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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: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם shālôm ʻalêḵem

GALILEAN PHONOLOGY Galilean Aramaic-belonging to the Western branch, had a distinct phonology compared to to Eastern Aramaic of Jerusalem and generally Judea. Galileans tended to soften guttural and emphatic consonants in a Greek like way and they were probably were frowned up and seen as country bumpkins by locals of Jerusalem. A Galilean would immediately stand out in Jerusalem as a provincial person with a thick accept to the ears of a local in Judea. Transliteration to IPA (International Phenetic Alphabet): •Consonants 1. ˀ/ʾ [ʔ] 2. b [b] 3. v/ḇ [β] 4. g [ɡ] 5. ḡ [ɣ] 6. d [d] 7. ḏ [ð] 8. h [h] 8. w [w] 9. z [z] 10. ṭ [tˤ] 11. ḥ [ħ] 12. y/i [j] 13. k [k] 15. 14. ḵ [x] 16. l [l] 17. m [m] 18. n [n] 19. s [s] 20. ˁ/ʿ [ʕ] 21. p [p] 22. p̄ [ɸ/f] 23. ṣ [sˤ] 24. q [q] 25. r [ʁ] 26. š [ʃ] 27. [t] 28. ṯ [θ] • Vowels 1. ə [ə] 2. a [ʌ] 3. e [ɛ] 4. i [ɪ/i] 5. o [o] 6. u [u] • Dipthongs â/ai [aːj] ê/ei [e̝] î/i [ɪ̞] Watch the whole playli...

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 culture. Spread of the Greek language during  the Diadochi and Roman times. After the conquests of Alexander the great ,Greek culture spread far and wide eastwards including the middle East, especially around Antioch (modern-day Turkey) ,Western Syria , Lebanon and Alexandria in Egypt. A portion of the local Jewish population came under the influence of Greek civilization and became Hellenized. Antioch was one of the two biggest centers of Hellenized Jews -the other being Alexandria where the Septuagint was produced - the first translation of the Hebrew Bible in Greek. Mother toungue of Jesus Christ. It is also widely accepted that the mother toungue of Jesus was Galilean Aramaic- a dialect of the Western branch of Aramaic. All Western Aram...

The well-known and for many the controversial film The Passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson is entirely in the Aramaic language. But what kind of Aramaic is it spoken? The Aramaic dialect used in the movie is a hypothetical one .It was infact reconstructed by a scholar of Aramaic- William Fulco- who was hired to translate the dialogues of the script into Aramaic. This reconstructed Aramaic was mostly based on the vernacular and grammar of Eastern Aramaic dialects. Fulco incorporated elements from the Book of Daniel and he also used Syriac Aramaic for words that were difficult to reconstruct. Why wasn't the Aramaic spoken by Jesus used in the movie? It is maintained that Jesus Christ spoke Galilean Aramaic ,a dialect the Western Aramaic branch, which  is very slim attested to this day and remains an obscure dialect. Efforts are continued by scholars to reconstruct Jesus mother toungue based on the few evidence that exists of it. Read also The Jesuit scho...

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 The double y (יי) shows that the y is a consonant. The tree of life is the source of eternal life in various mythologies and religions. It is the connection between heaven and earth. In Christianity it first appears in Genesis 2:9. Genesis 2:8-9 The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Tree-Of-Life Notes 1.Galilean was the Aramaic dialect Jesus spoke.

Sinner in Syriac Aramaic is xattaya. ܚܛܝܐ xattaya sinner As in: Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me - a sinner . ܡܪܝ ܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܒܪܗ ܕ ܐܠܗܐ ܪܚܡ ܥܠܝ ܚܛܝܐ Mar Yeesho Msheeha breh d Alaha rahhem al xattaya .

The Titulus Crusis is a piece of the wooden sign(title panel or titulus) that was supposedly put on Jesus's cross when he was crucified. On the sign it is inscribed the phrase-' Jesus Nazarene , king of the Jews' in three languages Latin,Greek and Aramaic. The phrase reads in the three languages as follows: • (a). IESVSNAZARENVSREXIVDÆORVM  • (b). ΟΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣΤΩΝΙΟΥΔΑΙΩΝΟΥΤΟΣ  • (c). זה הוא ישוע מלך היהודים The sign is nowadays kept at a church in Rome and it claimed that this is the original sign hang on the actual cross of Jesus. This is rejected by scholars as a forgery of medieval times.