Having the characteristics or qualities of Canaanites; somewhat Canaanite in nature.
From 'Canaanite' with the suffix '-ish,' which in English suggests something is partly or imperfectly that quality (like 'whitish' meaning somewhat white). This formation is archaic and rarely used in modern scholarship.
The '-ish' suffix is brilliantly vague—it let ancient writers describe cultural blending and hybridity in a way that acknowledged people were mixing Canaanite and other practices without being too specific about it!
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