To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Israel
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:40:49 -0500
<LMB>
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}