Shemitic
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Hebrew belongs to a stock of related languages commonly called Shemitic, because spoken mainly by the descendants of Shem.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
Into this matter it would be unprofitable to enter, for to give an account of the Chinese, Egyptian, Aryan, American, and Shemitic races, would require many huge volumes.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
And the result is that all the various languages of earth have at length been classified under three tongues—the Shemitic, the Aryan, and the Turanian.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson
In the ancient names of what are designated as the Shemitic races, children were called after the god alone, and sometimes in connection with an attribute.
From The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion by Eliza Burt Gamble
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 E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
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