What is the difference between semitic and hebrew?
semitic | hebrew |
Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afro-Asiatic : Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
* 2008 , Gary A. Tobin, The Trouble with Textbooks , page 93:
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# (biblical) Of or pertaining to the descendants of .
# (in particular) Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
# Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.
#* 1893 , George Thomas Bettany, Mohammedanism and Other Religions of Mediterranean Countries , page 45:
#* 2011 , Makau Mutua, ''Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique, page 114:
#* 2005 , Xavier William, World Religions, True Beliefs and New Age Spirituality , page 45:
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
The writing system used in Hebrew language.
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* semitic, Shemitic, shemiticAdjective
(-)- On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians.
- Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions.
- The Semitic religions (Christianity and Islam) are nationally honored in much of Africa.
- In contrast to these Semitic religions some religions of Indian origin like Buddhism and Jainism, are pacifist to the extent of banning the killing of animals even for food.
