ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܐܬܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ

ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔisːrɑːʔeːl]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔisːrɑːjɪl]

Proper noun

ܐܝܼܣܪܵܐܹܝܠ • (īsrāˀēl) f

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
2. (historical) Israel (an ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel)
3. (figuratively, Christianity) Spiritual Israel, new Israel, the Church

Proper noun

ܐܝܼܣܪܵܐܹܝܠ • (īsrāˀēl) m

1. Israel (the Hebrew patriarch Jacob)
   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Genesis 32:28–He said, “no more shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel; because you have wrestled with God and with humans and have overcome”.:

     ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ، «ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܦܵܐܹܫ ܩܸܪܝܵܐ ܫܸܡܘܼܟ݂ ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂، ܐܸܠܵܐ ܐܝܼܣܪܵܐܹܝܠ؛ ܒܗܲܝ ܕܡܟܘܼܬܸܫ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܥܲܡ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܘܥܲܡ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܘܙܟ݂ܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂

     mīr lēh, “ḥēnā lā kē pāˀēš qiryā šimōḵ yaˁqōḇ, illā īsrāˀēl; b-hay d-mkūtiš lōḵ ˁam allāhā w-ˁam nāšē w-zḵē lōḵ

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2. a male given name from Hebrew
3. a surname transferred from the given name

Derived terms

• ܐܝܼܣܲܪܠܵܝܵܐ (īsarlāyā, “Israelite; Israeli”)
• ܒܢܲܝ̈ ܐܝܼܣܪܵܐܹܝܠ (bnay īsrāˀēl, “Sons of Israel”)

See also

• ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (Judean; Jew)

Classical Syriac

ܬܪܥܣܪ ܫܒ̈ܛܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ

Alternative forms

• ܐܝܣܪܝܠ, ܝܣܪܐܠ, ܝܣܪܝܠ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔīsrɑ(ʔ)el/

Proper noun

ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ • (ʾīsrāʾel) f

1. Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

Proper noun

ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ • (ʾīsrāʾel) m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Israel
   • Peshitta, Genesis 23:28

     ܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܠܐ ܢܬܩܪܐ ܬܘܒ ܫܡܟ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܐܠܐ "ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ"

     Your name will no longer be Jacob, but "Israel"

See also

• ܝܗܘܕܝܐ (“Judean/Jew”)
• ܨܗܝܘܿܢ (“Zion”)