| A | B |
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| alphabet | a set of symbols that represented the sounds of the language |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that people starve |
| exile | to force someone to live in another country |
| snails | produced a rich purple dye |
| Exodus | Greek word meaning to go out |
| Sinai | desert that the Israelites wandered through for 40 years |
| Ten Commandments | a code of laws |
| Saul | the first king of the Israelites |
| David | king who united the 12 tribes of Israel |
| covenant | a binding agreement |
| prophet | religious leader |
| diaspora | scattering of the people |
| Torah | first five books of the Old Testament |
| Judaism | one of the world's major religions |
