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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.
Moab [a] (/ ˈ m oʊ æ b /) was an ancient Levantine kingdom whose territory is today located in southern Jordan. The land is mountainous and lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea .
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Horonaim (Hebrew: חוֹרֹנַיִם Ḥōrōnayīm) [1] is a city in Moab, mentioned in two Hebrew Bible oracles against the nation of Moab: in the Book of Jeremiah (), and in the Book of Isaiah, ().
The Hebrew form Kəmōš was itself later Romanised as Chemosh (vocalized in English as: / ˈ k iː m ɒ ʃ /) in translations of the Bible, while the accurate pronunciation of the name of the god, reflecting the Moabite pronunciation Kamōš, is more accurately recorded in the Septuagint as Χαμως (Khamōs) and the Vulgate as Chamos. [2]
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Moab (/ ˈ m oʊ. æ b / ⓘ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Grand County [5] in eastern Utah in the western United States, known for its dramatic scenery. The population was 5,366 at the 2020 census. [6] Moab attracts many tourists annually, mostly visitors to the nearby Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.
Moabite may refer to: . Moabites, the people of the Kingdom of Moab, in modern-day Jordan; Moabite language, an extinct Canaanite dialect once spoken in Moab; Ithmah the Moabite, one of King David's Mighty Warriors