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shemite

N ชาว ยิว  semite

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHEMITIC

a.Pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah. The Shemetic languages are Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Samaria, Ethiopic and Old Phoenician.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHEMITE

SHEMITE Shem "ite, n.

 

Defn: A descendant of Shem.

 

SHEMITIC; SHEMITISH

SHEMITIC; SHEMITISH Shem *it "ic, Shem "i *tish, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.

 

SHEMITISM

SHEMITISM Shem "i *tism, n.

 

Defn: See Semitism.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Shem

Shem |SHem ʃɛm | (in the Bible ) a son of Noah (Gen. 10:21 ), traditional ancestor of the Semites.

 

Shema

She ma |SHəˈmä ʃəˈmɑ | a Hebrew text consisting of three passages from the Pentateuch and beginning “Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one. ” It forms an important part of Jewish evening and morning prayer and is used as a Jewish confession of faith. ORIGIN Hebrew, literally ‘hear, ’ the first word of Deut. 6:4.

 

shemozzle

she moz zle |SHəˈmäzəl ʃəˈmɑzəl |(also schemozzle ) ▶noun informal a state of chaos and confusion; a muddle. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: Yiddish, suggested by late Hebrew šel-lō '-mazzāl ‘of no luck. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Shem

Shem |ʃɛm | (in the Bible ) a son of Noah (Gen. 10:21 ), traditional ancestor of the Semites.

 

Shema

Shema |ʃɛˈmɑː | a Hebrew text consisting of three passages from the Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 6:4, 11:13 –21; Numbers 15:37 –41 ) and beginning ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord ’. It forms an important part of Jewish evening and morning prayer and is used as a Jewish confession of faith. ORIGIN Hebrew, literally ‘hear ’, the first word of Deut. 6:4.

 

shemozzle

shemozzle |ʃɪˈmɒz (ə )l |(also schemozzle ) ▶noun informal a state of chaos and confusion; a muddle. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: Yiddish, suggested by late Hebrew šel-lō '-mazzāl ‘of no luck ’.