<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up ישראל in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up ישראל in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> <P> Israel is a Biblical given name . The patriarch Jacob was given the name Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard Yisraʾel Tiberian Yiśrāʾēl) after he "wrestled with the angel" (Genesis 32: 28 and 35: 10). The given name is already attested in Eblaite (𒅖𒊏𒅋, išrail) and Ugaritic (𐎊𐎌𐎗𐎛𐎍, yšrʾil). Commentators differ on the original literal interpretation . The text of Genesis etymologizes the name with the root śarah "to rule, contend, have power, prevail over": שָׂרִיתָ עִם ־ אֱלֹהִים (KJV: "a prince hast thou power with God"), but modern suggestions read the el as the subject, for a translation of "El / God rules / judges / struggles", "El fights / struggles". </P> <P> Jacob's descendants came to be known as the Israelites, eventually forming the tribes of Israel and ultimately the kingdom of Israel, whence came the name of modern - day State of Israel . </P>

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