Galilean Aramaic

What is Galilean Aramaic?

By Damien Cowl “Suriston” (JPA. סוריסטון), colloquially known in English as Galilean Dialect, formed as a variant of the Western Aramaic languages in the Levant around the time of Roman rule in the region. It was spoken by the …

'Peace be upon you.'

Galilean שלם לכון  Shlam  lᵉḵon Peace be upon you. Shlam (שלם)- peace lᵉḵon (לכון) or lkwn - upon you Syriac Aramaic   Shlomo 'aleykhun  ܫܠܳܡܳܐ ܥܰܠܶܝܟ̣ܽܘܢ  Shlomo or Shlama means hello in Syriac. Compare that with the  Hebrew…

Was Jesus a Hellenized Jew?

Nowadays most scholars accept that Jesus Christ was a Jew.But could it be that he was a Hellenized Jew? Meaning of Hellenized First let's take a look at what Hellenized means. It means under the influence of Greek cul…

'Tree of life' in Aramaic (Galilean).

Galilean Aramaic¹ אילנה דחיה or אילן חייה (ʔilan ḥayya) “The Tree of Life.” Transcription ʔilana dᵉḥayyah Translation The Tree of Life. Vocabulary and grammar ʔilana - tree dᵉ - of  ḥayyah - life T…

No such thing as the Lord's Prayer in GALILEAN Aramaic!

two reconstructed versions of the beginning of Lord's prayer in Galilean You heard me.There is no such thing as the Lord's Prayer in Galilean Aramaic -the language that Jesus Christ spoke the most.Not in the …

What language did Jesus speak?

It is generally agreed that Jesus spoke Galilean Aramaic ,what scholars call Jewish Palestinian Aramaic.It is also hypothesized that he also spoke Hebrew and even some Greek and Latin. At the time Aramaic was a major language …

Aramaic Lord's Prayer with audio.

The Lord's prayer in Galilean Aramaic,the native language of Jesus Christ himself does not exist as in an original form.There are, though, linguistic reconstructions of it since Galilean Aramaic remains to this day a very sca…

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