Israelite
noun
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
pre-Israelite
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a word derived from
Israelite.
Example Sentences
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He was one of the local deities of Jerusalem's pre-Israelite era.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of these were taken over from pre-Israelite cults.
From Judaism by Israel Abrahams
Thus a new impulse was given to Jewish proselytism in Alexandria, and the earlier history of Israel, especially the pre-Israelite epoch with its simple human types, was read in a new light.
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
It is evident, therefore, that the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Palestine were closely akin to the Hebrews, and spoke substantially the same language.
From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Frederick Carl Eiselen
