Pertaining to Shem or his descendants; pertaining to the Hebrew race or any of the races akin to it, as the Phoenicians, Assyrians, Arabs, etc.

属闪族或其后裔的；属希伯来民族或其他类似民族的(如腓尼基人、亚述人、阿拉伯人等)。

Designating, or pertaining to, the family of languages spoken by the Semites, as Hebrew and Arabic.

属于闪族之语言的(如希伯来语及阿拉伯语)。

The Semitic languages collectively.

闪系语言之统称。