Key Chain-Star Of David/Semi-Precious Stones-Pewter

Round pewter keychain with 12 Tribes Breastplate. The Twelve Tribes The 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??û?en Simeon: ?????, Standard Šim’on, Tiberian Šim?ôn Levi: ???, Standard Levi, Tiberian Lewî Judah: ?????, Standard Y?huda, Tiberian Y?hû?ah Dan: ??, Standard Dan, Tiberian Dan Naphtali: ?????, Standard Naftali, Tiberian Nap¯talî Gad: ??, Standard Gad, Tiberian Ga? Asher: ???, Standard Ašer, Tiberian ’Ašer Issachar: ?????, Standard Yissa?ar, Tiberian Yissâ?ar Zebulun: ?????, Standard Z?vúlun, Tiberian Z??ûlun Joseph: ????, Standard Yosef, Tiberian Yôsep¯, containing the tribes: • Manasseh: ????, Samaritan Manatch, Standard M?našše, Tiberian M?naššeh • Ephraim: ?????, Samaritan Afrime, Standard Efráyim, Tiberian ’Ep¯ráyim/’Ep¯rayim Benjamin: ??????, Standard Binyamin, Tiberian Binyamîn