אסראיל

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْرَائِيلُ‎ (ʾisrāʾīlu).

Proper noun

אסראיל (ʾisrāʾīlu) m

  1. Israel (Biblical character, Jacob)
  2. Israel (nation)
    • Exodus 1:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      ‏הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃‎‎
      hāḏihi ʾasmāʾu banī ʾisrāʾīla d-dāḵilīna ʾilā miṣra maʿa yaʿqūba rajulun waʾilluhu daḵalū.
      These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:
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