They don't seem to be an ethnic group so much as a marginalized social class, but some have suggested a connection with the word "Hebrew."

他们并不像是少数民族,而更像是边缘化的社会阶级，但有些人指出它与希伯来这个词有关联“

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Conquest and exile were events that normally would spell the end of a particular ethnic national group, particularly in antiquity.

一般情况下，一个种族群体的结局,不外乎就是征服其他民族或被其他民族征服，然后被流放，特别是在古代。

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