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  • From: "Bill Ross" <wross AT farmerstel.com>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Israel
  • Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:40:49 -0500


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What does "Israel" literally mean, please?

<Bill>
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but
Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God [elohim] and with men, and
hast prevailed. {Israel: that is, A prince of God}

Bill Ross





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