israelites

• Sustantivo que designa al antiguo pueblo descendiente de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, considerado en la tradición religiosa como el pueblo elegido por Dios con el que se estableció una alianza (Éxodo 19).

A noun referring to the ancient ethnic group descended from Abraham and Isaac, particularly through Jacob, considered in religious tradition as the chosen people of God with whom a covenant was made (Exodus 19).

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1. Biblical peopleB2formal

   The ancient ethnic group claiming descent from the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (also called Israel); the nation chosen by God to receive divine revelation and enter into a covenant, as described in the Hebrew Bible.

   israelitas (pueblo bíblico)

   • The Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years before reaching the Promised Land.
   • According to the Book of Exodus, the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt.
   • The covenant between God and the Israelites was established at Mount Sinai.

   Sinónimosisrael