Hebrews

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Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hebrews canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people
ancient people
ethno-religious group
ancestralFigure Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Jacob’s twelve sons
associatedLanguage Hebrew language
associatedWith Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
Kingdom of Judah
linked to: Judea

Patriarch Abraham
linked to: Abraham

Patriarch Isaac
Patriarch Jacob
linked to: Jacob

Twelve Tribes of Israel
centralCovenantConcept covenant with Yahweh
centralDeity Yahweh
linked to: God
culturalPractice Sabbath observance
circumcision
dietary laws (kashrut precursors)
ethnicityOf Israelites
linked to: Jews

Jews
historicalPeriod Bronze Age
Iron Age
languageFamily Semitic languages
laterIdentityContinuityWith Jews
ancient Israelites
linked to: Jews
mentionedIn Book of Exodus
Book of Genesis
Pentateuch
linked to: Torah

Torah
nameDerivedFrom root ʿ-b-r (to cross, to pass) in Hebrew
region Ancient Near East
linked to: Middle East

Canaan
Levant
religiousText Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Tanakh
religiousTradition ancient Israelite religion
religiousTraditionInfluenceOn Christianity
Islam
Judaism
scripturalLawCode Mosaic Law
linked to: Torah
selfDesignation ʿIvri
linked to: Hebrew
selfDesignationLanguage Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
traditionalAncestralGroupOf Israelites
linked to: Jews

Jewish people
traditionalLawGivingSite Mount Sinai
traditionalLiberationNarrative Exodus from Egypt
linked to: Book of Exodus
traditionalMigrationNarrative migration to Canaan
traditionalOriginNarrative call of Abraham from Ur of the Chaldeans
traditionalSlaveryNarrative sojourn in Egypt

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews hasEthnonym Hebrews
Bronze Age associatedWith Hebrews
Israelites alsoKnownAs Hebrews
Exodus 3 mentionsPeople Hebrews
Shem ancestorOf Hebrews