Children of Israel

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Children of Israel

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Calque of Hebrew בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

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  1. plural, plural only Jewish people, collectively. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
  2. The seventeenth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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name Jewish people

हिन्दीबनी-इस्राईल banī-isrāīl
العربيةبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ banū ʔisrāʔīla
עבריתבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל b'ne yisraél

name 17th sura of the Qur'an

العربيةسورة الإسراء, سورة بني إسرائيل

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"Children of Israel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/children%20of%20israel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Children of Israel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/children%20of%20israel

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"Children of Israel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/children%20of%20israel.

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@misc{children_of_israel_2026,
  title = {Children of Israel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/children%20of%20israel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}