H0832 H0832
the Ashkelonite (collective designation for inhabitants of Ashkelon, Philistine city)
This gentilics identifies the population of Ashkelon, one of the five major Philistine cities forming the powerful coastal confederation. Joshua's boundary description lists territories remaining unconquered, including the five Philistine city-states with their distinct populations. Ashkelon persisted as a significant Mediterranean port through biblical and classical periods.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Gentilic noun denoting the people of Ashkelon in Joshua 13:3, within the catalog of unconquered Canaanite territories. The passage lists five Philistine lords, each ruling a major city including Ashkelon. Spanish renders this as "ascaloneo" (singular), while others use collective plurals, both appropriately representing the people group associated with this coastal stronghold. 1×
AR["الأَشْقَلونيُّ"]·ben["অস্কিলোনীয়"]·DE["der-Ashkelonite"]·EN["the-Ashkelonite"]·FR["le-Ashkelonite"]·heb["ה-אשקלוני"]·HI["अशकेलोनवाला"]·ID["orang-Askelon"]·IT["il-Ashkelonite"]·jav["tiyang-Askélon"]·KO["그-아스글론-사람이"]·PT["o-asquelonita"]·RU["Ашкелонский"]·ES["el-ascaloneo"]·SW["Mashkeloni"]·TR["Aşkelonlu"]·urd["اشقلونی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֶשְׁקְלוֹנִי adj.gent. c. art. as subst. הָא׳ Jos 13:3 (Ph. אשקלני).