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    The Philistine language (/ˈfɪləstiːn, ˈfɪləstaɪn, fəˈlɪstən, fəˈlɪstiːn/) is the extinct language of the Philistines. Very little is known about the language...
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    Philistines (Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים, romanized: Pəlištīm; LXX: Koinē Greek: Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím; Latin: Philistaei) were ancient people...
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    who, sent by Philistine officials to entice him, orders a servant to cut his hair while he is sleeping and turns him over to the Philistines, who gouge...
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    The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the northern Indian subcontinent, most of Europe, and the Iranian plateau with additional native...
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    deprecates art, beauty, spirituality, and intellect. As a derogatory term, philistine describes a person who is narrow-minded and hostile to the life of the...
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    time, Jaffa (part of present-day Tel Aviv-Yafo). Scholars believe the Philistines were made up of people of an Aegean background that from roughly 1200...
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    Goliath (category Philistines)
    Goliath (/ɡəˈlaɪəθ/ gə-LY-əth) was a Philistine giant in the Book of Samuel. Descriptions of Goliath's immense stature vary among biblical sources, with...
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    Samson Option (category CS1 uses Hebrew-language script (he))
    pushed apart the pillars of a Philistine temple, bringing down the roof and killing himself and thousands of Philistines who had captured him. When the...
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  • House of David (TV series) (category American English-language television shows)
    as Achish: The Philistine king of Gath, one of the five kings of Philistia, and an enemy of Israel. Martyn Ford as Goliath: A Philistine giant from Gath...
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    The Museum of Philistine Culture (Hebrew: המוזיאון לתרבות הפלשתים ע"ש קורין ממן) is an archaeological museum in Ashdod (Israel). The museum is dedicated...
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  • Asia and Central Asia) Okwa † (West Africa) Dima-Bottego † (Ethiopia) Philistine † (Israel) – perhaps either Afroasiatic or Indo-European Iberian † (Spain...
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    Beelzebub (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
    occasionally known as the Lord of the Flies, is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic...
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    Ekron (category Philistine cities)
    Ekron (Philistine: 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤍 *ʿAqārān, Hebrew: עֶקְרוֹן, romanized: ʿEqrōn, Arabic: عقرون), in the Hellenistic period known as Accaron (Ancient Greek: Ακκαρων...
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  • extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes...
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  • varieties of Modern English. The Canaanite languages or dialects can be split into the following: Philistine – attested by several dozen inscriptions in...
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    connected body of text to be identified as "Philistine", based on Ekron's identification as a Philistine city in the Bible (see Joshua 13:3 and 1 Samuel...
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    The Philistines (Russian: Мещане, romanized: Meshchane) is the debut play by Maxim Gorky written in 1901. It was first published by Znaniye in 1902, subtitled:...
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    Samson Slaying a Philistine is a marble sculpture created around 1562 by Giambologna, one of the most significant artists of the late Renaissance. Originally...
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    Books of Samuel (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
    Ark of the Covenant follows. It tells of Israel's oppression by the Philistines, which brought about Samuel's anointing of Saul as Israel's first king...
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    Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples (category Semitic languages)
    sometime in the 12th century BC. In this theory, the Philistines would have spoken an Indo-European language, as there are possibly ancient Greek, Lydian, and...
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    Gath (city) (category Philistine cities)
    romanized: Gaṯ, lit. 'wine press'; Latin: Geth, Philistine: 𐤂𐤕 *Gīt) was one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis during the Iron Age. It was located...
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    Hershel (2010). "Oldest Hebrew Inscription Discovered in Israelite Fort on Philistine Border". Biblical Archaeology Review. 36 (2): 51–6. Archived from the...
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    Saul (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
    committed suicide when he fell on his sword during a battle with the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, in which three of his sons were also killed. Saul's...
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  • ruled out and is still being investigated. Philistine had been linked to many different Indo-European languages; by Milan Budimir to a pre-Greek substrate...
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    Israel (category Articles containing Hebrew-language text)
    form of Hebrew, known as Biblical Hebrew. Around the same time, the Philistines settled on the southern coastal plain. Most modern scholars agree that...
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    Timnath or Timnah was a Philistine city in Canaan that is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Judges 14 and in connection with Samson. Modern archaeologists...
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    Paleo-Sardinian Philistine Tartessian Trojan List of Pidgins, Creoles, Mixed languages and Cants based on Indo-European languages Proto-Human Borean languages Nostratic...
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  • Ziklag (category Philistine cities)
    southwest of what was the Kingdom of Judah. It was a provincial town in the Philistine kingdom of Gath when Achish was king. Its exact location has not been...
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    Delilah (category Philistines)
    as the final Judge of Israel. Delilah is bribed by the lords of the Philistines to discover the source of his strength. After three failed attempts at...
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    Abimelech (category Philistine kings)
    father is a king"/"my father reigns") was the generic name given to all Philistine kings in the Hebrew Bible from the time of Abraham through King David...
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