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'''I<small>SRAELITE</small>''' is the gentilic of [[ISRAEL|I<small>SRAEL</small>]]. The singular never occurs in the Book of Mormon, and the plural, '''I<small>SRAELITES</small>''', only this once. Wherever the King James Bible has ''Israelites'', that is the plural, the Masoretic text of the Old Testament has simply ''yiśrāʾēl'', i.e., no plural, no gentilic, etc. For example see [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/3.17?lang=eng#16 Joshua 3:17]. | |||
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Revision as of 13:03, 16 July 2015
| Biblical gentilic | 1. | The inhabitants of ISRAEL (Helaman 8:11) |
Etymology
ISRAELITE is the gentilic of ISRAEL. The singular never occurs in the Book of Mormon, and the plural, ISRAELITES, only this once. Wherever the King James Bible has Israelites, that is the plural, the Masoretic text of the Old Testament has simply yiśrāʾēl, i.e., no plural, no gentilic, etc. For example see Joshua 3:17.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐆𐐞𐐡𐐈𐐇𐐢𐐌𐐓𐐝 (ɪzræɛlaɪts)
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