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:
“Who is the LORD, that I should heed him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 5:2.
Pharaoh.
“We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people—the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)