יִשְׂרָאֵל pr. n. (b. h.) Israel. 1) I. (Jacob), the patriarch. Gen. R. s. 68 י׳ סבא the patriarch I. the patriarch I. (not the people); a. fr. —2) I., the people. Ber. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—שונאי י׳ the enemies of Israel, often euphem. for Israel. Ib. 32ᵃ נתמוטטו … של ש׳ י׳ the feet of Israel would totter (in judgment); a. fr.—V. כְּנֶסֶת. —3) י׳ (= בן י׳) an Israelite, a) one not belonging to the priestly or levitic tribe; b) a Jew, opp. נכרי, גוי. Gitt. V, 8. Tosef. Kidd. V, 3; a. fr.—Tosef. Ab. Zar. III, 5, sq. Ab. Zar. II, 6; a. fr.—בַּת י׳ an Israelitish woman. Tosef. l. c. 1; 3; a. fr.—Pl. יִשְׂרְאֵלוֹת (opp. to כַּהֲנוֹת, לְוִיּוֹת). Tosef. Snh. IV, 2.