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moabite stone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
moabite -s-tone
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein , Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of thirty-four lines, dating from the 9th century b. c. , and written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Phoenician type of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha , king of Moab , esp. those over Israel ( 2 Kings iii. 4, 5, 27 ).

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What does moabite stone mean?
A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein , Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of thirty-four lines, dating from the 9th century b. c. , and written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Phoenician type of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha , king of Moab , esp. those over Israel ( 2 Kings iii. 4, 5, 27 ).

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