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Father in Aramaic

In classical Syriac father is abba/abbo. Abun - our father as in Abun d bashmayo -our heavenly father- from the Lord's prayer in Aramaic . Abun- our father Father in other Aramaic dialects. Galilean Aramaic-the language of Jesus Christ. Abba Abba- father in Galilean Aramaic Turoyo Babo ________________ Mark 14:36 - ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܐܰܒ݂ܳܐ ܐܳܒ݂ܝ ܟ݁ܽܠ ܡܶܕ݁ܶܡ ܡܶܫܟ݁ܰܚ ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ ܐܰܥܒ݁ܰܪ ܡܶܢܝ ܟ݁ܳܣܳܐ ܗܳܢܳܐ ܐܶܠܳܐ ܠܳܐ ܨܶܒ݂ܝܳܢܝ ܕ݁ܺܝܠܝ ܐܶܠܳܐ ܕ݁ܺܝܠܳܟ݂ ܀  Mark 14:36 - And he said, Father, my Father, thou canst (do) every thing, cause to pass from me this cup: but not my will, but thine.

Tools & lessons to help you with Aramaic studies.

In this post I have gathered some links with useful tools to help you with your Aramaic studies. Transliteration tools Syriac online typewriter . Syriac letters automatic transliteration tool. Hebrew letters automatic transliteration. Bible Dukhrana Biblical research Targum Onkelos online. Dictionary Comprehensive Aramaic lexicon project. Fonts Aramaic fonts Lessons Aramaic of the Zohar. Biblical Aramaic

Ancient Aramaic.

Ancient Aramaic was the language of the Arameans who first appeared in about the 11nth century B.C.E. in the region of Aram in modern-day Syria. The first document of Ancient Aramaic is an inscription dating from the 10nth century B.C.E. This form of Aramaic was originally used in the Aramean city states. The end of its era corresponds with the rise of the Sassanids.It was written in the Old Aramaic script whose letter forms came from and look much like the Phoenician alphabet.

Adventures in Aramaic

April 2020 Ben Shragge My father was a wandering Aramean. Well, not directly. My father grew up in Winnipeg, sojourned in Alabama, and settled comfortably in Hamilton. But the above Biblical verse, recited during Passover, does feel personal to me because my last name comes from Aramaic, the ancient language of the Arameans. Shragge derives from  shraga , the Aramaic word for “light,” which appears in the Talmud about 50 times and is still a male given name in Israel and Orthodox communities. Prominent bearers of the name and its many derivatives include  Rabbi Joseph ibn Shraga , considered the greatest Italian Kabbalist of the 16th century;  Shlomo Zalman Shragai , Jerusalem’s first elected mayor; and  Rabbi Samuel "the Maccabee" Schrage , organizer of a Hasidic neighbourhood patrol group in Crown Heights.  Say what you will about Facebook, it’s only there that I could stumble upon a 1,300-strong group dedicated to reviving the Aramaic language in Israel....

Drunk words , sober thoughts.

עייל חמר נפיק רזא Ail Hamra nafek raza Drunk words,sober thoughts. Lit. Wine comes a,secret comes out. Vocabulary עייל - a'il- comes חמר - Ha'mra- wine נפיק - na'fek - comes out רזא - ra'za - secret Grammar The second Yod (י) in the verbs עייל and נפיק indicates the present tense. The same words without the Yod would mean came and came out עיל and נפק.The first Yod (י) reading from the right was a Waw (ו) that became a Yod.

Samaritan script

The Samaritan alphabet is used by the Samaritans,keepers of the Torah,the Shamerim ( שַמֶרִים ),an ethnoreligious group for purposes of religion for the languages of Samaritan Hebrew,Samaritan Aramaic and Samaritan Arabic.  The script evolved from the Old Hebrew alphabet and ultimately from Phoenician. This is an example of handwritten Samaritan script. Samaria and Judea after Herod. A handwritten example in the Samaritan script follows , Exodus chapter 20 by Lestat Lam . External links A dictionary of Samaritan Aramaic