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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |   n. |
| DEFINITION: | Northwest Semitic, to be(come) hostile, accuse. a. Satan, from Hebrew  n, adversary, Satan, from an, to accuse, act as adversary; b. shaitan, from Arabic  ayn, Satan, from Ethiopic ayn, from Aramaic sn, from Hebrew n (see above). |
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