israelite
part of speech
noun (an Israelite, Israelites); adjective (Israelite)
meaning for a pupil
1) (Bible) An Israelite was a member of the ancient people of Israel, the descendants of Jacob, whose stories are told in the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament). tree →
2) Israelite describes things belonging to that ancient people. tree →
sense in the lessons
In RE pupils meet the Israelites in stories of Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, the Ten Commandments and the journey to the Promised Land. Jews today see the Israelites as their ancestors. Phrases: «the Israelites in Egypt», «the twelve tribes of the Israelites».
examples
- Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. tree →
- The Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years. tree →
- God gave the Israelites manna to eat. tree →
- The Israelites crossed the Red Sea on dry land. tree →
- Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go. tree →
- The Israelites were made up of twelve tribes. tree →
note
Always with a capital I. Trap: «Israelite» (the ancient Bible people) is not the same as «Israeli» (a citizen of the modern state of Israel). Christians and Jews read the stories of the Israelites in the Bible.
In the corpora
- God parted the sea so the Israelites crossed on dry ground, and Pharaoh's army was drowned when the water came back.
- The Israelites wandered forty years in the wilderness before reaching the Promised Land, and they often grumbled.
- Ruth was not an Israelite, yet she was welcomed and became the great-grandmother of King David.
- And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead.
- So they did unto all the Israelites that came thither in Shiloh.
Trees and pragmatics
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