Shemitic Languages,
Shemitic Languages,
Bibliography InformationSmith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Shemitic Languages,'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary".. 1901.
the family of languages spoken by the descendants of Shem, chiefly the Hebrew, Chaldaic, Assyrian, Arabic Phoenician and Aramaic or Syriac. The Jews in their earlier history spoke the Hebrew, but in Christs time they spoke the Aramaic, sometimes called the Syro-Chaldaic.
Bibliography InformationSmith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Shemitic Languages,'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary".
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