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1 Kings 20:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7971 And he sent וישׁלח

H4397 messengers מלאכים

H413 to אל

H256 Ahab אחאב

H4428 king מלך

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H5892 into the city העירה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H7971 sent

H4397 messengers

H413 to

H256 Ahab

H4428 king

H3478 Israel

into

the

H5892 city

and

H559 said

unto

him

H3541 Thus

H559 saith

Benhadad

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3478

Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל

Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl

Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'

Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine

Bible Usage: Israel.

Definition:

he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

a. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

b. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

c. the name of the nation after the return from exile

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906