Moabite language

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The Moabite language is an extinct Hebrew Canaanite dialect, spoken in Moab (modern-day northwestern Jordan) in the early first millennium BC. Most of our knowledge about Moabite comes from the Mesha Stele, as well as the El-Kerak Stela; this is sufficient to show that it was extremely similar to Biblical Hebrew, despite a few differences. The main differences noted, in the admittedly short text, are: a plural in -în rather than -îm (eg mlkn "kings" for Biblical Hebrew məlākîm), like Aramaic and Arabic; retention of the feminine ending -at which Biblical Hebrew reduces to -āh (eg qryt "town", Biblical Hebrew qiryāh); and retention of a verb form with infixed -t-, also found in Arabic and Akkadian (w-’ltḥm "I began to fight", from the root lḥm.)

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Ruth

Chasidic interpretation of the Moabite princess as ger tzedek, a true convert. Chasidic interpretation of the Moabite princess as ger tzedek, a true convert.

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Beelphegor

The Moabite divinity who ruled over Phogor. The Moabite divinity who ruled over Phogor.

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Ancient Moabite Fort Provides Insight Into History of Weaving

From The Lebanon Daily Star, a recent discovery of a cache of clay loom weights at Khirbat al-Mudaybi in Central Jordan is shedding new light on ancient textile crafts and industries. From The Lebanon Daily Star, a recent discovery of a cache of clay loom weights at Khirbat al-Mudaybi ...

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