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The English term Canaan (pronounced / ˈ k eɪ n ən / since c. AD 1500, due to the Great Vowel Shift) comes from the Hebrew כנען (knʿn), via Greek Χαναάν Khanaan and Latin Canaan. It appears as KUR ki-na-ah-na in the Amarna letters (14th century BC), and knʿn is found on coins from Phoenicia in the last half of the 1st millennium.
The original pronunciation of Biblical Hebrew is accessible only through reconstruction. It may also include Samaritan Hebrew , a variety formerly spoken by the Samaritans . The main sources of Classical Hebrew are the Hebrew Bible and inscriptions such as the Gezer calendar and Khirbet Qeiyafa pottery shard .
Paleo-Hebrew: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 Pronunciation: K-naw-un Caiaphas, Joseph ben: Person 14 BC: AD 46: Hebrew: יהוסף בר קַיָפָא Pronunciation: Yeh-hoo-siff bar Kie-yuh-fuh David (Son of Jesse & Nitzevet bat Adael) Person 1035 BC: 970 BC: Paleo-Hebrew: 𐤃𐤅𐤃 Pronunciation: Dauad Meaning: Beloved One David, House of (the linage of ...
Anak (/ ˈ eɪ n æ k /; Hebrew: עֲנָק , [1] homophone to a word for "giant, long neck, necklace"; Hebrew pronunciation: [ʕaˈnɔːq]) is a figure in the Hebrew Bible.His descendants are mentioned in narratives concerning the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites.
Luz is the ancient name of a royal Canaanite city, connected with Bethel (Genesis 28:19; 35:6). It is debated among scholars [1] whether Luz and Bethel represent the same town - the former the Canaanite name, and the latter the Hebrew name - or whether they were distinct places in close proximity to each other.
Phoenician (/ f ə ˈ n iː ʃ ən / 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.
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Jabin (Hebrew: יָבִין Yāḇīn) is a Biblical name meaning 'discerner', or 'the wise'.It may refer to: A king of Hazor at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Joshua 11:1 - 14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chiefs with whom he had entered into a confederacy against Joshua was the crowning act in the conquest of the land (Joshua 11:21 - 23; comp 14:6 - 15).