1. MacAlister doesn't think this is an Anachronistic error, but rather, the OT writers "are obviously merely offering a Hebrew word or periphrasis as a translation of the native Philistine title." And he adds: "The same is true of analogous expressions in the Assyrian tablets." This …

2. Circumlocution (also called periphrasis, circumduction, circumvolution, periphrase, or ambage [1]) is an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech.In its most basic form, Circumlocution is using many words (such as "a tool used for cutting things such as paper and hair") to describe something for which a concise (and commonly known) expression exists ("scissors").