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31Israël — (i sra èl) s. m. Surnom de Jacob. Nom collectif des Israélites. Tout Israël se lèvera comme un seul homme. • Comment est mort cet homme puissant qui sauvait le peuple d Israël ?, FLÉCH. Turenne.. • Et du Dieu d Israël les fêtes sont… …
32Israel — The name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer struggle at Peniel (Gen. 32:28), because as a prince he had power with God and prevailed. (See Jacob.) This is the common name given to Jacob s descendants. The whole people of the twelve… …
33Israel — One of two Hebrew (Jewish) kingdoms situated in ancient Palestine and conquered by Mesopotamian kings. According to the Old Testament, Abraham, the first prophet not only of the Jews but also of the christians and the Muslims, lived sometime… …
34Israel — 1. Die Kinder Israel hätten Frieden haben können, wenn sie im Diensthause Aegyptens blieben. – Opel, 394. 2. Israel soll nicht verwitwen. – Tendlau, 919; Jer. 51, 5. Wenn ein bedeutender Mann aus seiner Mitte scheidet, ersteht ihm zum Ersatz ein… …
35Israel 10 — Infobox Network network name = Channel 10 network country = flagcountry|Israel owner = Yossi Meiman, Ronald Lauder, Arnon Milchan key people = Mody Friedman, CEO. Yoav Heldman, CFO. Nati Dinnar, VP of Strategy and Marketing. Eldad Koblentz, VP of …
36Israel — noun /ˈɪzreɪəl,ˈɪzriəl/ a) The State of Israel, a modern country in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men …
37Israel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek Israēl, from Hebrew Yiśrā ēl 1. Jacob 2 2. the Jewish people 3. a people chosen by God • Israel adjective II. geographical name 1 …
38Israel — Is|rael a country on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea, surrounded by Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon. Population: 5,938,000 (2001). Capital: Jerusalem. Israel was established in 1948 as a home for the Jewish people, and was part of ↑Palestine …
39Israel — This name comes from Jacob s experience of wrestling with God (Gen 32:28) and is used in different ways: (1) the twelve tribes of Israel as descendants of the twelve sons of Jacob; (2) the Chosen People or the Jewish people as a whole; (3) the …
40Israel — Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, Great Britain established a mandate over Palestine backed by the League of Nations. However, the region was the scene of continuous conflict between the Arab and smaller Jewish… …
