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Bible Dictionaries
Shemitic Languages
Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Shemit'ic Languages. 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 Christ's time, they spoke the Aramaic, sometimes called the Syro-Chaldaic.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shemitic Languages'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​s/shemitic-languages.html. 1901.
		
	Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shemitic Languages'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​s/shemitic-languages.html. 1901.