Showing posts from June, 2020
In classical Syriac father is abba/abbo. Abun - our father as in Abun d bashmayo -our heavenly father- from the Lord's prayer in Aramaic . Abun- our father Father in other Aramaic dialects. Galilean Aramaic-the language of Je…
In this post I have gathered some links with useful tools to help you with your Aramaic studies. Transliteration tools Syriac online typewriter . Syriac letters automatic transliteration tool. Hebrew letters automatic trans…
Ancient Aramaic was the language of the Arameans who first appeared in about the 11nth century B.C.E. in the region of Aram in modern-day Syria. The first document of Ancient Aramaic is an inscription dating from the…
April 2020 Ben Shragge My father was a wandering Aramean. Well, not directly. My father grew up in Winnipeg, sojourned in Alabama, and settled comfortably in Hamilton. But the above Biblical verse, recited during Passover, does f…
