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Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Modern: Yīsraʾel, Tiberian: Yīsrāʾēl) is a Hebrew-language masculine given name. According to the Book of Genesis , the name was bestowed upon Jacob after the incident in which he wrestled with the angel ( Genesis 32:28 and 35:10).
The name Shalem/Salem (שלם šālêm) is found in the account of Melchizedek in Genesis 14:18: And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God . That the name Salem refers to Jerusalem is evidenced by Psalm 76:2 which uses "Salem" as a parallel for "Zion", the
Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in occupied Palestine, in West Asia.It is situated in the Southern Levant of the Middle East; and shares borders with Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. [21]
[4] [5] If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city with 452,000 residents after Jerusalem with 919,000; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city before West Jerusalem with around 350,000.
Eleven people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms. Another, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, was elected to three consecutive terms, although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term. Isaac Herzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021.
Johnson helped supply Israel in the years preceding the Six-Day War, in which Israel seized land from its neighbors. Egypt, as a result, closed the Suez Canal for years.
Israelis, the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel; Israel (name), a biblical given name and family name; Jacob, a biblical patriarch who was later given the name of Israel Twelve Tribes of Israel, individual tribes descended from the 12 sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible; Israelites, the confederated Twelve Tribes of Israel during the ...
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