Shem-it'ic or Shēm'it-ish, a.
a. Pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah. [Written also Semitic.] The Shemitic languages are the Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Samaritan, Ethiopic, and Old Phenician.
a. Pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah. [Written also Semitic.] The Shemitic languages are the Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Samaritan, Ethiopic, and Old Phenician.