Israelitish
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Christine Rice and Rosemary Joshua sounded exquisite as the Israelitish Man and Woman respectively, while Alastair Miles, replacing the indisposed Christopher Purves, was nobly eloquent as Simon.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012
The latter were fastened “on the breast,” according to the Epic of the Creation, like the Urim and Thummim of the Israelitish high priest.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
In the first place the Psalter is written only for a single nation; it is full of local allusions, and of references of Israelitish history, which are only reasonable in the mouth of a Jew.
From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood
It was, moreover, the period to which the Israelitish invasion of Canaan must belong.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
She was not a native of the promised land—not born of Israelitish parents.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
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