Search results for "Semitic language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- ) Renan defined a nation, not by common language or common culture, but by ... daytime, he continued his researches in Semitic philology. In 1847, he obtained ...23 KB (3,624 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- manuscripts of the Old Testament in any language; the oldest extant complete ... a reasonably accurate record of an early Semitic textual variant, now lost ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- ” the capital of the Ammonites, a Semitic people spoken of in the Bible. ... The city became part of the ancient Arab, Semitic, trading kingdom ...17 KB (2,613 words) - 00:55, 9 January 2023
- also revealed the Soviet state's own anti-semitic tendencies. Several attempts were made to build a memorial at Babi Yar to commemorate the fate ...9 KB (1,415 words) - 05:23, 26 August 2023
- many other Arabic words in the English language, cumin was acquired through ... quot; has the same meaning as the English language phrase "carrying coals ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- are believed by some Christians to be anti-Semitic. Indeed, the word Marcionism is sometimes used in modern times to refer to anti-Jewish tendencies ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- Dagon was an ancient northwest Semitic god worshiped by the early Amorites and by the people of Ebla and Ugarit. He was also a major god, perhaps ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- climate, although a pre-Greek or Semitic origin of origanum is also possible (Rogers 2004b). ==Uses== ===Culinary=== [[Image:Oregano_in_Pot.jpg ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- modern history and was appropriated in anti-semitic tracts. ... Another film version, intended for anti-Semitic propaganda in Germany ...18 KB (2,872 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- After the Nazi anti-semitic legislation forced her to resign from ... The Pope did not respond to Stein's letter. Anti-Semitic legislation ...16 KB (2,393 words) - 20:38, 8 August 2023
- Idumæa or Idumea. The Edomite people were a Semitic-speaking tribal group inhabiting the Negev Desert and the Aravah valley of what is now southern ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 21:09, 8 August 2023
- in 1919, where he received a degree in semitic languages at the University ... Buber, Scholem believed in the power of language to invoke supernatural phenomena ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:28, 21 May 2024
- that the Greek word may be derived from a Semitic root, ābāq (pronounced "a-vak"), the Hebrew word for "dust." Though details ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- although his untimely death would fragment his newly conquered Semitic ... it was written in Akkadian, the daily language of Babylon, and could therefore ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 17:00, 21 January 2024
- nationalistic, non-conformist, and anti-semitic pro-fascist journals such ... the ambiguous rhetorical nature of language, and the problematic nature ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- With very few variations, the Moabite language of the inscription ... consistent with the common use of language in the ancient Near East. ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- of Sumer were Akkadians, not Sumerians. Semitic Akkadian became the lingua ... became vassals of Akkad, and the Akkadian language made official. In fact, ...10 KB (1,482 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- the First Epistle of John echoes the language and several of the themes ... advanced age. The epistle's content, language and conceptual style are ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- the one used for Aramaic (the official language of Achaemenids) developed ... hence, influencing each others language. Tribhuvandas L. Shah, Ancient ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- applies to all speakers of the Sumerian language. Sumer together with Ancient ... The Sumerians were a non-Semitic people and were at one time believed ...37 KB (5,525 words) - 22:21, 26 February 2023
