In the Bible, which Philistine city was the home of Goliath?
Philistine language Recently, an inscription dating to the late 10th/early 9th centuries BC with two names, very similar to one of the suggested etymologies of the popular Philistine name Goliath (compare Lydian "Alyattes", Greek "Kalliades") was found in the excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Philistine language The Philistine language () is the extinct language of the Philistines, spoken and rarely inscribed along the coastal strip of southwestern Canaan. Very little is known about the language, of which a handful of words survive as cultural loanwords in Hebrew, describing specifically Philistine institutions, like the "seranim", the "lords" of the Philistine five cities ("Pentapolis"), or
Philistine language particularly Philistine Bichrome ware. A number of Philistine-related words found in the Hebrew Bible are not Semitic, and can in some cases, with reservations, be traced back to Proto-Indo-European roots. For example, R.D. Barnett traced the Philistine word for captain, "seren," which may be related to the Neo-Hittite "sarawanas"/"tarawanas" or the Greek word "tyrannos" (itself possibly borrowed from one of the languages of western Anatolia). and Edward Sapir made a case for "kōbá", "helmet", used of Goliath's copper helmet. Some Philistine names, such as Goliath, Achish, and Phicol, appear to be non-Semitic in origin, and Indo-European etymologies have been suggested.