Syriac

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

Here is the quote from Luke 23:34 in Syriac Aramaic, along with its translation, transliteration, grammar explanation, and vocabulary: **Transliteration:** W-ʿĪšōʿ ʾāmar, "ʾAbā, šbqōl lāhūn, lā qūlānān mšawʾnān." W-šlī…

Syriac Aramaic reading (1)

Here's a Syriac Aramaic passage along with transliteration, translation, grammar notes, and exercises for practice. Passage: ܒܪܝܡܐ ܕܩܘܡܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܡܠܟܐ ܪܒܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܕܢܥܒܪܘܢܘܢ ܒܗ ܕܩܘܡܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܡܠܟܐ ܪܒܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܕܢܥܒܪܘܢܘܢ ܒܗ Transliterat…

The conversation between Jesus the Lord and His pure mother Mary in the town of Nazareth

Here is a sample text in Syriac Aramaic transliteration: ܡܥܡܐ ܕܥܚܕܬܐ ܠܫܠܝ̈ܐ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܪܝܐ ܒܗܦܛܘܢܝܬܐ ܘܫܡܥܘ ܠܐܝܬ ܠܥܝܢܝܐ ܘܐܠܐ ܠܥܠܡܝܬܐ ܘܠܡܢ ܟܦܘܫܗܘܢ ܢܫܪܐ ܕܐܢܬܧܢܝܢ ܐܢܬ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܕܚܘܒܬܐ ܕܝܬ ܬܐܬܐ ܘܐܠܗܝܢܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܗܘܐ ܟܢܘܢ ܝܘܡܝܐ ܘܝܥܩܘܒܬܐ ܗܘܐ ܓܝ…

Brief overview of Syriac Aramaic grammar.

Brief overview   Syriac Aramaic is an ancient language that originated in the region of Mesopotamia and was spoken by the Syriac Christians. Here is a brief overview of its grammar: 1. Alphabet: The Syriac Aramaic alphabet consis…

How close is Hebrew to Syriac Aramaic?

Hebrew and Syriac Aramaic are both Semitic languages and share some similarities in grammar, vocabulary, and script. However, they are not mutually intelligible and have significant differences. One major difference is that Hebr…

Personal pronouns in Syriac Aramaic

Aramaic, like many other languages, has personal pronouns that are used to refer to people or things. Here are the personal pronouns in Aramaic: Singular: - ܐܢܝ (ani) - I - ܐܘܢ (awun) - you (masculine) - ܐܢܐ (ana) - he or she Pl…

Syriac Aramaic dialects

Syriac Aramaic is a group of dialects of the Aramaic language that were spoken in the region of Mesopotamia, which roughly corresponds to modern-day Iraq, Syria, and southeastern Turkey. Syriac Aramaic emerged as a distinct dial…

Meeting people in Syriac Aramaic.

Here are a few phrases in Syriac Aramaic that can be used when meeting people: 1. Shlomo (Peace be with you) - This is a common greeting in Syriac Aramaic and is similar to the Hebrew greeting "Shalom." It is used to w…

Dalat in Syriac Serto.

The unconnected Dalat is written like this below. Dalat is only connected from the right just like alaph. Here is the connected form of the letter. Notice that the connected form of Dalat is smaller than the unconnected form. Th…

The letter beth in Syriac Serto.

The letter beth in Syriac can be connected from the right as well as from the left unlike the alaph . The Syriac beth represents the occlusive [b] and the spirant [v].  It is pronounced as [b] at the beginning of the word or th…

Syriac diacritics (ptaha)

zqafa-alaf I. In addition to the vowel zqafa and the combination zqafa-alaf ,the vowel [a] can be indicated with the vowel ptaha which has the following form: As you can clearly see, this vocalization schematically reproduces …

Forms of Alaph

The letter alaph takes various forms in the Syriac Serto script depending on its position in a word as do many other letters. Alaph takes three different forms, initial unconnected, middle or final unconnected and connected.  You…

Table in Syriac Aramaic.

ܛܒܠܝܬܐ Ṭavlitho/a (f.) Table,plank,gameboard IPA pronunciation [tˤavliθο/ɑ] Synonym ܦܬܘܪܐ‎ (pāṯūrā) table The Ṭ is an emphatic sound corresponding to the Arabic  letter  ṭāʾ  (ط)  [tˤ]. It is obviously a loanword from Latin tabul…

Introduction to Syriac (book)

You might want to introduce yourself into the world of Aramaic languages but you don't know where to start. It is indeed an entire world since Aramaic is not one language but a whole bunch from antiquity to present day. Some…

Merry Christmas in Syriac Aramaic.

ܥܹܐܕ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ! ܥܹܐܕ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܵܘܠܵܕܹܗ ܕܡܵܪܲܢ ܝܑܼܫܘܿܥ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܟܘܼܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ.  Classical Syriac ܒܪܝܟ ܡܘܠܕܐ ܕܡܪܢ Brikh mawlada de'maran. Merry Christmas. Brikh - happy - ܒܪܝܟ Mawlada - birth - ܡܘܠܕܐ De - of…

God willing in Aramaic

'God willing' in Aramaic is 'en Aloho d sobe'. The phrase in the Syriac Estrangelo script. ܐܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܨܒܐ Arabs say 'Inshallah' instead.

The double dot (seyame) in Classical Syriac.

The seyame sign-the double dot, was used in Classical Syriac to mark the plural. For some written words there was no way to tell whether they denoted the singular or plural form like the word  ܡܠܟܐ for king or kings. ܡ̈ܠܟܐ /…

Short Syriac Aramaic lessons

What is Syriac Aramaic? Syriac alphabet Estrangelo Serto Madnkhaya (eastern) Syriac Aramaic  vocabulary 'archer' in Syriac 'church' in Syriac clothes in Syriac colors in Syriac days of the week in Syri…

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