
1) Compassionate helpers 2) Semitic-speaking people 3) Some people of old Palestine
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1) Do gooders
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Past Vernacular Arabic, preceded by Aramaic and earlier Hebrew Liturgical Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic, Samaritan Arabic | related-c = Jews, Palestinian people | notes = }} The Samaritans (Samaritan Hebrew: שוֹמְרִים Samerim `Guardians/Keepers/Watchers [of the Law/Torah]`, Jewish שומרונים Shomronim, السامريون .....
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[charity] Samaritans (until 2002 known as The Samaritans) is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through their telephone helpline. The name comes from the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, t...
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The Samaritans were a people settled in Samaria by the Assyrian Kings to replace the indigenous population which had been captured by Sargon.
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