Israelitish

American  

[iz-ree-uh-lahy-tish, -rey-] / ˈɪz ri əˌlaɪ tɪʃ, -reɪ- /

Also Israelitic

adjective

1. of or relating to the Israelites; Hebrew.

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Other Word Forms

• non-Israelitic
  adjective
• non-Israelitish
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Israelitish

First recorded in 1525–35; Israelite + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

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

We get a similar instance in Israelitish history as recorded in the first book of Samuel, where Saul being afraid of David, sought a favourable opportunity to get him slain by the Philistines.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous

Nor shall I ever forget the tiny loaves, white and brown, nor the tiny pat of butter, nor the thin, transparent biscuits, crisp as hoar-frost, and delicate as if made of Israelitish manna.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth

The work was divided into three parts, and Josephus quotes from it the account of the Hyksos conquest, the list of the kings of the eighteenth dynasty, and the Egyptian legend of the Israelitish Exodus.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

But the fact of the ultimate Babylonian origin of the Israelitish narratives cannot seriously be questioned.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various