迦南

Jiānán

proper noun #53,810

Meanings

HSK 6

迦南在今天的以色列和巴勒斯坦一带。

Jiānán zài jīntiān de Yǐsèliè hé Bālèsītǎn yídài.

Canaan lay in the area of present-day Israel and Palestine.

HSK 6

《圣经》里说，摩西带领以色列人离开埃及，前往迦南。

《 Shèngjīng 》 lǐ shuō, Móxī dàilǐng Yǐsèlièrén líkāi Āijí, qiánwǎng Jiānán.

The Bible says Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt toward Canaan.

culture

In the Bible it is the 应许之地 (Promised Land), 'a land flowing with milk and honey'. Its ancient people are the 迦南人 (Canaanites).

memory

迦 is kept for religious names: Buddhist ones like 释迦 (Shakya) and biblical ones like this.

迦 jiā

南 nán