מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל

𐤌/𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋

miyiserael

from Israel

from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.

H3478

Judges 21:17 · Word #8

Lexicon H3478

Lemmaיִשְׂרָאֵל
Lemma (Paleo)𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
TransliterationYisrâʼêl
Strong'sH3478
In-contextfrom Israel

Morphology HR/Np All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype p — Proper Name — Proper name

SIBI-P1 H3478-04

from Israel

Rootשׂרה + אל (s-r-h + ʾ-l)
Core Meaningsto rule, to contend, to fight, to prevail; God, deity, divine power
Semantic RangeIsrael as a proper noun can denote: (1) the patriarch Jacob after his name change at Peniel; (2) the collective nation and people descended from Jacob; (3) the northern kingdom after the split from Judah; (4) the land of Israel/Palestine; (5) those spiritually worthy of the name (true Israelites); (6) in construct with prepositions, expressions of origin, belonging, or relationship to the nation.
Conceptual SignificanceIsrael represents one of the most theologically significant names in Scripture, appearing over 2,000 times. The name itself encodes divine sovereignty—'he will rule as God' or 'God prevails'—reflecting the covenant relationship between God and the chosen people. The name change from Jacob to Israel marked a spiritual transformation and divine election. In the prepositional form 'from Israel,' the word emphasizes origin, identity, and belonging to the covenant community, carrying implications of election, divine promise, and national identity throughout biblical history.
Morphological NotesHR/Np: preposition מִ (from) + proper noun יִשְׂרָאֵל in nominative case. The word appears 32 times in this form across the corpus. The proper noun is masculine singular, though it functions collectively to refer to the nation and people of Israel.
Rendering RationaleThe form מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵל consists of the preposition מִ (from) attached to the proper noun יִשְׂרָאֵל (Israel). The morphology HR/Np indicates a construct relationship with a preposition and proper noun in the nominative case. The rendering 'from Israel' preserves both the prepositional sense and the proper noun's reference to the nation/people descended from Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel meaning 'he who rules as God' or 'God prevails.'

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Words from Root שׂרה + אל (to rule, to contend, to fight, to prevail; God, deity, divine power)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3478-05 uleyiserael and to the God-Contender
H3478-10 yiserael He-Who-Prevails-With-God

Word Usage (2507 occurrences of H3478)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 32:29 יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל yiserael Israel
Genesis 32:33 יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל yiserael Israel
Genesis 33:20 יִשְׂרָאֵֽל yiserael Israel
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