aramaic

     

 • Aram-Naharaim  • Aram Maacha  • Aram Geschur  • Aram Damascus  • Padan Aram  • Aram Rehob  • Aram Soba  • Osroene

Trivia about aramaic

  • Seen here is a marriage contract written in this language, the same one in which Jesus preached
  • Jim Caviezel learned to speak this Semitic language for his role in "The Passion of the Christ"
  • The Kol Nidre, an introductory prayer of Yom Kippur eve, is traditionally sung in this language of Jesus
  • The Christian form of this Semitic language is called Syriac
  • The Persians wrote in this Northwest Semitic language related to Hebrew
  • This language of Jesus is still spoken in some Syrian villages
  • Much of the first half of the book of Daniel was written in this language spoken by Jesus, the rest in Hebrew
  • In the 500s B.C., this replaced Hebrew as the Jews' language; part of the Book of Daniel is written in it