āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
canaanite
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Canaanite
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āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ
the ancient Semitic language spoken by the Canaanite peoples in the region of Canaan
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Scholars study Canaanite texts to understand the linguistic and cultural heritage of the ancient Near East.
āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ
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02
āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤
a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites
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