Semitic

adjective5

1. •
   Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.

   • On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians. — 2008
2. •
   Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah.
3. •
   Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
4. •
   Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Syriac, Tigrigna etc.
5. •
   Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.

   • Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions. — 1893