- Bible 【圣经】
- In the Old Testament, Jacob.以色列：在旧约全书中，雅各
- The descendants of Jacob.雅各的后代
- Judaism The Hebrew people, past, present, and future, regarded as the chosen people of God by virtue of the covenant of Jacob.【犹太教】 上帝的选民：希伯来民族，希伯来人的过去、现在和将来，被看作是上帝凭借着雅各的契约而选中的民族
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English 源自 古英语
- from Latin 源自 拉丁语
- from Greek Israēl 源自 希腊语 Israēl
- from Hebrew yiśrā’ēl 源自 希伯来语 yiśrā’ēl
Israel
- An ancient kingdom of Palestine founded by Saul c. 1025b.c. After 933 it split into the Northern Kingdom, or kingdom of Israel, and the kingdom of Judah to the south. Israel was overthrown by the Assyrians in 721. 以色列：古代巴勒斯坦的一个王国，公元前 1025年由扫罗建立。933年后它分裂成北部王国，或以色列王国和南部的犹大王国。721年以色列被亚述人推翻
- Abbr. Isr.A country of southwest Asia on the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It was created in 1948 on recommendation of the United Nations. Discord with its Arab neighbors has led to a number of wars, notably in 1956-1957 and 1967. Israel has occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (the area west of the Jordan River) since 1967. Jerusalem is the capital and Tel Aviv-Jaffa the largest city. Population, 4,141,400.缩写 Isr.以色列：西南亚的一个国家，位于地中海东岸。1948年，在联合国推荐下建立。与其阿拉伯邻国的不和睦而导致了许多战争，特别是在1956-1957年和1967年。自1967年以来，以色列占领了加沙地区和西岸（约旦河西岸地区）。耶路撒冷是其首都，特拉维夫市是其最大城市。人口4,141,400