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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יִשְׂרָאֵל
יִשְׂרָאֵל
H3478
Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
Definition: Israel
Original: ישׂראל Transliteration: yiśrâ'êl Phonetic: yis-raw-ale'
BDB Definition:
Israel = "God prevails"- the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel
- the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob
- the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split
- the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah
- the name of the nation after the return from exile