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Hebrew Bible nations

Hebrew Bible nations

  • Jews
    The Jews (/dʒuːz/; Hebrew: יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3 Yehudim, Israeli pronunciation [jehuˈdim]), also known as the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Israelites, or Hebrews, of the Ancient Near East.
  • Samaritans
    The Samaritans (Samaritan Hebrew: שוֹמְרִים Samerim "Guardians/Keepers/Watchers [of the Law/Torah]", Hebrew: שומרונים‎‎ Shomronim, Arabic: السامريون‎‎ Samāriyyūn) are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant originating from the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.
  • Ammon
    Ammon (Hebrew: עַמּוֹן, Modern Ammon, Tiberian ʻAmmôn; "People"; Arabic: عمّون‎, translit. ʻAmmūn‎) was an Iron Age Semitic-speaking nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.
  • Gog and Magog
    Gog and Magog (/ɡɒɡ/; /ˈmeɪɡɒɡ/; Hebrew: גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג Gog u-Magog) in the Hebrew Bible may be individuals, peoples, or lands; a prophesied enemy nation of God's people according to the Book of Ezekiel, and one of the nations according to Genesis descended from Japheth son of Noah.
  • Arameans
    The Arameans, or Aramaeans, (Aramaic: ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ‎‎,ʼaramáyé) were an ancient Northwest Semitic Aramaic-speaking tribal confederacy who emerged from the Syrian desert in the Late Bronze Age and occupied the region known as Aram from the 11th-8th centuries BC.
  • Elishah
    Elishah, or Eliseus (Hebrew: אֱלִישָׁה‎‎ ’Ělîšāh) was the son of Javan according to the Book of Genesis (10:4) as well as the mediaeval, rabbinic Book of Jasher (Hebrew transliteration: Sefer haYashar); he is said in Jasher to have been the ancestor of the "Almanim", possibly a reference to Germanic tribes (Alamanni).
  • Edom
    Edom (/ˈiːdəm/ or /ˈiː.dʌm/; Hebrew: אֱדוֹם, Modern Edom, Tiberian ʼĔḏôm; , lit.: "red"; Assyrian: Udumi; Syriac: ܐܕܘܡ) is the name of a country and a people located initially in Transjordan, between Ammon to the north, the Dead Sea and the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian desert to the south and east.
  • Assyrians in Russia
    Assyrians in Russia number from 14,000 (according to the 2002 census) up to 70,000.
  • Arabs
    Arabs (Arabic: عرب‎‎, ‘arab) are a panethnicity of peoples whose native language is a variety of Arabic.
  • Moab
    Moab (/ˈmoʊæb/; Moabite: ???????????? mʾb; Arabic مؤاب muʾāb; Hebrew: מוֹאָב, Modern mo'av, Tiberian mōʾāḇ; "seed of father"; Greek Μωάβ Mōáb; Assyrian Mu'aba, Ma'ba, Ma'ab; Egyptian Mu'ab) is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in Jordan.
  • Perizzites
    Perizzites - villagers; dwellers in the open country, the Girgashite Canaanite nation inhabiting the fertile regions south and south-west of Carmel.
  • List of minor biblical tribes
    This list contains tribes or other groups of people named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.
  • Zimri (nation)
    The nation of Zimri is mentioned at Jeremiah 25:25 in a list of nations under divine judgement.
  • Hebrews
    Hebrews (Hebrew: עברים or עבריים, Tiberian ʿIḇrîm, ʿIḇriyyîm; Modern Hebrew ʿIvrim, ʿIvriyyim; ISO 259-3 ʕibrim, ʕibriyim) is a term appearing 34 times within 32 verses of the Hebrew Bible.