How to Use Semitic in a Sentence
Semitic
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The two etchings were found at Serabit el-Khadim, an ancient turquoise mining site in the Sinai desert where Semitic laborers once worked during the Middle Bronze Age.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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There’s the Afro-Asiatic family of languages spoken in northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and parts of Western Asia, including Egyptian and Somali, plus Semitic languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
—Martha Barnette august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
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