A subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians, and Philistines
A member of a Jewish sect in Biblical times who were fanatically opposed to the Roman occupation
a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine
{s} of or pertaining to Canaan; of or pertaining to Canaanites; of or pertaining to the Canaanite languages
the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest 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
An abjad of twenty-plus acrophonic glyphs, found in Levantine texts of the Late Bronze Age (from ca. the 15th century BCE), by convention taken to last until a cut-off date of 1050 BCE, after which it is called Phoenician