Israelites
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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.
All labels observed (26)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T651436 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Israelites Context triple: [Leviticus 23:23–25, commandedTo, Israelites]
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Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
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Jews
Jews are an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Israelites and Hebrews, historically associated with Judaism and a shared cultural, religious, and national identity.
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Canaanites
The Canaanites were an ancient Semitic-speaking people of the Levant known from Bronze Age city-states and frequently mentioned in biblical and Near Eastern sources.
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D.
Edomite
Edomite was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Edomites in the region south of the Kingdom of Judah.
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E.
Ishmaelites
The Ishmaelites are a group in biblical and later traditions regarded as the descendants of Ishmael, often associated with nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Israelites Target entity description: 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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A.
Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Jews
Jews are an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Israelites and Hebrews, historically associated with Judaism and a shared cultural, religious, and national identity.
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C.
Canaanites
The Canaanites were an ancient Semitic-speaking people of the Levant known from Bronze Age city-states and frequently mentioned in biblical and Near Eastern sources.
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D.
Edomite
Edomite was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Edomites in the region south of the Kingdom of Judah.
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E.
Ishmaelites
The Ishmaelites are a group in biblical and later traditions regarded as the descendants of Ishmael, often associated with nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
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Subject: Israelites Description of subject: 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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