إِسْرَائِيلَIsrael

Example sentences

• وَكَانَ لرجل من بني إِسْرَائِيل اشْتَرَاهُ بِثَلَاثِينَ مِثْقَالا ونش يعْنى نصف مِثْقَال

  And he was bought by a man from the Children of Israel for thirty mithqals and a half mithqal.

  إِسْرَائِيلَ — Israel. 'Isra'il' = 'Israel'; the 'of' word, so 'of Israel'.

  From: Luqman's Response to Injustice →

• وَكَانَتْ إِمْرَأَةٌ تُرْضِعُ إِبْنًا لَهَا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

  And there was a woman nursing a son of hers from among the Children of Israel,

  إِسْرَائِيلَ — Israel. Israel, the owner half of 'Children of Israel'. Set directly after the front noun with no word for 'of', it takes the possessor (genitive) role; as a foreign name it keeps one fixed ending and does not take the usual tail-n.

  From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →

• وَقَالَ تَعَالَى مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ

  And the Exalted said: From the sake of that, it was prescribed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul without a soul or

  إِسْرَائِيلَ — Israel. A proper name 'Israel', the owning half of 'the Children of Israel'. As a name it is inherently definite and lends that definiteness to the whole pairing. As the possessor it takes the genitive ('of') ending, completing the phrase.

  From: The Gravity of Murder →