English Explanatory Dictionary

Edomite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person descended from Esau (Edom).
name
  1. A Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Edomites in southwestern Jordan in the first millennium BCE, extinct from the 6th century BCE.

Pronunciation

/ˈiː.dəˌmaɪt/ [ˈiɾɪ̈mʌɪ̯t̚] LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Edomite.wav

Word forms

Edomite Edomites

Etymology

From Edom + -ite.

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