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The confusing factor is that almost all Bible translations employ the word "Jew," which is a modern, shortened form of the word "Judahite." Every time you come to the word "Jew" in the Old Testament Scriptures, you should pronounce it as "Yew", and read it as "Jūdahite", understood as "Yehūdahite"; and every time you come to the word "Jew" in the New Testament Scriptures, you should understand it as "Judean" and pronounce it as "Yūdean", which is very close to the German word "Juden", which is, of course, pronounced "Yūden", in Latin "Iūden". The same principle of pronunciation applies to all biblical spellings of Jewish names and places, especially in the Old Testament.<ref>See [http://www.bible-name.com/Hebrew-Names-Letter-74.htm Biblical Names: Learn all about Biblical names in Hebrew: Find Biblical names by Index: Bible Names Starting with "J" (bible-name.com)]</ref>

The confusing factor is that almost all Bible translations employ the word "Jew," which is a modern, shortened form of the word "Judahite." Every time you come to the word "Jew" in the Old Testament Scriptures, you should pronounce it as "Yew", and read it as "Jūdahite", understood as "Yehūdahite"; and every time you come to the word "Jew" in the New Testament Scriptures, you should understand it as "Judean" and pronounce it as "Yūdean", which is very close to the German word "Juden", which is, of course, pronounced "Yūden", in Latin "Iūden". The same principle of pronunciation applies to all biblical spellings of Jewish names and places, especially in the Old Testament.<ref>See [http://www.bible-name.com/Hebrew-Names-Letter-74.htm Biblical Names: Learn all about Biblical names in Hebrew: Find Biblical names by Index: Bible Names Starting with "J" (bible-name.com)]</ref>

The descendants of Sem/Shem include [[Assyria]]ns, [[Chaldeans]], [[Aramaeans]], [[Sabaeans]], [[Arabs]], and [[Hebrews]].  Modern [[Semitic languages]] include Modern [[Arabic]], Modern [[Hebrew]], Maltese and the Ethiopic Semitic creoles.  Semitic religions include the [[Abrahamic religion]]s, namely, [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].

The descendants of Sem/Shem include [[Assyria]]ns, [[Chaldeans]], [[Aramaeans]], [[Sabaeans]], [[Arabs]], and [[Hebrews]].  Modern [[Semitic languages]] include Modern [[Arabic]], Modern [[Hebrew]], Maltese and the Ethiopic Semitic creoles.  Semitic religions include the [[Abrahamic religion]]s, namely, [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]].

 

==References==

==References==

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==See also==

==See also==

*[[Semitic languages]]

*[[Semitic languages]]

[[Category:Anthropology]]

[[Category:Anthropology]]