Moabite
Ancient Jordanian ancestor
A Moabite is a person from Moab, an ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in what is now Jordan.
The Moabites appear throughout the Hebrew Bible as neighbors and frequent adversaries of the Israelites, though Ruth—ancestor of King David—was a Moabite.
The term also describes the Semitic language spoken there: a Moabite inscription.
Name meaning friend
- NaomiHebrew for pleasant
- BoazOld Testament patriarch
- LotBiblical Sodom survivor
- curseInvoked harm through words
sacrifice · conquest · intermarriage · ancestor · David · widowhood · gleaning · Deuteronomy
Ancient Semitic tribe east of Jordan
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
- CanaanitesAncient Near Eastern people
- MidianitesBiblical desert tribe
- PhilistinesAncient Canaanite coastal tribe
Iron Age · Bronze Age · Dead Sea · Transjordan · Semitic · polytheism · kingdom · tribal
Of Hebrew or Arabic peoples
- CanaaniteAncient Levantine people
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- PhoenicianAncient Lebanese seafarer
- AramaicAncient Semitic language
cognate · alphabet · consonantal · extinct · Northwest Semitic · dialect · vocabulary · grammar
Act of unearthing
- potteryFired clay objects
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
ceramics · tell · sherds · stratigraphy · Bronze Age · Iron Age · fortifications · tombs
Study of ancient inscriptions
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
- paleographyStudy of ancient handwriting
- scriptWritten words for performance
- consonantalOf obstructed speech sounds
decipherment · carving · transliteration · Semitic · alphabetic · orthography · Louvre · monumental
Ruth
Name meaning friend
curse · sacrifice · conquest · intermarriage · ancestor · David · widowhood · gleaning · Deuteronomy · Numbers
Ammonites
Ancient Semitic tribe east of Jordan
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
- CanaanitesAncient Near Eastern people
- MidianitesBiblical desert tribe
Philistines · Iron Age · Bronze Age · Dead Sea · Transjordan · Semitic · polytheism · kingdom · tribal · nomadic
Semitic
Of Hebrew or Arabic peoples
- CanaaniteAncient Levantine people
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- PhoenicianAncient Lebanese seafarer
Aramaic · cognate · alphabet · consonantal · extinct · Northwest Semitic · dialect · vocabulary · grammar · loanwords
excavation
Act of unearthing
settlements · ceramics · tell · sherds · stratigraphy · Bronze Age · Iron Age · fortifications · tombs · seals
epigraphy
Study of ancient inscriptions
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
- paleographyStudy of ancient handwriting
- scriptWritten words for performance
consonantal · decipherment · carving · transliteration · Semitic · alphabetic · orthography · Louvre · monumental · fragmentary
MoabiteIsraelite
Biblical covenant people member
chosen people · Hebrew · Philistine · Jew · Canaanite
MoabiteIsraelite
Biblical covenant people member
chosen people · Hebrew · Jew · Levite · circumcised