Hebrews

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Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.

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Label Occurrences
Hebrews canonical 6

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people
ancient people
ethno-religious group
ancestralFigure Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Jacob’s twelve sons
associatedLanguage Hebrew language
associatedWith Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
Judea
surface form: Kingdom of Judah

Abraham
surface form: Patriarch Abraham

Patriarch Isaac
Jacob
surface form: Patriarch Jacob

Twelve Tribes of Israel
centralCovenantConcept covenant with Yahweh
centralDeity God
surface form: Yahweh
culturalPractice Sabbath observance
circumcision
dietary laws (kashrut precursors)
ethnicityOf Jews
surface form: Israelites

Jews
historicalPeriod Bronze Age
Iron Age
languageFamily Semitic languages
laterIdentityContinuityWith Jews
Jews
surface form: ancient Israelites
mentionedIn Book of Exodus
Book of Genesis
Torah
surface form: Pentateuch

Torah
nameDerivedFrom root ʿ-b-r (to cross, to pass) in Hebrew
region Middle East
surface form: Ancient Near East

Canaan
Eastern Mediterranean
surface form: Levant
religiousText Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tanakh
religiousTradition ancient Israelite religion
religiousTraditionInfluenceOn Christianity
Islam
Judaism
scripturalLawCode Torah
surface form: Mosaic Law
selfDesignation Hebrew
surface form: ʿIvri
selfDesignationLanguage Hebrew
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
traditionalAncestralGroupOf Jews
surface form: Israelites

Jewish people
traditionalLawGivingSite Mount Sinai
traditionalLiberationNarrative Book of Exodus
surface form: Exodus from Egypt
traditionalMigrationNarrative migration to Canaan
traditionalOriginNarrative call of Abraham from Ur of the Chaldeans
traditionalSlaveryNarrative sojourn in Egypt

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews hasEthnonym Hebrews
Bronze Age associatedWith Hebrews
Israelites alsoKnownAs Hebrews
Exodus 3 mentionsPeople Hebrews
Shem ancestorOf Hebrews