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Tribe , The English word tribe is an ambivalent term that is used indiscriminately to refer to a wide variety of social groupings that range from small, prel… Reuben , Reuben
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LI . The homophones li and li, two distinct Chinese graphs, are seminal concepts in Chinese moral philosophy and metaphysics. Although they are bo… Dan , DAN (Heb. דָּן), the fifth son of Jacob and the firstborn of *Bilhah, Rachel's maid (Gen. 30:1–6).
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