israeli

«israeli» in Mova's school dictionary: adjective From or belonging to the modern country of Israel — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Israeli); noun (an Israeli, Israelis)

meaning for a pupil

1) adjective From or belonging to the modern country of Israel. tree →

2) noun A person from Israel. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and news lessons Israeli means of the state of Israel, founded in 1948. In conflicts the news uses «Israeli» and «Palestinian» for the two sides; good lessons show both peoples' suffering. Different from «Israelite», a person of ancient Israel in the Bible. Phrases: «Israeli food», «the Israeli government».

examples

• Hummus and falafel are popular in Israeli food. tree →
• An Israeli scientist won the prize. tree →
• Israelis speak Hebrew and many also speak Arabic or English. tree →
• The Israeli and Palestinian children both want peace. tree →
• The Israeli flag is blue and white with a star. tree →

note

Capital I. Use «an»: an Israeli. Do not confuse with «Israelite» (Bible times) or «Jewish» (a religion and people, not all Israelis are Jewish and not all Jews are Israeli).

In the corpora

• You can feel for Israeli and Palestinian families at the same time.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «israeli» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.