Canaanite

English Alternative forms en Cananite Etymology en :af Canaan -ite + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈkeɪnənaɪt/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Canaanite.wav Southern England Adjective ? Of or pertaining to Canaan, its people, Canaanite languages languages or Canaanite religion religion. en Chananean Canaanitic Canaanitish en 2022-11-09 Ian Sample Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/09/oldest-known-written-sentence-discovered-on-a-head-lice-comb Unearthed in Lachish, a Canaanite city state in the second millennium BCE and the second most important city in the kingdom of Judah, the comb suggests that humans have endured lice for thousands of years and that even the wealthiest were not spared the grim infestations. https://web.archive.org/web/20240826211453/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/09/oldest-known-written-sentence-discovered-on-a-head-lice-comb en by extension Zealous or fanatical. Derived terms en Canaanitic Canaanitish Translations of or pertaining to Canaan, its people, languages or religion Arabic: ar كَنْعَانِيّ Catalan: ca cananeu Dutch: nl Kanaänitisch French: fr cananéen, fr chananéen German: de kanaanäisch, de chananäisch, de kananäisch, de kanaanitisch, de kananitisch Greek: el χαναανιτικός, el χαναανικός Ancient Greek: grc Χαναναῖος Hebrew: he כנעני k'na'aní Hungarian: hu kánaánita Italian: it cananeo Latin: la Chananaeus, la Chanāneus Malayalam: ml ക്നാനായ Persian: Dari: prs کَنْعَانِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira کَنْعانی Classical Persian: fa-cls کَنْعَانِی Polish: pl kananejski Portuguese: pt cananeu, pt canaanita Russian: ru ханаанский, ru ханане́йский Spanish: es cananeo, es canaanita Tajik: tg канъонӣ Urdu: ur کَنْعانی Noun A member of the ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites. en Chananean en 1961 Harry E. Wedeck Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs The Citadel Press New York 54 Among the ancient Canaanites it was considered a divine honor to perform the sexual act. en 2022-11-09 Ian Sample Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/09/oldest-known-written-sentence-discovered-on-a-head-lice-comb It’s a simple sentence that captures the hopes and fears of modern-day parents as much as the bronze age Canaanite who owned the doubled-edged ivory comb on which the words appear. https://web.archive.org/web/20240826211453/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/09/oldest-known-written-sentence-discovered-on-a-head-lice-comb en by extension A zealot or fanatic. A member of the Canaanism movement. Derived terms en Canaanitess Translations member of ancient Semitic people Arabic: ar كَنْعَانِيّ m, ar كَنْعَانِيَّة f Armenian: hy քանանացի Old Armenian: xcl քանանացի Azerbaijani: az kənanlı Catalan: ca cananeu m, ca cananea f Cherokee: chr ᎠᎨᎾᏂ, chr ᎨᎾᏂ ᎡᎯ, chr ᎠᎨᎾᏂᏗ Comorian: Maore Comorian: swb mtru wa Kanani c1 c2 Dutch: nl Kanaäniet m French: fr Cananéen m, fr Cananéenne f, fr Chananéen m, fr Chananéenne f German: de Kanaanäer m, de Kanaanäerin f, de Chananäer m, de Chananäerin f, de Kananäer m, de Kananäerin f, de Kanaanit m, de Kanaanitin f, de Kanaaniter m, de Kanaaniterin f, de Kananiter m, de Kananiterin f Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Χαναναῖος m Hebrew: he כנעני k'na'aní Hungarian: hu kánaánita Italian: it cananeo m, it cananea f Latin: la Chananaeus m, la Chananaea f Persian: Dari: prs کَنْعَانِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira کَنْعانی Classical Persian: fa-cls کَنْعَانِی Polish: pl Kananejczyk m-pr, pl Kananejka f Portuguese: pt cananeu m, pt cananeia f, pt canaanita mfbysense Russian: ru ханане́й m Spanish: es cananeo m, es cananea f Tajik: tg канъонӣ Tumbuka: tum muKanani 1 Turkish: tr Kenanlı Urdu: ur کَنْعانی Uzbek: uz kanʼonlik Proper noun A subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites and Phoenicians. en The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon 2025 Cid Swanenvleugel 393 An affricated realization of *-z, as well as of voiceless *-s and emphatic *-ṣ-, is in any case reconstructed for Proto-Semitic, Northwest Semitic, and Canaanite, to which Phoenician belongs. Derived terms en Proto-Canaanite Translations a subfamily of the Semitic languages spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites and Phoenicians Hungarian: hu kánaáni Polish: pl język kananejski m-in References en Ancient Near East