Learn Aramaic

Selected from Basics of Biblical Aramaic Video Lectures, this video presents all material from Chapter 2: Vowels with Miles V. Van Pelt. Basics of Biblical Aramaic Video Lectures provides 22 easy-to-follow lessons (on 3 DVDs) on the most neglected biblical language. Integrated for use with one of today’s bestselling Aramaic textbooks, it is an ideal resource for Aramaic language students wanting additional help in their learning; for instructors wanting to devote classroom time to drills and exercises, giving them a lecture tool their students can watch on their own time; and for self-learners with an interest in learning biblical Aramaic on their own. source

When we want to say together in Biblical Aramaic with literally say 'with togetherness'- b'yakhad .

Today΄s word in Biblical Aramaic is melek which means King. King seems to be a favourite word for many Aramaic lessons that I have come across. Here is how to write King (mlk) in the Hebrew alphabet omitting the vowels. mlk King  And here is how to write the same word using vowels symbols. melek with vowels The three dots below the letter mark the 'e' vowel. The two dots below the last letter are called shewa.The shewa indicates either a vowel which sounds kind of like 'ah' or a the absence of a vowel.In our case in the word melek the shewa means that there is no vowel and it is not pronounced. The last letter is the final form of K which is capitalized when transcribed to distinguish it from k-the initial and medial form. King/the king   מלכא Malka King,the king מלכתא Malkéta The queen Note that the word for King or the king in Syriac is also malka. King of Kings in Aramaic as in the title of rulers of the Persian Empire and...

There are various words for God in Aramaic Eli    or Elahi (Biblical Aramaic ) and alaha or   aloho   in Syriac depending on the dialect . The word sounds almost identical to the Arabic 'allah'. Alternatively Aramaic speakers referred to God as 'maran' our Lord hence the Aramaic phrase μαρανάθα ( maranatha ) -O Lord come! from the Greek New Testament. A handful of Aramaic phrases are included in the Greek New Testament amidst the Greek text. It's what Jesus said in Aramaic his native language.  Jesus spoke Galilean Aramaic a dialect spoken natively north of Judaea .There is evidence that this dialect sounded harsh and distorted to the ears of Jerusalem Aramaic speaker. The distinct accent would immediately give away a Galilean in Jerusalem. In the New Testament Jesus uses the following names when he refers to God. abba (αββα)-father Eli (ηλί) or Elohi (ελόΐ)- when being on the cross. And maranatha ,a phrase which contains the word mar (Lord). J...