Israeli

[ iz-rey-lee ]

noun

, plural Is·rae·lis, (especially collectively) Is·rae·li.

1. a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.

adjective

1. of or relating to modern Israel or its inhabitants.

Israeli

/ ɪzˈreɪlɪ /

noun

1. a citizen or inhabitant of the state of Israel

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the state of Israel or its inhabitants

Other Words From

• anti-Is·raeli noun adjective
• pro-Is·raeli noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Israeli¹

First recorded in 1945–50; from Hebrew yisrāʿēlī, equivalent to Yisrā'ēl + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin; Israel

Example Sentences

One such company is an Israeli startup called AnyVision Interactive Technologies.

From Singularity Hub 

The Israeli report describes observations made during three weeks in January and February when researchers were able to compare health records of unvaccinated people and people who had gotten their second shot more than a week before.

From MIT Technology Review

Last week, Israeli startup Aleph Farms unveiled the first lab-grown ribeye steak using their proprietary bio-printing process, which they say will eventually allow them to recreate any cut of meat.

From Singularity Hub 

In 2015, an Israeli study of 800 people monitored their blood sugar levels and microbiome to parse out how individuals respond to different types of sugar intake.

From Singularity Hub 

However, there has been some early good news on that front, thanks to two recent studies, one by AstraZeneca and one by a group of Israeli scientists.

From Time

The two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dead.

From The Daily Beast

But for those on the Israeli right who are hoping that this deferred dream will just fade away, they can forget it.

From The Daily Beast

Not all Israeli gay propaganda is pinkwashing—a lot of it is good, old-fashioned PR to attract gay tourist dollars to Tel Aviv.

From The Daily Beast

Israeli elections means a time out And that brings us to the bottom line.

From The Daily Beast

The EU and the Palestinians would be better to wait until after the Israeli elections to push for change on the ground.

From The Daily Beast

It represents the permanent ideas and principles—species in Israeli's terminology—which are not subject to change or dissolution.

From Project Gutenberg

The first and second divisions in Israeli's account correspond to Aristotle's active and passive intellects respectively.

From Project Gutenberg

The suggestion that prophecy is a psychological phenomenon related to true dreams is found as early as Isaac Israeli.

From Project Gutenberg

We look in vain in Israeli's two treatises for a discussion of the existence and nature of God.

From Project Gutenberg

Incidentally we learn also something of Israeli's ideas of God's relation to mankind, of his commandments, and of prophecy.

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