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The Hittites, also spelled Hethites, were a group of people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Under the names בני-חת (bny-ḥt "children of Heth", who was the son of Canaan) and חתי (ḥty "native of Heth") they are described several times as living in or near Canaan between the time of Abraham (estimated to be between 2000 BC and 1500 BC ...
5 dni temu · How to say Hittites in English? Pronunciation of Hittites with 4 audio pronunciations, 1 meaning, 10 translations and more for Hittites.
25 kwi 2024 · Thus the Hittite and Hittites were actually pronounced Ḫatti and Ḫattis by the writers of Genesis, just as those ancient people referred to themselves. The consonant ḫayt [IPA: x] was a voiceless velar fricative, the same as Greek chi, and similar to the Ashkenazi (European) Jewish pronunciation of ḥêṯ. Respectfully, Robert M Goodman
the Hittites, who were the warlike element of this confederation of tribes. They inhabited the whole region between the Euphrates and Damascus, their chief cities being Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Kadesh, now Tell Neby Mendeh, in the Orontes valley, about six miles south of the Lake of Homs.
The Hittites are one of the many people groups mentioned in the Old Testament that are hard to identify. Our English word ‘Hittite’ comes from the Hebrew ethnic designation khitti. This term occurs 48 times in the Bible, from all periods of Old Testament history. It is not clear that each refers to the same people group.
Uriah the Hittite was one of the most powerful warriors in King David’s army (2 Sam 11:3) and even long after the nation of Israel returned from captivity hundreds of years later, the Hittites were still a formidable nation to deal with (Ezra 9:1).
