Manasseh (tribal patriarch)

•  Benjamin

  Benjamin was the last-born of Jacob's twleve sons, and the second (and last) son of Rachel in the Book of Genesis. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan. He died in Egypt on the 11th of Cheshvan (which was also his birthday) 1443 BCE at the age of 111.

  

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•  Joseph (Hebrew Bible)

  

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•  Judah (Bible)

  Judah/Yehuda was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Judah; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.

  

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•  Levi

  Levi/Levy, Levy Lēwî; "joining" was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites); however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.

  

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•  Asher

  Asher, in the Book of Genesis, is the second son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the founder of the Tribe of Asher. He was born on the 20th of Shevat 2199 (1562 BCE). According to some accounts 20th of Shevat is also the date of his passing. Ashar is also a place in Israel.

  

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•  Naphtali

  According to the Book of Genesis, Naphtali was the second son of Jacob with Bilhah. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali. However, some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.

  

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•  Issachar

  Issachar/Yissachar was, according to the Book of Genesis, a son of Jacob and Leah (the fifth son of Leah, and ninth son of Jacob), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.

  

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•  Ephraim

  Ephraim was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph and Asenath. Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On. Ephraim was born in Egypt before the arrival of the children of Israel from Canaan.

  

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•  Machir

  Machir/Makir - meaning bartered - was the name of two figures in the Bible. 1. Machir, the son of Manasseh, and father of Gilead. In the Torah's account of the journey of the Israelites after the Exodus, Machir (the individual) is portrayed as conquering the territories known as Gilead and Bashan, which had previously been occupied by Amorites. Machir's descendants are described as having settled in Gilead and Bashan, and consequently is a key figure in Gilead's history. 2.

  

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•  Reuben (Bible)

  According to the Book of Genesis, Reuben or Re'uven was the first (eldest) son of Jacob with Leah. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Reuben.

  

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•  Language death

  In linguistics, language death (also language extinction or linguistic extinction, and rarely linguicide or glottophagy) is a process that affects speech communities where the level of linguistic competence that speakers possess of a given language variety is decreased, eventually resulting in no native and/or fluent speakers of the variety. Language death may affect any language idiom, including dialects and languages.

  

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•  Étienne-Gaspard Robert

  Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763–1837), often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent Belgian stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria. He was described by Charles Dickens as "an honourable and well-educated showman". Alongside his pioneering work on projection techniques for his shows Robert was also a physics lecturer and a keen balloonist at a time of great development in aviation.

  

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•  My Baby (The Temptations song)

  

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•  Torsten Guetschow

  

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•  Han Tong-il

  Han Tong-il is a Korean pianist.

  

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