Canaanite languages — Infobox Language family name=Cana ani region=Levant familycolor=Afro Asiatic fam2=Semitic fam3=West Semitic fam4=Central Semitic fam5=Northwest Semitic child1=Phoenician child2=Ammonite child3=Moabite child4=Edomite child5=Hebrew ( living )… … Wikipedia
Canaanite — may refer to:* Canaan and Canaanite people , a historical/Biblical region and people in the area of the present day Gaza Strip, Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon. * Canaanite languages* Canaanite religion* Canaanites (movement), an early Israeli non … Wikipedia
Canaanite shift — In historical linguistics, the Canaanite shift is a sound change that took place in the Canaanite dialects, which belong to the Northwest Semitic branch of the Semitic languages family. This sound change caused Proto NW Semitic *ā (long a) to… … Wikipedia
Canaanite — adj. of or pertaining to Canaan; of or pertaining to Canaanites; of or pertaining to the Canaanite languages … English contemporary dictionary
Canaanite — [kā′nənīt΄] n. 1. a member of the people originally inhabiting Canaan 2. the Semitic language of this people 3. a group of ancient Semitic languages including Phoenician, Punic, and Hebrew Canaanitish [kā′nənīt′ish] adj. Canaanitic [kān′nənit′ik] … English World dictionary
Canaanite — Canaanitish /kay neuh nuy tish/, Canaanitic /kay neuh nit ik/, adj. /kay neuh nuyt /, n. 1. a member of a Semitic people that inhabited parts of ancient Palestine and were conquered by the Israelites and largely absorbed by them. 2. a group of… … Universalium
Canaanite — 1. noun a) Member of ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites. b) A subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites,… … Wiktionary
canaanite — n. member of a Semitic people which inhabited ancient Canaan; group of Semitic languages spoken in ancient Palestine and Syria … English contemporary dictionary
Canaanite — Ca•naan•ite [[t]ˈkeɪ nəˌnaɪt[/t]] n. 1) peo anh a member of any of the western Semitic peoples inhabiting Canaan at the time of its occupation by the Israelites 2) peo the language or languages of these peoples, ancestral to Hebrew, Phoenician,… … From formal English to slang
Canaanite — /ˈkeɪnənaɪt/ (say kaynuhnuyt) noun 1. a member of the Semitic people inhabiting Palestine at the time of the Hebrew conquest. 2. a group of Semitic languages, including Hebrew and Phoenician, spoken chiefly in ancient Palestine and Syria.… …
