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Galilean שלם לכון Shlam lᵉḵon Peace be upon you. Shlam (שלם)- peace lᵉḵon (לכון) or lkwn - upon you Syriac Aramaic Shlomo 'aleykhun ܫܠܳܡܳܐ ܥܰܠܶܝܟ̣ܽܘܢ Shlomo or Shlama means hello in Syriac. Compare that with the Hebrew…
GALILEAN PHONOLOGY Galilean Aramaic-belonging to the Western branch, had a distinct phonology compared to to Eastern Aramaic of Jerusalem and generally Judea. Galileans tended to soften guttural and emphatic consonants in a …
Nowadays most scholars accept that Jesus Christ was a Jew.But could it be that he was a Hellenized Jew? Meaning of Hellenized First let's take a look at what Hellenized means. It means under the influence of Greek cul…
The well-known and for many the controversial film The Passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson is entirely in the Aramaic language. But what kind of Aramaic is it spoken? The Aramaic dialect used in the movie is a hypothetica…
Galilean Aramaic¹ אילנה דחיה or אילן חייה (ʔilan ḥayya) “The Tree of Life.” Transcription ʔilana dᵉḥayyah Translation The Tree of Life. Vocabulary and grammar ʔilana - tree dᵉ - of ḥayyah - life T…
