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Canaanite

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A person from an ancient group who lived in Canaan before the Israelite conquest

noun
/ˈkeɪnəˌnaɪt/

: cananita

So perhaps we can begin by talking about who were the Canaanites, all right.
Canaanites and Jebusites
Canaanites and Hittites

So perhaps we can begin by talking about who were the Canaanites, all right.

Examples

Many historians believe that the Amorites are an offshoot of the Canaanites who came originally from the Arabian Peninsula.

Academic text (1994)
In the Bible, the Jebusites are considered to be Canaanites.

Academic text (1994)
No, it was a Canaanite; in fact, he knew her.

Fiction book (1994)
"Master, your house is burnt," the Canaanite said.

Fiction book (1994)
The symbols are definitely Canaanite.

King Solomon's Mines (1985)
El is the name of the chief God in the Canaanite pantheon.
Israelite royal ideology was heavily indebted to Canaanite royal ideology.
When Abe had settled there, about 2000 B.C., the Canaanites, Perizzites, and a few other tribes inhabited the land.

Fiction book (2002)
You remember the Canaanites, Israel's ancient enemies, godless idolaters that Joshua conquered and nearly exterminated?

Blog text (30)
The ancient city of Jericho was one of the major centers of the Canaanites.

Compounds

Canaanite language

Specialized

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A group of related ancient languages once spoken in Canaan before the Israelite conquest

Surface Forms

Canaanite singular

Canaanites plural

Morphology

Canaanite = Canaan (transparent) = Canaan + ite

Formed by the place-name 'Canaan' plus the productive demonym/language suffix '-ite', clearly indicating an inhabitant or language associated with Canaan.

Etymology

Canaanite comes from the place name Canaan and the ending -ite, which means 'person from'. Canaan was an ancient land in the eastern Mediterranean, so a Canaanite was a person from that region.