Shemitic vs Semitic - What's the difference?

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Semitic is a alternative form of shemitic.



As adjectives the difference between shemitic and semitic

is that shemitic is of or pertaining to Shem, the oldest son of Noah while Semitic is of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afro-Asiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.

As a proper noun Semitic is

the Semitic languages in general.

shemitic

English

Adjective

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  • of or pertaining to Shem, the oldest son of Noah
  • (obsolete) Semitic

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    semitic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * semitic, Shemitic, shemitic

    Adjective

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  • 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:
    • On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians.
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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:
  • Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions.
  • #* 2011 , Makau Mutua, ''Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique, page 114:
  • The Semitic religions (Christianity and Islam) are nationally honored in much of Africa.
  • #* 2005 , Xavier William, World Religions, True Beliefs and New Age Spirituality , page 45:
  • 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.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Semitic languages in general.

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    Related terms

    * anti-Semite * anti-semite * antisemite * anti-Semitic * anti-semitic * antisemitic * anti-Semitism * anti-semitism * antisemitism * pro-Semite * pro-semite * prosemite * pro-Semitic * pro-semitic * prosemitic * pro-Semitism * pro-semitism * prosemitism * Sem * Semite * Semitics * Semitism * Shem

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