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<p><b>Israel</b>  is a masculine <a href="page.php?w=Hebrew_language">Hebrew</a> name.</p>

<p><big> Etymology </big></p>
<p>In Hebrew, the name Israel comes from sara  and <a href="page.php?w=El_%28deity%29">el</a> . After <a href="page.php?w=Jacob">Jacob</a> <a href="page.php?w=Jacob_wrestling_with_the_angel">wrestles with the angel</a> in the <a href="page.php?w=Book_of_Genesis">Book of Genesis</a>, the Angel of the Lord tells him that his name is now Israel, because he has "struggled with God and man and prevailed" . The Hebrew verb sarita, used in the</p><p>
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