Edomite

See also: édomite

English

Etymology

Edom +‎ -ite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.dəˌmaɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈiɾɪ̈mʌɪ̯t̚]

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• Hyphenation: E‧do‧mite

Noun

Edomite (plural Edomites)

1. (biblical) A person descended from Esau (Edom).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 36:9:

     And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.

Translations

person descended from Esau (Edom)

• Danish: edomit c
• German: Edomiter m, Edomiterin f
• Hungarian: edomita

Proper noun

Edomite

1. A Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Edomites in southwestern Jordan in the first millennium BCE, extinct from the 6th century BCE.

Translations

the Semitic language of the Edomites

• German: Edomitisch n
• Hungarian: edomi

Anagrams

• editome