Edomite

noun
/ˈiː.dəˌmaɪt//ˈiɾɪ̈mʌɪ̯t̚/US

Etymology

From Edom + -ite.

  1. derived from אֱדוֹם
  2. derived from Ἐδώμ
  3. borrowed from Edōm
  4. suffixed as edomite — “Edom + ite

Definitions

  1. A person descended from Esau (Edom).

    • And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.
  2. A Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Edomites in southwestern Jordan in the first…

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA