DEFINITIONS OF ISRAEL
1 : jacob
2 : the Jewish people
3 : a people chosen by God
---definition of jacob
---1 : a son of Isaac and Rebekah, the twin brother of Esau, and heir of
---God's promise of blessing to Abraham
---2 : the ancient Hebrew nation
DEFINITION OF HEBREW
1
a: the Semitic language of the ancient Hebrews
b: any of various later forms of this language
2: a member of or descendant from one of a group of northern Semitic peoples including the Israelites
DEFINITION OF SEMITIC
1 : of, relating to, or constituting a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Amharic
2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Semites
3 : jewish
DEFINITION OF SEMITES
1
a: a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs
b: a descendant of these peoples
2: a member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language
*see DEFINITION OF ISRAELITE, below*
DEFINITION OF JEW
1 a: a member of the tribe of Judah; israelite
2: a member of a nation existing in Palestine from the sixth century b.c. to the first century a.d.
3: a person belonging to a continuation through descent or conversion of the ancient Jewish people
4: one whose religion is Judaism
DEFINITION OF ISRAELITE
1. a descendant of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob ; specifically : a native or inhabitant of the ancient northern kingdom of Israel
*see DEFINITION OF ISRAEL, above*
DEFINITION OF JUDAH
1: a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel
2:kingdom S(?) ancient Palestine * Jerusalem — see israel
DEFINITION OF EPONYMOUS
of, relating to, or being an eponym
DEFINITON OF EPONYM
1 : one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named
2 : a name (as of a drug or a disease) based on or derived from an eponym
DEFINITION OF the TRIBES OF ISRAEL
homo sapiens sapiens(?)
Question:
WHAT PEOPLE ON EARTH
ARE EXCLUDED
FROM BEING
DESCENDANTS
OF THE TRIBES
OF ISRAEL?
Please, let me know.
