Zemarite

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noun

An inhabitant of the city of Ṣumuru (identified with modern Tell Kazel on the coast of Syria).

OriginEcclesiastical Latin Samariten ← Ancient Greek Σαμαραῖον ← Hebrew צְמָרִי →
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Meanings

nounZemarite (plural Zemarites)

plural Zemarites · alternative Zemaraim

  1. An inhabitant of the city of Ṣumuru (identified with modern Tell Kazel on the coast of Syria).
  2. biblicalA "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.

Origin

  1. Hebrewצְמָרִי
  2. Ancient GreekΣαμαραῖον
  3. Ecclesiastical LatinSamariten
  4. EnglishZemarite

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

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APA

Zemarite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zemarite

MLA

“Zemarite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zemarite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zemarite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zemarite.

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