- Biblical Aramaic
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a Semitic language that was the vernacular in Palestine in the time of Christ and in which a few sections of the Old Testament are written.
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Biblical Aramaic
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Biblical Aramaic — For the use of Aramaic in the Christian Bible, see Aramaic of Jesus. Biblical Aramaic is the form of the Aramaic language that is used in the books of Daniel, Ezra and a few other places in the Hebrew Bible and should not be confused with the… … Wikipedia
Biblical Aramaic — noun the form of Aramaic that was spoken in Palestine in the time of the New Testament • Hypernyms: ↑Aramaic * * * a Semitic language that was the vernacular in Palestine in the time of Christ and in which a few sections of the Old Testament are… … Useful english dictionary
Biblical Aramaic — noun the form of the Aramaic language that is used in the books of Daniel, Ezra and a few other places in the … Wiktionary
Biblical Aramaic — /ˌbɪblɪkəl ærəˈmeɪɪk/ (say .biblikuhl aruh mayik) noun the Aramaic language as used in the original texts of the Old Testament books of Daniel and Ezra …
ARAMAIC — ARAMAIC, an ancient northwestern semitic language spoken (to some extent) to this day. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: ancient aramaic and official aramaic sources syria and its neighboring countries iraq and iran egypt… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Aramaic alphabet — Bilingual Greek and Aramaic inscription by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka the Great at Kandahar, 3rd century BC … Wikipedia
Biblical Hebrew — Biblical Hebrew, Classical Hebrew שְֹפַת כְּנַעַן, יְהוּדִית, (לְשוֹן) עִבְרִית … Wikipedia
Aramaic language — Not to be confused with the Amharic language. For the people, see Aramaeans. Aramaic Arāmît Pronunciation [arɑmiθ], [arɑmit], [ɑrɑmɑjɑ], [ɔrɔmɔjɔ] Spoken in Ir … Wikipedia
Aramaic — 1. noun /ˌæɹ.ə.ˈmei.ɪk/ A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group including (but not limited to): : The language of the Aramaeans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic. : The language of the administration in… … Wiktionary
Aramaic — /ar euh may ik/, n. 1. Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 B.C. A.D. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine. Abbr.: Aram Cf. Biblical… … Universalium
