------- Am Yisrael Chai -------

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Over the past three thousand years, the name "Israel", named after the patriarch Jacob (Standard Yisraʾel, Isrāʾīl; Septuagint Greek: Ἰσραήλ; "persevere with God") has meant, in common and religious usage, both the Land of Israel and the entire Jewish nation. According to the Bible, Jacob is renamed Israel after successfully wrestling with an angel of God.

The earliest archaeological artifact to mention "Israel" is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late 13th century BCE), which refers to a people of that name located in Canaan. The modern country was named Medinat Yisrael, or the State of Israel, after other proposed names, including Eretz Israel ("the Land of Israel"), Zion, and Judea, were rejected. In the early weeks of independence, the government chose the term "Israeli" to denote a citizen of Israel, with the formal announcement made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Moshe Sharett.

Chai (Hebrew pronunciation: [χai], more correctly and originally[ħai]) is a symbol and word that figures prominently in Jewish culture and consists of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet Chet (ח) and Yod (י).

In the Hebrew language, the word chai (חַי) spelled by these two letters means "living," is related to the term for "life," chaim; ḥayyim, and also appears in the slogan "`am yisrael chai!" (עַם יִשְרָאֵל חַי, "The people of Israel live!").

Sarkozette Uploaded by Sarkozette on Jan 3, 2010. ------- Am Yisrael Chai ------- - Desktop Nexus People Download free wallpapers and background images: ------- Am Yisrael Chai -------. Desktop Nexus People background ID 256623. Over the past three thousand years, the name "Israel", named after the patriarch Jacob (Standard Yisraʾel, Isrāʾīl; Septuagint Greek: Ἰσραήλ; "persevere with God") has meant, in common and religious usage, both the Land of Israel and the entire Jewish nation. According to the Bible, Jacob is renamed Israel after successfully wrestling with an angel of God.

The earliest archaeological artifact to mention "Israel" is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late 13th century BCE), which refers to a people of that name located in Canaan. The modern country was named Medinat Yisrael, or the State of Israel, after other proposed names, including Eretz Israel ("the Land of Israel"), Zion, and Judea, were rejected. In the early weeks of independence, the government chose the term "Israeli" to denote a citizen of Israel, with the formal announcement made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Moshe Sharett.

Chai (Hebrew pronunciation: [χai], more correctly and originally[ħai]) is a symbol and word that figures prominently in Jewish culture and consists of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet Chet (ח) and Yod (י).

In the Hebrew language, the word chai (חַי) spelled by these two letters means "living," is related to the term for "life," chaim; ḥayyim, and also appears in the slogan "`am yisrael chai!" (עַם יִשְרָאֵל חַי, "The people of Israel live!"). 4.1