Israel

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biblical patriarch human

Israel is a key patriarchal figure in the Hebrew Bible, regarded as the ancestor of the Israelites and the twelve tribes that bear his sons’ names.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
collective Israel	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical patriarch ⓘ human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jacob ⓘ
associatedWithTribe	Tribe of Asher ⓘ Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ Tribe of Dan ⓘ Tribe of Gad ⓘ Tribe of Issachar ⓘ Tribe of Joseph ⓘ Tribe of Judah ⓘ Tribe of Levi ⓘ Tribe of Naphtali ⓘ Tribe of Reuben ⓘ Tribe of Simeon ⓘ Tribe of Zebulun ⓘ
buriedAt	Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ surface form: Cave of Machpelah
covenantWith	God ⓘ
diesIn	Egypt ⓘ
hasChild	Asher ⓘ Benjamin ⓘ Dan ⓘ Gad ⓘ Issachar ⓘ Joseph ⓘ Judah son of Jacob ⓘ surface form: Judah Levi ⓘ Naphtali ⓘ Reuben ⓘ Simeon ⓘ Zebulun ⓘ
hasGivenName	Jacob ⓘ
hasGivenNameMeaning	he supplants ⓘ
hasNameMeaning	strives with God ⓘ
hasParent	Isaac ⓘ Rebekah ⓘ
hasSibling	Esau ⓘ
hasSpouse	Bilhah ⓘ Leah ⓘ Rachel ⓘ Zilpah ⓘ
hasVisionOf	ladder reaching to heaven ⓘ
makesVowTo	God at Bethel ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
migratesTo	Egypt ⓘ
nameChangeEvent	Jacob renamed Israel after wrestling with a divine being ⓘ
receivesBlessingFrom	Isaac ⓘ
receivesNameFrom	God ⓘ
roleInReligion	ancestor of the Israelites ⓘ eponymous ancestor of Israel ⓘ patriarch of the Israelites ⓘ patriarch of the twelve tribes of Israel ⓘ
veneratedIn	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
wrestlesWith	divine being at Peniel ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jacob → alsoKnownAs → Israel ⓘ

Tribe of Simeon → alsoKnownAs → Israel ⓘ

subject surface form: Jacob

Pharaoh’s daughter → associatedPlace → Israel ⓘ

Sulayman → associatedWithPlace → Israel ⓘ

Italkim → diaspora → Israel ⓘ

Judeo-Iranian languages → diasporaUse → Israel ⓘ

Nusach Sefard → geographicUse → Israel ⓘ

Israel Gelfand → givenName → Israel ⓘ

Israel Kirzner → givenName → Israel ⓘ

Israel Putnam → givenName → Israel ⓘ

Twelve Tribes of Israel → hasTraditionalAncestor → Israel ⓘ

Suffering servant → interpretedAs → Israel ⓘ

subject surface form: Suffering Servant

this entity surface form: collective Israel

David → isCommonInRegion → Israel ⓘ

Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah → mentions → Israel ⓘ

Gog of the land of Magog → opposes → Israel ⓘ

Peretz → regionOfPrevalence → Israel ⓘ

Elia → usedIn → Israel ⓘ