And this may lead to the occurring of water retention. Let's take a look at the kidney and its function as it will help you to better understand how and what causes water retention in patients with kidney problems. Kidneys inside our body. 1  Our kidneys are two bean-shaped organs which are located near the middle of the back; one on each side.
Definition of Semitic. 1 : of, relating to, or constituting a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Amharic. 2 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the Semites.
Hebrew is a Semitic languageâlike Arabic and Aramaicâand like most ancient Semitic languages its alphabet has no vowels. However, sometime between the middle and end of the first millennium, rabbis known as the Masoretes instituted a system of dots and dashes to indicate how words were to be pronounced.