Beta Israel en · PROPN
Etymology
From Ge'ez ቤተ እስራኤል (betä ʾəsraʾel, “Israelites”, literally “House of Israel”).
Meanings
- A Jewish diaspora group that lived for thousands of years in the territory of the Kingdom of Aksum and its successor the Ethiopian Empire; they mostly emigrated to the State of Israel after its foundation in 1948.