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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.
According to the biblical account, Moab and Ammon were born to Lot and Lot's elder and younger daughters, respectively, in the aftermath of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The Bible refers to both the Moabites and Ammonites as Lot's sons, born of incest with his daughters (Genesis 19:37–38).
Chemosh (Moabite: 𐤊𐤌𐤔 , romanized: Kamōš; Biblical Hebrew: כְּמוֹשׁ, romanized: Kəmōš) is a Canaanite deity worshipped by Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples who occupied the region known in the Hebrew Bible as Moab, in modern-day Jordan east of the Dead Sea, during the Levantine Bronze and Iron Ages.
Meaning origin and notes References Bible beater, Bible basher: North America: Evangelicals of Baptist, Methodist and Pentecostal denominations A dysphemism for evangelical Christians who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible, particularly those from Baptist, Methodist and Pentecostal denominations. [1] It is also a slang term for an ...
The two main sources for the existence and history of King Mesha are the Mesha Stele and the Hebrew Bible.. Per the Mesha Stele, Mesha's father was also a king of Moab.His name is not totally preserved in the inscription, only the theophoric first element Chemosh(-...) surviving; throughout the years scholars have proposed numerous reconstructions, including Chemosh-gad, [2] Chemosh-melek, [3 ...
In 1994, André Lemaire reconstructed BT[D]WD as "House of David", meaning Judah, [9] in line 31. [40] This section is badly damaged, but appears to tell of Mesha's reconquest of the southern lands of Moab, just as the earlier part dealt with victories in the north. Line 31 says that he captured Horonen from someone who was occupying it.
The city was one of Moab's most prominent, being listed by the prophet Isaiah in his denunciation of the Moabite nation (Isaiah 15:1). Matthew Poole suggested that "the city was seated in an island in the middle of the river". [2] The Bible speaks of Ar as being captured by the Amorite King Sihon (Numbers 21:28).
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, ().