Stèle de Mérenptah — « Israël est anéanti, sa semence n'est plus »
אבן מרנפתח
מחבר: Pharaon Mérenptah (c. 1213–1203 av. J.-C.)
דאַטע: c. 1208 av. J.-C.
אויפֿהיטונג: Musée égyptien du Caire
אַרײַנגעלייגט דעם 16טן אַפּריל 2026 · רעגיסטער געשיכטע · באַהיטער, נישט באַזיצער
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Di Stel fun Merenptah, oykh gerufn "Stel fun Yisroel", iz a plat fun shvartser granit fun 3,18 metern, gefunen fun Flinders Petrie in 1896 in di begrebnis-heykl fun Merenptah in Thebes. Dos monument commemorirt di miletarishe viktoryes fun di farao, zun un nakhfolger fun Ramsès II, un enthalts in zeyn 27stn rakh di ershte historishe erweynung vun dem nomen "Yisroel" oyserhalb fun der Bibel: "Yisroel iz tsevisht, zayn zaml iz nit mer" (Ysrỉꜣr fk.t bn pr.t⸗f). Der hieroglifisher determinativ vos iz geshitn — dey fun a folk, nit fun a land — deutn on, az Yisroel iz gevorn farbundn fun di Egyters az an etnishe oder stamisher entitет, nokh nit gegrindet az teritorialer shtet. Dey inskripsye iz ankert di ezistents fun a grupe gerufn "Yisroel" in Knoyen in end fun dritns yorhundert far der y.p., un makht dos anfang-punkt fun ale rekonstruksyes fun altn Yisroel.
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English
The Merneptah Stele, discovered in 1896 at Thebes, contains the first known historical mention of "Israel" outside the Bible: "Israel is laid waste, its seed is no more." The hieroglyphic determinative indicates Israel was perceived as an ethnic entity, not yet a territorial state, anchoring the existence of a group called "Israel" in Canaan by the late 13th century BCE.