Semite

semite sémite Sémite English Alternative forms en Shemite Etymology From en Sem, en Shem en ite, from en la-lat Sēm, from en grc Σήμ, from en hbo שם šēm. Compare de Semit, la-new Sēmīta, fr Sémite//sémite.n. and adj. 1 1542412826 Pronunciation en /ˈsiː.maɪt/ /ˈsɛm.aɪt/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Semite.wav Southern England en /ˈsɛm.aɪt/ US en /ˈsɪm.aɪt/ pin-pen en Se mite Noun A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language. A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia and East Africa such as the Akkadians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Canaanites, Hebrews, Arabs, or Aksumites. A descendant of any of these peoples. A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem. en sometimes derogatory A Jew. Synonyms en Semitic Semite n obsolete Derived terms en allosemitism anti-Semite prosemite Semitic Semiticization Semiticize Semiticness Semitics Semitism Semitist Semitistic Semitistics Semitization Semitize Semitological Semitologist Semitology Related terms en Shem Shemite Translations member of any of a number of ancient peoples Czech: cs Semita m Esperanto: eo semido Finnish: fi seemiläinen French: fr Sémite mfbysense Icelandic: is semíti m Irish: ga Seimíteach m Polish: pl Semita m, pl Semitka f Portuguese: pt semita m f descendant of any of these peoples Arabic: ar سَامِيّ m, ar سَامِيَّة f Armenian: hy սեմիտ Azerbaijani: az sami Catalan: ca semita mfbysense Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 閃米特人 Shǎnmǐtè-rén Czech: cs Semita m Dutch: nl Semiet Esperanto: eo semido Finnish: fi seemiläinen French: fr Sémite mfbysense German: de Semit m, de Semitin f Hebrew: he שמי m shémi, he שמית f shémit Icelandic: is semíti m Irish: ga Seimíteach m Italian: it semita mfbysense Japanese: ja セム Semu, ja セム族の人 Semu-zoku-no hito Kazakh: kk семит Latin: la Sēmīta m Persian: Dari: prs سَامِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira سامی Polish: pl Semita m, pl Semitka f Portuguese: pt semita mfbysense Russian: ru семи́т m, ru семи́тка f Spanish: es semita mfbysense Tajik: tg сомӣ Turkish: tr Sami Ottoman Turkish: ota سامی sami Ukrainian: uk семі́т m, uk семі́тка f Uzbek: uz somiy Volapük: ♂♀ vo semitan, ♂ vo hisemitan, ♀ vo jisemitan Adjective - en Semitic#Adjective. 22 June 1913 Asks Justice for Jews in Rumania https://www.nytimes.com/1913/06/22/archives/asks-justice-for-jews-in-rumania-m-clemenceau-says-balkan-nation.html M. Clemenceau Says Balkan Nation Has Cheated Semite People of Their Rights. 16 December 1923 Discoveries at Kish Go Back 7,000 YearsMesopotamian Capital Is Located, With Records of Earliest Civilization. https://www.nytimes.com/1923/12/16/archives/discoveries-at-kish-go-back-7000-years-mesopotamian-capital-is-lo.html Heretofore, Assyriologists doubted that these ruins, some eight miles to the east of the site of Babylon, really represented the site of Kish, seat of the oldest Sumerian and Semite rulers known to man. 17 May 1925 Secret of Pyramids Is Perhaps RevealedHarvard Scientists, Headed by Dr. Reisner, Found Clue to Methods of Builders, but Are Not Ready to Disclose It—Ethiopia’s Lost History https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/17/archives/secret-of-pyramids-is-perhaps-revealed-harvard-scientists-headed-by.html The second age of Egypt was the Middle Kingdom and the sway of the Hyksos or Shepherd Kings, a feudal period of Semite conquerors and petty kings and princes. References Anagrams en eeimst Estime Timese mesite