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יִשְׂרָאֵל

Biblical Aramaic

Israel — used 8 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Israel tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יִשְׂרָאֵל: n.pr.gent. Israel tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.gent. Israel (BH id., √ I. שָׂרָה);—אֱלַהּ יִשׁ׳ Ezr 5:1; 6:14; 7:15; מֶלֶךְ לְיִשׂ׳ 5:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 6:16, עַמָּא יִשׂ׳ 7:13.

Jastrow 1903

יִשְׂרָאֵל: Israel an Israelite Jew an Israelitish woman tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

Israel. I. (Jacob), the patriarch. Gen. R. s. 68 י׳ סבא the patriarch I. the patriarch I. (not the people); a. fr. I., the people. Ber. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—שונאי י׳ the enemies of Israel, often euphem. for Israel. Ib. 32ᵃ נתמוטטו … של ש׳ י׳ the feet of Israel would totter (in judgment); a. fr.—V. כְּנֶסֶת. י׳ (= בן י׳) an Israelite, a) one not belonging to the priestly or levitic tribe; b) a Jew, opp. נכרי, גוי. Gitt. V, 8. Tosef. Kidd. V, 3; a. fr.—Tosef. Ab. Zar. III, 5, sq. Ab. Zar. II, 6; a. fr.—בַּת י׳ an Israelitish woman. Tosef. l. c. 1; 3; a. fr.—Pl. יִשְׂרְאֵלוֹת (opp. to כַּהֲנוֹת, לְוִיּוֹת). Tosef. Snh. IV, 2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Israel (5); Israel (3).

In the verses

Ezra 6:16 · tree →

וַעֲבַ֣דוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּהֲנַיָּ֨א וְלֵוָיֵ֜א וּשְׁאָ֣ר בְּנֵי־גָלוּתָ֗א חֲנֻכַּ֛ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה בְּחֶדְוָֽה׃

Word for word: and they.made the.people of.Israel the priests and the Levites and the.rest of.the.people of the.exile the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this with joy

JPS 1917: And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

Ezra 7:15 · tree →

וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה כְּסַ֣ף וּדְהַ֑ב דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֣א וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי הִתְנַדַּ֙בוּ֙ לֶאֱלָ֣הּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דִּ֥י בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖ם מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: and to carry silver and gold which the king and counselors his they.have.offered.freely to the.God of.Israel who [is].in Jerusalem abode his

JPS 1917: and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

In Targum Onkelos

Number 11 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 593 times there, in the forms יִשְׂרָאֵל (520); דְיִשְׂרָאֵל (40); בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל (21); לְיִשְׂרָאֵל (7); וְיִשְׂרָאֵל (2).

Numbers 21:31 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וִיתֵב יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּאֲרַע אֱמוֹרָאָה

וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּאֶ֖רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃

Word for word: and it.dwelt Israel in the.land of the.Amorite[s]

JPS 1917: Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

Exodus 12:47 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל יַעְבְדוּן יָתֵהּ:

כָּל־עֲדַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יַעֲשׂ֥וּ אֹתֽוֹ׃

Word for word: all the.congregation of.Israel they.will.do it

JPS 1917: All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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