How to say "Israel" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningIsrael
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
إِسْرَائِيل
isrāʾīlאסראאיל
إسرائيل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ישראל
yisra'elيِسْرَائِل
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
The whole name is borrowed straight from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrael) — 'El (God) strives', or 'one who strives with God', from Jacob's wrestling match in Genesis 32. Bani Isrāʾīl, 'the Children of Israel', is a central term in the Quran; Arabic never built this name from its own roots.
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In a phrase
إِسْرَائِيل بَلَد صَغِير
isrāʾīl balad ṣaghīrאסראאיל בלד צע'ירIsrael is a small country