Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; Also called: Semitic.
U vezi Semita.
Member of any of the peoples of the Middle East originally speaking a Semitic language, and traditionally said to be descended from Shem, a son of Noah in the Bible. Ancient Semitic peoples include the Hebrews, Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldaeans, Phoenicians, and Canaanites. The Semitic peoples founded the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
They speak languages of the Hamito-Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.
A member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Near East and North Africa.
Pripadnik istočnjačkog narodi kavkaske rase koji vodi poreklo od Sema, jednog od trojice Nojevih sinova (Jevreji, Sirci, Etiopljani, Arapi i dr.; u užem smislu samo Jevreji).