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Zemarite

Zemarite noun: an inhabitant of the city of Ṣumuru (identified with modern Tell Kazel on the coast of Syria).

Noun

Zemarite (plural Zemarites)

  1. An inhabitant of the city of Ṣumuru (identified with modern Tell Kazel on the coast of Syria).
  2. A "son" of Canaan.
    • And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Forms of Zemarite

pluralZemarites
alternative formZemaraim

Origin of Zemarite

From Ecclesiastical Latin Samariten, from Ancient Greek Σαμαραῖον (Samaraîon), from Hebrew צְמָרִי (ṣᵊmārî).

Questions about Zemarite

What does Zemarite mean?
Zemarite means an inhabitant of the city of Ṣumuru (identified with modern Tell Kazel on the coast of Syria).
What part of speech is Zemarite?
Zemarite is a noun.
What is the plural of Zemarite?
The plural of Zemarite is Zemarites.

Words near Zemarite in the dictionary

  1. Zemanek
  2. Zemaneks
  3. Zemankova
  4. Zemankovas
  5. zemannite
  6. Zemarite
  7. Zemarites
  8. zemblanity
  9. Zembsch
  10. zeme
  11. Zemeckis

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