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Semitic Definition


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Semitic
noun
    1. Any of a group of Afro-Asiatic languages including Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic, spoken by Semites, a group of people said to be descended from Shem, the eldest son of Noah (Genesis 10).
adj
    1. Referring to or speaking any such language.
    2. Referring or relating to Semites.
    3. Referring or relating to the Jews; Jewish.
Etymology: 19c: from Greek Sem Shem + -ite.



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