Israel

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For those of you who are skeptical about how it is the name of a country, it was the name of a person- the country is named after the person.
― Anonymous User  7/1/2020
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The hieroglyphics in Ancient Egypt read "Isis", "Ra", and "El."
― eddievegas316  10/7/2017
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If you're bashing this name because it's also the name of the country and because of anti-semitism or whatever, just remember that the country was named after the name. "Israel" was a Biblical given name long before the State of Israel got its name. As the history itself states, "The ancient and modern states of Israel took their names from him".
― Anonymous User  7/10/2017
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"He who fights with God and wins" is the proper Hebrew to English translation.
― Ironrod  1/11/2006
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More like "He who fights with God and God lets him win." LOL. Is-ra-el was just a shorter way to say all that. :D Jacob still limped afterward, though.
― Atarah Derek  7/11/2007
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The name means Prince of God.
― Anonymous User  11/21/2005
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It does not mean "Prince of God" (where do you get this stuff?), it means "one who wrestled with God".
― noae  12/30/2005
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