ten tribes of israel
1Ten Tribes of Israel — Десять Колен Израилевых …
2Ten Tribes — tribes of Israel, ten lost tribes that were exiled to Babylon and never returned …
3Twelve Tribes of Israel — in the Bible, the Hebrew people who, after the death of Moses, took possession of the Promised Land of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua. Because the tribes were named after sons or grandsons of Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel… …
4Ten Lost Tribes of Israel — 10 of the original 12 Hebrew tribes, which, under the leadership of Joshua, took possession of Canaan, the Promised Land, after the death of Moses. They were named Asher, Dan, Ephraim, Gad, Issachar, Manasseh, Naphtali, Reuben, Simeon, and… …
5ISRAEL BEN SAMUEL OF SHKLOV — (d. 1839), talmudic scholar of Lithuania and, later, in Ereẓ Israel, where he was leader of the kolel ha Perushim, the local community of the disciples of elijah b. solomon zalman , the Vilna Gaon. Israel was born and brought up in Shklov.… …
6Israel — Israel1 [iz′rē əl, iz′rāəl; iz′rəl] n. [OFr < LL(Ec) < Gr Israēl < Heb yisrael, lit., contender with God < sara, to wrestle + el, God] 1. a masculine name: dim. Izzy 2. Bible Jacob: so named after wrestling with the angel: Gen. 32:28… …
7Ten Lost Tribes — The phrase Ten Lost Tribes of Israel refers to the ancient Tribes of Israel that disappeared from the Biblical account after the Kingdom of Israel was destroyed, enslaved and exiled by ancient Assyria. [… …
9TEN LOST TRIBES — TEN LOST TRIBES, legend concerning the fate of the ten tribes constituting the northern Kingdom of Israel. The Kingdom of Israel, consisting of the ten tribes (the twelve tribes excluding Judah and Benjamin who constituted the southern Kingdom of …
10TRIBES, THE TWELVE — TRIBES, THE TWELVE, the traditional division of Israel into 12 tribes: Reuben, Simeon (Levi), Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Biblical tradition holds that the 12 tribes of Israel are… …
