Israel
yis.ra.el names the people gathered, ruled, defended, and addressed as God’s people, and can also identify their land or an individual.
The supplied verses most often use the proper name for a collective people: they gather around David, receive his rule, fight enemies, and are called God’s people. It also marks the land or territory associated with that people and, in a genealogy, identifies an individual alongside Esau.
Senses in use
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The collective people under leaders and before God · dominant
Tagged as a proper noun, the form identifies the people who gather toward David in 1 Chronicles 11:1, are ruled by him in 1 Chronicles 18:14, and are assembled for battle in 1 Chronicles 19:17. In 1 Chronicles 17:21 the APB renders the clause “your people Israel,” describing a people redeemed and distinguished among the nations; 1 Chronicles 21:5 likewise places the name in a count of men drawing the sword.
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The land or territorial extent of the people · occasional
In territorial clauses, the proper name marks the area in which events occur or whose boundary is named. In 1 Chronicles 13:2 the APB renders “all the lands of Israel,” while 1 Chronicles 21:12 refers to destruction “throughout all the border of Israel.”
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An individual in a genealogical notice · rare
In 1 Chronicles 1:34, tagged as a proper noun, the name stands beside Esau in the statement that Isaac’s sons were “Esau and Israel.” The clause presents it as the name of one person rather than the collective people or their territory.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB normally retains the name in collective expressions such as “all Israel,” “people Israel,” and “God of Israel.” It also uses it in territorial phrases such as “lands of Israel” and “border of Israel”; These renderings are read from the clauses rather than treated as a separate definition.