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سرءن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the name Israel and its purported meaning. It is associated with the patriarch Jacob and a claim about the name's origin.

Derived headwords

إِسْرَائِيْلname
  1. 1.
    Israelboth

    The name of the patriarch Jacob, and by extension, the name of the people descended from him.

إِسْرَاءِيْنname
  1. 1.
    Israelclassical

    An alternative form of the name Israel, referring to the patriarch Jacob.

Parallel reading

إسرائين وإسرائيل، زعم يعقوب أنه بدل: اسم ملك.
Isra'in and Isra'il, Jacob claimed it was a substitute: the name of a king.