Shemite
Americannoun
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It was Abraham, a Shemite, who, meeting Melchizedek, a Canaanite, gave him a tenth of all his spoils.
From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams
There a Shemite trader told me that Zarallo had brought his Free Companies south to guard the Darfar border.
From Red Nails by Robert E. Howard
The Shemite did not separate the vowels from the consonants, and express them, as we do, by separate signs.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
The Zingarans sank my last ship off the Shemite shore—that's why I joined Zarallo's Free Companions.
From Red Nails by Robert E. Howard
The Shemite nations showed little tendency to migrate, being grouped about the Euphrates and Tigris valleys and neighboring regions.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson
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