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- proper noun The
State of Israel , a modern country in theMiddle East , at the easternshore of theMediterranean . - proper noun The Land of Israel, a region that is roughly coextensive with the State of Israel.
- proper noun historical A nation that occupied roughly the same area in ancient times.
- proper noun historical An ancient
kingdom that occupied the northern part of this area, as distinct fromJudah . - proper noun The
Jews , taken collectively. - proper noun biblical A name given to
Jacob (Genesis 32:28). - proper noun A male
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC
- noun Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
Etymologies
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Until recently, the @Israel Twitter account belonged to Israel Melendez, a Miami man who owns a pornographic website.
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Until recently, the @Israel Twitter account belonged to Israel Melendez, a Miami man who owns a pornographic website.
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TZIPI LIVNI, ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTER: They targeted last week a school in Beersheba, in Israel.
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EXODUS ISRAEL In essence, the nation within the pre-1967 borders of the state of Israel.
Bradley Burston: Hillary Clinton, Gaza, and the Six-State Solution 2009
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MICHAEL OREN, OFFICER, ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE: I think Israel learned some very important lessons from Lebanon, Fareed, some very bitter lessons from Lebanon.
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Diary Entry by kwalsh (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '"Israel disputes this" no it doesn\'t'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Most comments in the media about settlement construction in the occupied territories which state the settlements are illegal under international law end with comment \'Israel disputes this\'.
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Wayne Madsen: Israel hopes to colonize parts of Iraq as Greater Israel
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Wayne Madsen: Israel hopes to colonize parts of Iraq as ��Greater Israel�� 2009
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As we are discussing the charter itself, regardless of what Mr. Haniye SAYS (Muslims also condone lying if its to the enemy), even the Wikipedia quote says "Hamas's charter calls for REPLACING THE STATE OF ISRAEL (my capitals) with a Palestinian Islamic state in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip"
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Wayne Madsen: Israel hopes to colonize parts of Iraq as Greater Israel
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Wayne Madsen: Israel hopes to colonize parts of Iraq as ��Greater Israel�� 2009
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ARYE MEKEL, ISRAEL CONSUL GENERAL, NEW YORK: For us, for Israel, it's a huge boost to our morale, feeling that fellow Jews around the world are not deterred.
cohenizzy commented on the word Israel
Israel is the male body part (on an anthropomorphic map of West Asia) that gives delight to God when it is yod-shin-resh = straight, upright. Usually it is bent, curved, as in Ya'akov. Rabbis would say this means morally straight / upright, but the Phoenicians would give a more physical explanation.
TA'ANUG: Erotic Delights from Kabbalah to Hasidism by Prof. Moshe Idel contains this text about "Israel":
>>... in the case of the rabbinic view, Israel, or the righteous, provide sustenance mefarnesim to God,34 but in Hasidism this becomes “Israel provides delight to God.”35
34 See e.g., Midrash Zutta on Shir ha-Shirim, ch. I.
35 See the collection of traditions from the Great Maggid’s circle, entitled 'Or ha-'Emmet, fol. 53c. Compare also to his 'Or Torah, fol. 27b. <<
I reached the same "delight to God" conclusion independently via etymology. Yod-shin-resh = gives delight. Delight = aleph-shin-resh. The aleph moved from the end of the noun to the beginning, probably under the influence of Aramaic which uses aleph as a suffix for the definite article.
Giving shin its ancient dental D/T-sound, letting the resh rotate to L (which looks like a resh rotated 180 degrees), and giving the aleph its ancient CHS/GHT-sound, shin-resh-aleph is cognate with DeLiGHT.
January 1, 2021