Shemitic
Britishnoun
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Amongst the Hebrews, and probably all the Shemitic tribes, bohen, the thumb, and ezba, the finger, were euphemisms.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas
In the following pages, the words which I select are drawn from the Latin, Greek, Sanscrit, Shemitic, or Egyptian.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas
Behind the laws regulating sacrifice in the Old Testament there lies the long history of Shemitic ritual and religion.
From Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 by Beibitz, J. H. (Joseph Hugh)
Terms of frequent occurrence in historical works, especially those derived from proper names, such as Shemitic, Augustan, Gregorian.
From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.
Many of these peculiar words are Aramean; that is, they are words current in the Aramean branch of the Shemitic languages.
From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)
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