Canaanite
Americannoun
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a member of a Semitic people that inhabited parts of ancient Palestine and were conquered by the Israelites and largely absorbed by them.
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a group of Semitic languages, including Hebrew and Phoenician, spoken chiefly in ancient Palestine and Syria.
adjective
noun
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a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied the land of Canaan before the Israelite conquest
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the extinct language of this people, belonging to the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family
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(in later books of the Old Testament) a merchant or trader (Job 40:30; Proverbs 31:24)
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Etymology
Origin of Canaanite
1350–1400; Middle English ≪ Greek Kananī́tēs; see Canaan, -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Scattered along the coast of the Levant were the great Canaanite commercial centers, which dispensed strategic and utilitarian raw materials and manufactured goods to the Aegean region and beyond.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
It’s unusual to have a full sentence of Canaanite writing.
From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 15, 2022
The lead researcher, Hebrew University archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel, told The Associated Press that while many artefacts bearing the Canaanite script have been found over the years, this is the first complete sentence to be discovered.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
She wove together the song about women fighting for the right to vote with the biblical story of a Canaanite woman arguing with Jesus to heal her daughter.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
The scarabs, oil lamp, mortars, and seal were all Canaanite.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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