Israel

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈɪzreɪl/ 🇺🇸 /ˈɪzriːəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A country in the Middle East, located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, established in 1948 as a Jewish state.; The ancient kingdom of the Israelites in the region of Palestine, historically divided into the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.; A name given to the patriarch Jacob in the Bible after he wrestled with an angel.; The Jewish people collectively, especially in a religious or historical context.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

State of IsraelLand of Israelchildren of Israelpeople of IsraelKingdom of Israel

Derivatives

IsraeliIsraeliteIsraelism

Synonyms

Zionthe Holy LandJacob

Commonly confused

Israeli
EN: 'Israeli' is the adjective/demonym for modern citizens of the State of Israel; 'Israel' is the country or biblical figure itself.
Israelite
EN: 'Israelite' refers to the ancient Hebrew people or a member of the biblical tribes; 'Israeli' refers to a modern citizen of the State of Israel.

Spelling tips

EN: Always capitalized as a proper noun. A common transposition error is writing 'Isreal' instead of 'Israel' (the 'a' and 'e' must be in the correct order: -ael).

💬 Examples

  1. Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948.

  2. The kingdom of Israel fell to the Assyrians in 722 BCE.

  3. Jacob was renamed Israel after his struggle with the divine being at Peniel.

  4. The children of Israel wandered in the desert for forty years.