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Psalms 135:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H3290 Jacob יעקב

H977 hath chosen בחר

H3050 the LORD לו יה

H3478 unto himself and Israel ישׂראל

H5459 his peculiar treasure לסגלתו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

the

H3050 LORD

hath

H977 chosen

H3290 Jacob

unto

himself

and

H3478 Israel

H3588 for

his

peculiar

H5459 treasure

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3478

Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל

Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl

Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'

Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine

Bible Usage: Israel.

Definition:

he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

a. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

b. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

c. the name of the nation after the return from exile

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906