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Jezreelite

Jezreelite

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A person from the ancient city of Jezreel
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛzrəˌilɪt/
  • Literature
: jezreelita
  • Many historians study the lives of Jezreelites to understand their historical significance.

Examples

  • Archaeologists discovered a new site believed to be related to the ancient Jezreelites.

  • He stood and approached Martin, who was the only Hearth Jezreelite other than Samuel Mordecai they had seen since the first day.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • On the screen was the all-too-familiar profile of the Hearth Jezreelite compound in the background and a local reporter in the foreground.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The museum had an exhibit featuring artifacts from ancient Jezreelite culture.

Surface Forms

Jezreelite singular
Jezreelites plural

Morphology

Jezreelite = Jezreel (transparent) = Jezreel + ite

Formed by adding the demonym suffix '-ite' to the place name 'Jezreel', producing the noun meaning an inhabitant of Jezreel.

Etymology

Jezreelite comes from the place name Jezreel and the ending -ite, which marks a person 'from' a place, just like in Israelite. So a Jezreelite is a person from the ancient city of Jezreel.