Along with the etymological aspect of what I stated, let me turn to the archaeological aspect. Archaeologists classify the race of any historic culture by head shape. There are some other supporting metrics, but head shape and cranial capacity are primary determinants, because racially it is immutable and does not change.

The remains of ancient Israelites consistently show they were "long-headed" (dolichocephalic) with an average cranial capacity identical to that of northern Europeans. Jews today are predominantly brachiocephalic (round-headed) and having on average a smaller cranial mass of Sino-Asians (also brachiocephalic).

This fact alone tells us modern Jews are not ancient Israelites.