Israhél

See also: Israhel

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Israél

Etymology

From Latin Isrāhēl, Isrāēl, from Koine Greek Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈisra.eːl]

Proper noun

Israhél m (indeclinable)

1. Israel (the region; the ancient kingdom; the Jews taken collectively)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 33^a15

     Fomnid-si, a phopul núíednissi, ar ce dud·rónath ní di maith fri maccu Israhél…

     Take heed, O people of the New Testament, for although some good has been done to the children of Israel…

Derived terms

• Israhéldae

Descendants

• Irish: Iosrael
• Manx: Israel
• Scottish Gaelic: Iosrael

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Israhél (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	nIsrahél
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Isra(h)él”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language