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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


Gentilic of [[ISRAEL|I<small>SRAEL</small>]].
'''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].
 
For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''

Revision as of 14:03, 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)

Notes