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    Canaan (/ˈkeɪnən/; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – KNʿN; Hebrew: כְּנַעַן – Kənáʿan, in pausa כְּנָעַן‎ – Kənāʿan; Biblical Greek: Χαναάν – Khanaán; Arabic: كَنْعَانُ...
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    the lingua franca of their own empire, and many of the Semitic nations of the region (such as Assyria, Babylonia, Israel, Judah, Aramea, Canaan and Phoenicia)...
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    king of a unified Egypt. He also had a prominently noticeable presence in Canaan, compared to his predecessors and successors. Neithhotep is thought to be...
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  • Phoenician (/fəˈniːʃən/ fə-NEE-shən; Phoenician: śpt knʿn lit. 'language of Canaan') is an extinct Canaanite Semitic language originally spoken in the region...
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    Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan (in Latin). Impensis Johannis Davidis Zunneri. p. 66. Retrieved 2022-10-06. Tertia sit lingua Chanaan, sive Phænicum aut...
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    as Yehudit (transl. 'Judean') or Səpaṯ Kəna'an (transl. "the language of Canaan"). Mishnah Gittin 9:8 refers to the language as Ivrit, meaning Hebrew; however...
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  • history books telling the history of the Israelites, from their conquest of Canaan to their defeat and exile in Babylon; the poetic and "Wisdom books" dealing...
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  • Hebrew – Jews, liturgical, poetical, rabbinical, scientific, literary; lingua franca based on the Bible, Mishnah, and neologisms created by translators...
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    Kaśdim) is cited as the starting point of the patriarch Abraham's journey to Canaan. Ancient Chaldeans originally spoke a West Semitic language similar to Old...
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    original works of Aramean writers. Aramaic eventually replaced Akkadian as the lingua franca of the entire region and became the administrative and commercial...
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