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Canaanite

noun

A member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites.

The extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest.

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"Canaanite" Quotes from Famous Books

... consideration of the right of use. [60] In ancient Arabia 'Baal' meant the lord of some place or district, that is, a local deity, and hence came to mean a god. Land naturally moist was considered as irrigated by a god and the special place or habitation of the god. To the numerous Canaanite Baalims, or local deities, the Israelites ascribed all the natural gifts of the land, the corn, the wine, and the oil, the wool and the flax, the vines and fig trees. Pasture land was common property, but a man acquired rights in the soil by building a house, or, by 'quickening' a waste ...

— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) • R.V. Russell

Words linked to "Canaanite" : Canaanitic, Canaanitic language, Semite