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Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is believed by many scholars to have spoken Aramaic as his native language. Aramaic was a common language in the region of Galilee where Jesus grew up, and it was also used as a lin…
leššānā Suryāyā Syriac language Syriac developed from Old Syriac,an Aramaic dialect spoken around the city of Edessa in Osroene.It rose to prominence during the first century century Ad. It came to be a major trade, litera…
After the dissolution of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great as a result Greek influence and culture spread all over the Middle East.It was then that Aramean scholars first became familiar with the Greek alphabet which alre…
The eastern Syriac script is called Madnkhaya or Nestorian, eastern, after Nestorus-founder of the Eastern Syriac Church.It was used in the eastern Syriac Church in Persia and it started developing after the split of the Syri…
There are various words for God in Aramaic Eli or Elahi (Biblical Aramaic ) and alaha or aloho in Syriac depending on the dialect . The word sounds almost identical to the Arabic 'allah'. Alternatively Aramaic…
'Mshiha qam' means 'The Messiah is risen' in Aramaic or you can just say qam!- He is risen!. The phrase in Syriac Aramaic. “ܡܫܝܚܐ ܩܡ! ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ ܩܡ! Mshiḥa qām! sharīrāīth qām! OR Mshiḥo Qom! Shariroith Qom!) …
