Israel
ישראל (Yisrael)
- Akko (עֵכּוׂ) : Acre
- Ariha/Yeriho (יְרִיחוׂ / ٲرݐحا) : Jericho
- Ashqelon (אֵשֶׁקְלוׂן) : Ashkelon
- Beit Lahm/Bet Lehem (בֵּית לׇהׇם / بݐت لحم) : Bethlehem
- Ha-Galil (הגליל) : Galilee
- Kafar Nahum (כְּפֵר נֵהוּם) : Capernaum
- Natzrat (נֶצְרֵת) : Nazareth
- Qeisari (קֵיסֶריֶה) : Caesarea
- Tverya (טְבֶריֶה) : Tiberias
- Yafo (יֶפוׂ) : Jaffa
- Yehudah (יהודח) : Judea
- Yerushalayim (יְרוּשֶׁלֵיִם) : Jerusalem
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Famous quotes containing the word israel:
“...that he may learn that there is a prophet in Israel.”
—Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 5:8.
Elijah to the king of Israel who has received a letter from the king of Syria looking for someone to cure his commander of leprosy.
“Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy,
And with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm CXXX (l. CXXX, 7–8)
“There is Israel, for us at least. What no other generation had, we have. We have Israel in spite of all the dangers, the threats and the wars, we have Israel. We can go to Jerusalem. Generations and generations could not and we can.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)