Semitic

Example Sentences

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Semitic men and women walked the desert with animals.

From Los Angeles Times

“These minor errors indicate that the priest was not a native Greek speaker but likely someone from the region who was raised speaking a Semitic language,” he said in the statement.

From Washington Times

And then shortly after that, we also found some passages written in an ancient Semitic language called Akkadian that is related to Hebrew and Arabic today.

From Scientific American

It corresponds to the Hebrew letter Aleph, which corresponds to the Semitic word for ox.

From New York Times

Canaanites spoke an ancient Semitic language — related to modern Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic — and resided in the lands abutting the eastern Mediterranean.

From Seattle Times