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  2. Canaanite languages - Wikipedia

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    cana1267. The Canaanite languages, sometimes referred to as Canaanite dialects, [1] are one of four subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages, the others being the still living Aramaic [Ugaitic language]] and Amorite. These closely related languages originate in the Levant and Mesopotamia, and were spoken by the ancient Semitic-speaking ...

  3. Canaanite religion - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Canaanite religion was a group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age to the first centuries CE. Canaanite religion was polytheistic and in some cases monolatristic. It was influenced by neighboring cultures, particularly ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian ...

  4. Moabite language - Wikipedia

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    The Moabite language, also known as the Moabite dialect, is an extinct sub-language or dialect of the Canaanite languages, themselves a branch of Northwest Semitic languages, formerly spoken in the region described in the Bible as Moab (modern day central-western Jordan) in the early 1st millennium BC. The body of Canaanite epigraphy found in ...

  5. Canaan - Wikipedia

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    Canaan and the Canaanites are mentioned some 160 times in the Hebrew Bible, mostly in the Torah and the books of Joshua and Judges. [101] They descended from Canaan, who was the son of Ham and the grandson of Noah. Canaan was cursed with perpetual slavery because his father Ham had "looked upon" the drunk and naked Noah. The expression "look ...

  6. Israelites - Wikipedia

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    Map of the twelve tribes of Israel (before the move of Dan to the north), based on the Book of Joshua. The Israelites (/ ˈ ɪ z r ə l aɪ t s,-r i ə-/; [1] [2] Hebrew: בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל ‎, Bənēy Yīsrāʾēl, transl. 'Children of Israel') were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan.

  7. Northwest Semitic languages - Wikipedia

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    Northwest Semitic is a division of the Semitic languages comprising the indigenous languages of the Levant. It emerged from Proto-Semitic in the Early Bronze Age. It is first attested in proper names identified as Amorite in the Middle Bronze Age. The oldest coherent texts are in Ugaritic, dating to the Late Bronze Age, which by the time of the ...

  8. Phoenician language - Wikipedia

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    Phoenician (/ fəˈniːʃən / fə-NEE-shən; Phoenician: śpt knʿn lit. 'language of Canaan'[2]) is an extinct Canaanite Semitic language originally spoken in the region surrounding the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Extensive Tyro-Sidonian trade and commercial dominance led to Phoenician becoming a lingua franca of the maritime Mediterranean ...

  9. Modern Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    Modern Hebrew (עִבְרִית חֲדָשָׁה ʿĪvrīt ḥadašá [ʔivˈʁit χadaˈʃa] or [ʕivˈrit ħadaˈʃa]), also called Israeli Hebrew or simply Hebrew, is the standard form of the Hebrew language spoken today. Developed as part of Hebrew's revival in the late 19th century and early 20th century, it is the official language of the ...