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Israel

Is·ra·el

Israel

 
pronunciation:
Iz ri l [or] Iz reI l
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a Middle Eastern republic, formed as a Jewish state by action of the United Nations in 1948.
 
definition 2: according to the Old Testament, the Jewish people collectively as the descendants of Jacob, to whom the name Israel was given after he wrestled with an angel.