Israelites

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ancient people biblical people ethnic group religious community

The Israelites are the ancient Hebrew people who trace their origins to the patriarchs of the Hebrew Bible and became the foundational ethnic and religious community of Judaism.

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Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form Occurrences
Israelite 10
Children of Israel 8
Judeans 2

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people ⓘ
biblical people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
religious community ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Israelites ⓘ
surface form: Children of Israel

Hebrews ⓘ
Israelites ⓘ
surface form: People of Israel
ancestralTo Jews ⓘ
Samaritans ⓘ
capitalCity Jerusalem ⓘ
centralCovenant covenant with Yahweh ⓘ
centralSanctuary First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: First Temple

Tabernacle ⓘ
culturalLegacy foundation of Judaism ⓘ
influence on Christianity ⓘ
influence on Islam ⓘ
culturalPractice Passover ⓘ
surface form: Passover festival

Sabbath observance ⓘ
Temple sacrifice ⓘ
circumcision ⓘ
deity YHWH ⓘ
surface form: Yahweh
eponymousAncestor Jacob ⓘ
ethnogenesis ancient Near East ⓘ
keyLeader Joshua ⓘ
King David ⓘ
King Saul ⓘ
King Solomon ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
Elijah ⓘ
surface form: prophet Elijah

Isaiah ⓘ
surface form: prophet Isaiah

Jeremiah ⓘ
surface form: prophet Jeremiah

prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
surface form: prophet Samuel
legalSystem biblical law ⓘ
mentionedIn Assyrian inscriptions ⓘ
Babylonian inscriptions ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
originTradition Abraham ⓘ
surface form: patriarch Abraham

Isaac ⓘ
surface form: patriarch Isaac

patriarch Jacob ⓘ
politicalOrganization Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ⓘ
surface form: United Monarchy of Israel

tribal confederation ⓘ
priestlyTribe Tribe of Levi ⓘ
primaryLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
region Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

historic Palestine ⓘ
surface form: ancient Palestine
religion Judaism ⓘ
ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
royalTribe Tribe of Judah ⓘ
sacredText Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Torah ⓘ
scripturalSource Book of Exodus ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Books of Chronicles ⓘ
Books of Kings ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
surface form: Iron Age Levant

Late Bronze Age ⓘ
traditionalEvent Babylonian exile ⓘ
Exodus from Egypt ⓘ
Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ
surface form: Sinai revelation

conquest of Canaan ⓘ
division of united monarchy ⓘ
traditionalFounder Moses ⓘ
traditionalLaw Mosaic covenant ⓘ
surface form: Mosaic law

Torah commandments ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Canaan ⓘ
Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel
tribalStructure Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ

Referenced by (70)

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

Surah Al-Isra → isAlsoNamedAfter → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bani Israil (Children of Israel)
Pedaiah → isClassifiedAs → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israelite
Musa → led → Israelites ⓘ
Surah Al-A'raf → mentions → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
Surah Al-Jathiyah → mentions → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
Surah Yunus → mentions → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
Surah Al-Isra → mentionsCommunity → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bani Israil
Surah Al-Qasas → mentionsGroup → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
Ezekiel → nationality → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israelite
Jebusites → neighboringPeoples → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Israelites
land of Moab → relatedEthnicallyTo → Israelites ⓘ
Decalogue → revealedTo → Israelites ⓘ
Yusuf → tribe → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Banu Israil
Yusuf → tribe → Israelites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
Ark of the Covenant → usedBy → Israelites ⓘ
Plains of Moab → usedBy → Israelites ⓘ