Shemitic
Britishnoun
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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 Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)
The type runs up and down in a column, and you read from right to left as in Hebrew or other Shemitic languages.
From By the Golden Gate by Carey, Joseph
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.
If we next turn to the Shemitic religions, we have to contend with the difficulty produced by the paucity of written records, and the doubts which exist about certain epithets that relate to the gods.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
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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