Holy Land Gifts Key Chain-Star of David/Semi-Precious Stones-Pewter (#4566)

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Round pewter keychain with 12 Tribes Breastplate.The Twelve TribesThe Israelites were divided along family lines, each called a shevet or mateh in Hebrew meaning literally a "staff" or "rod". The term is conventionally translated as "tribe" in English, although the divisions were not small isolated distinct ethnic groups in the modern sense of the term. Some English speaking Jewish groups view the pronunciation, English transcription and Hebrew spelling of the tribal names to be extremely important. The transcriptions and spellings are as follows:Reuben: ?????, Standard R??uven, Tiberian R????enSimeon: ?????, Standard ?im?on, Tiberian ?im??nLevi: ???, Standard Levi, Tiberian Lew?Judah: ?????, Standard Y?huda, Tiberian Y?h??ahDan: ??, Standard Dan, Tiberian DanNaphtali: ?????, Standard Naftali, Tiberian Nap?tal?Gad: ??, Standard Gad, Tiberian Ga?Asher: ???, Standard A?er, Tiberian ?A?erIssachar: ?????, Standard Yissa?ar, Tiberian Yiss??arZebulun: ?????, Standard Z?v?lun, Tiberian Z???lunJoseph: ????, Standard Yosef, Tiberian Y?sep?, containing the tribes:? Manasseh: ????, Samaritan Manatch, Standard M?na??e, Tiberian M?na??eh? Ephraim: ?????, Samaritan Afrime, Standard Efr?yim, Tiberian ?Ep?r?yim/?Ep?rayimBenjamin: ??????, Standard Binyamin, Tiberian Binyam?n