إسرائيل

• IPA^(key): /ʔis.raː.ʔiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrāʾēl).

إِسْرَائِيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) m

1. Israel (the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)

   Synonym: يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:93:

     كُلُّ الطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلًّا لِّبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ التَّوْرَاةُ

     kullu ṭ-ṭaʕāmi kāna ḥillan li-banī ʔisrāʔīla ʔillā mā ḥarrama ʔisrāʔīlu ʕalā nafsi-hī min qabli ʔan tunazzala t-tawrātu

     All food was lawful unto the Children of Israel, save that which Israel forbade himself, (in days) before the Torah was revealed.

Borrowed from Israeli Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él).

إِسْرَائِيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) f

1. Israel (a country in Asia)

   Synonym: (derogatory or euphemistic) الكِيَانْ الصِّهْيُونِيّ (al-kiyān aṣ-ṣihyūniyy)

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “إسرائيل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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

إسرائيل • (ʔisrāʔīl) f

1. Israel (a country in Asia)

• إسرائيلي (ʔisrāʔīli, “Israeli”)