Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.
Semitic language related to Hebrew—much as French or Italian is related to Latin—and spoken widely throughout the ancient Near East from the eighth century B.C.E.
(ah-ra-MEET) n. An ancient Semitic language related to Hebrew. The Gemara was written in Aramaic, as is the well known Kaddish prayer.
a northwest Semitic language closely related to Hebrew. The earliest Aramaic inscriptions date from the ninth-tenth centuries B.C. Its square script replaced the Hebrew archaic script, and by the time of Jesus was the normal script for writing in Hebrew. B.C.E. - abbreviation of "Before Common Era," corresponding to B.C. in Christian terminology. Jerusalem Perspective Online uses B.C.E. and C.E. in articles authored by Jewish scholars since many Jews feel unable to use B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. ( anno Domini, in the year of our Lord) without compromising their beliefs.
the spoken & written language for day-to-day use throughout the empire. It was a Semitic language related to Hebrew, widely used in Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. The Persians extended its use to India, central Asia, and Asia Minor.
A Semitic language known since the ninth century B.C.E.; official language of the Persian empire; used extensively in southwest Asia and by the Jews after the Babylonian exile; the cursive script replaced the ancient paleo-Hebrew script for secular writing as well as for holy scriptures.
the Semitic language that was the common language of the region during Nabataean times
A northwest Semitic language which from c. 300 B.C.E. to 650 C.E. was the common language of nearly all of southwest Asia; source of Hebrew script.
a semitic language similar to Hebrew adopted as a common Jewish tongue first in Babylon in 6th century C.E. and then in the Land of Israel in 4th century C.E, flourished till the Moslem conquest.
Semitic language closely related to Hebrew. Was once the common language of the Jewish world - the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds were both written in Aramaic - but it is no longer spoken.
a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia
of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages
(ar-ah-MAY-ick) Ancient Semitic language spoken in late biblical times, it is a grammatical “first-cousin†of Hebrew, the common language spoken at the time of Jesus, the basis for several of Judaism’s most important prayers, and one of two languages used in the Talmud.
A northwest Semitic language spoken throughout the Ancient Near East and used for parts of Daniel and Ezra.
A Semitic language closely related to Hebrew and written with Hebrew script.
the Semitic language which was the vernacular in Palestine in the time of Christ, and which he himself almost certainly used (Cross, The Oxford Dictionary Of The Christian Church).
The language or dialect spoken by Jesus in Israel.
A northwestern Semitic language of the inhabitants of Aram in Mesopotamia. From the sixth century BCE Aramaic became the dominant spoken tongue throughout the ancient East, including the Land of Israel. Some major Jewish compositions (e.g. the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud) were written in Aramaic.
One of the languages used by people in Jesus' time, probably the language that Jesus and the disciples would have spoken to each other.
A later language that replaced Akkadian around 539 B.C.E.
A language in the same family as Hebrew, used in Daniel 2:4-7:28; Ezra 4:8-6:18 and 7:12-26; and Jeremiah 10:11; its square script replaced the Old Hebrew script in Hebrew manuscripts before the Christian Era.
The language in which the talmud is written, also used in many other Jewish texts.