aramaic

noun

«aramaic» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In 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.

An ancient Semitic language related to Hebrew, once spoken across the Middle East. tree →

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 →

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