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israelite

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for israelite.

Editorial note

If you were a woman, or accused of a crime, or the subject of Israelite war conquests, you're out of luck.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and a descendant of Jacob.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of israelite gathered in one view.

noun

A member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and a descendant of Jacob.

noun

A member of the Jewish people who is neither a cohen nor a Levite.

noun

A native or inhabitant of

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for israelite.

noun

A member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and a descendant of Jacob.

noun

A member of the Jewish people who is neither a cohen nor a Levite.

noun

A native or inhabitant of

adjective

Of or pertaining to the ancient nation(s) of Israel or its inhabitants.

Example sentences

1

If you were a woman, or accused of a crime, or the subject of Israelite war conquests, you're out of luck.

2

So sure, some Palestinian, who maybe has ancient Israelite blood in his veins, needs to live somewhere else because of this.

3

There actually are explicit cases: Leviticus 20:14 and Leviticus 21:9 prescribe burning as a punishment in certain scenarios (ancient Israelite legal code).

4

The Ointment and the Incense are herbal preparations used by the priestly caste to facilitate a direct experience of the Israelite God.

5

For example Islam comes from multiple origins, not simply Ancient Israelite religion.

6

In the Book of Daniel,5 reference is made to the unwillingness of the Israelite Daniel to accept the diet offered by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.

7

And that's before we get to the prophets, whose message everywhere assumes that other gods are present in Israelite civil religion.

8

This is not to argue for the historical accuracy of the stories, just that the point is that Daniel is acting as a debunker of the Babylonian beliefs in these stories while asserting the supremacy of the Israelite beliefs.

9

Similarly, we don't have any historical evidence for what Israelite society was like before ~1000BC and definitely nothing about 2000BC (when the word apiru starts appearing).

10

So this chart lists a couple of major sources: Chinese folk Taoism, Japanese mythology, Shramana traditions (non-vedic), Early Vedic period, and Ancient Israelite religion.

11

I would love to see many other concepts expressed and illustrated with his current visual vocabulary, but I guess limiting it to Israelite Vision is part of the tradeoff.

12

The early Christian movement quickly incorporated non-Jews who had no heritage of living under the authority of the Israelite state, which was, by this time, already expired/expiring, many times over through successive conquests and occupations by various other governments.

Quote examples

1

Mormons) share a common and literal Israelite ancestry with the Jewish people." Yes they do.

2

Israelite is a historic term for a people from a long ago time, the term you were looking for is “Israelis”.

3

You can imagine the "infinite" Jehovah demanding the worship of Israelite tribespeople, but it's rather harder to visualize a mind 10^50 ops/sec large bothering to do so.

4

Note: Exodus 20:5 and Similar Passages: The concept of "visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation" is often understood in the context of the collective nature of ancient Israelite society.

Proper noun examples

1

This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel the loan he has made to his fellow Israelite.

2

On balance it is fair to state that Palestinians are in fact ethnically Israelite.

3

In some languages it has a derogatory ring but in some languages describing someone as a Jew/Hebrew/Israelite is derogatory regardless of the word you use.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use israelite in a sentence?

If you were a woman, or accused of a crime, or the subject of Israelite war conquests, you're out of luck.

What does israelite mean?

A member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and a descendant of Jacob.

What part of speech is israelite?

israelite is commonly used as noun, adjective.