Editing Moabite language (section)

==== Syntactic features ====
A syntactic feature that Aramaic, Hebrew and Moabite share is the [[Syntagma (linguistics)|syntagma]] of the narrative preterit. Supported by three inscriptions, prefix preterite narrative sequences are found in Moabite as well as Old Southern Aramaic and Hebrew. First, it was discerned in the Old Aramaic inscription of [[Stele of Zakkur|Zakkur]] by king of Hamath and proclaimed to be of Canaanite influence on an Aramaic text.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Millard |first=A.R. |title=The Inscription of Zakkur, King of Hamath |publisher=The Context of Scripture |year=2000 |edition=2nd |location=Leiden; Boston; Cologne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rainey |first=Anson F. |title=The Sacred Bridge |publisher=Carta's Atlas of the Biblical World |year=2006 |location=Jerusalem |pages=220–221}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Segert |first=S. |title=Aramäische Grammatik |year=1975 |location=Leipzig}}</ref> Second, it occurred in the [[Deir Alla Inscription]]. Finally the prefix preterite, appeared in the [[Tel Dan stele]] with and without the sequential conjunction. This feature is absent in Phoenician, a language that is certain to be Canaanite, which suggests that the classification of Moabite as a Canaanite dialect does not apply.<ref name=":4" />