| The
name "Israel" is rooted in the Hebrew Bible. It is told where Jacob is
renamed Israel after wrestling with a mysterious adversary. The biblical
nation fathered by Jacob was then called "the Children of
Israel" or the "Israelites". The people of the modern State
of Israel are referred to, in English, as "Israelis". The angel
then proceeds to yet again change his name to Yisrael, "because you fought (sareeta)
with G-d and with men and you triumphed" (32:29). The literal
translation of Israel to English would be "the one who wrestled with
G-d |
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