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  In Biblical Aramaic Son of God (ܐܠܗܐ) was bar  'elaha (ܒܪ ܐܠܗܐ) .The genitive case did not exist and it was formed simply by putting two nouns one after the other.In Syriac Son of God would be bar d alaha . bar elaha in the Hebrew script  The phrase is said in Mel Gibson's movie the Passion of the Christ.Watch and listen carefully.The High Priest asks 'bar elaha hai?The Son of living God?' bar elaha in Syriac Madnkhaya script via YouTube Cutter 'Son of God' is first attested in the so-called Aramaic Apocalypse-a short text in Aramaic found in a cave in Qumran.

I have collected some greetings in various Aramaic dialects. So far I have found these phrases.In the future I will be updating the post should I find more. Ancient Aramaic שלמא Shlama Peace שלמא עליחשן Shlama alekhun Peace to you. Galilean Aramaic Galilean Aramaic was the language Jesus Christ spoke. It belongs to the Western branch of Aramaic. The sole survivor of the Western branch in modern times is the Aramaic dialect spoken in the Syrian village of Maalula. Shlamlak -hello (to a man) Shlamlek-hello (to a woman) שְׁלָמ לְךְ‏ / ܫܠܵܡܠܸܟ݂ܝ - (šlāmleḵ) Syriac   Shlama(eastern Syriac)  Shlomo(western Syriac) Hello šlama/ šlomo in the Syriac MadnKhaya script Ejdar bo hat? How are you? Tovo/Kajiso Good Aloho amich/amoch Bye (God be with you) Basic Syriac Aramaic greetings. ܝܰܘܡܳܐ ܛܳܒܳܐ Yaumo tobo Good day! ܒܪܺܝܟ ܨܰܦܪܳܐ Brikh ṣafro Good morning! ܒܪܺܝܟ ܪܰܡܫܳܐ Brikh ramsho Good evening! ܠܺܠܝܳܐ ܬܳܒܳܐ.           Lilyo t...

The Arabic alphabet is a descendant of the Nabatean script which ultimately derived from the Syriac script ,the Serto version.Thus the transliteration from Arabic to Syriac and vice versa presents little difficulties. As  you can see in the table below the letters are quite similar. Arabic letters in comparison to Syriac Serto. Take a look at the Arabic-Estrangelo table also.