aramaic
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
An ancient Semitic language related to Hebrew, once spoken across the Middle East. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Aramaic was the everyday language of many Jews for centuries, and some Jewish texts, such as Targum Onkelos, are in it. Interpretation: Onkelos's Aramaic translation of the Torah is studied as an early commentary that explains hard Hebrew words.
examples
- Onqelos, who renders it into Aramaic as צָדְיָא וְרוֹקָנְיָא tzadya weroqanya ‘(and the earth was) barren and desolate’ (https://cal.huc.edu/comment.php?coord=5100101021). (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Aramaic: 'O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.' (Writings DAN.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Aramaic character, and set forth in the Aramaic tongue. (Writings EZR.4.7, JPS 1917) tree →
note
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Trees and pragmatics
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