangays Mt. View, Little Baguio and Israel under the BuB-Water and Construction of Brgy. Bulongisan-Canaan Level II Water Supply under the SALINTUBIG Program.”
“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?”
“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.....”
“Cor, my husband, and I are going to Israël at the end of next month.”
“If it is 200 jews leaving France per day, they would be all gone to Israël in 9 years (2013)”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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