Israel Vocabulary

Culture

• The set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people.

• A type of bird that eats dead animals.

• Someone's religion

• The belief in more than one god or goddess.

Prophets

• A messenger sent by God to share his word with people.

• A clothing store.

• People who interpret different languages.

• A person sent by God to discourage people from doing good.

Monotheism

• The belief in one god.

• The belief in many gods.

• The belief that the king is a god.

• The belief in more than one god.

Tribes

• A social group made up of families or clans.

• A group of people on social media.

• A group of people that live near each other.

• A single person with neighbors.

Locusts

• Locusts are swarming grasshoppers.
• Locusts are solitary beetles.
• Locusts are aquatic insects.
• Locusts are a type of butterfly.

Exodus

• The departure of the Israelites out of Egypt.

• The arrival of the Israelites in Canaan.

• The split of the Israelites into tribes.

• When the pharaoh forced the Israelites into slavery.

Covenant

• An agreement with God.

• An agreement with a neighbor.

• An agreement with a parent.

• An disagreement with someone.

Torah

• The Torah is a collection of ancient artifacts.
• The Torah is a book of poetry from the Middle Ages.
• The Torah is a historical novel about the Roman Empire.
• The Torah is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.

Commandments

• A rule that God wanted the Israelites to follow.

• The laws Israelites were allowed to break.

• Laws that the Israelites only had to follow on special occasions.

• Laws given to the Israelites by the king.

Extracted

• To remove by a chemical or physical process.

• To pick up.

• To put in place.

• To pull apart.