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- Jephthah (Heb./Aram. יפתח Yiftach/Yiptha χ ) is a character in the Old Testament who served as one of the judges in Israel for a period of ...11 KB (1,778 words) - 19:50, 15 August 2022
- Nineveh (Akkadian: Ninua; Aramaic: ܢܝܢܘܐ; Hebrew: נינוה, Nīnewē; Arabic: نينوى, Naīnuwa), was the capital of the ancient Neo ...21 KB (3,258 words) - 09:49, 11 March 2023
- compared it with French, German, Spanish, and Aramaic translations. He also used the Latin Vulgate, primarily in order to point out passages in which ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 00:39, 8 December 2022
- taught biblical studies (Exegesis, Hebrew and Aramaic) at the University. León was one of the foremost experts in Biblical Studies then and had written ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 08:11, 3 August 2022
- is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. It is spoken throughout ... The Arabic alphabet derives from the Aramaic script (Nabataean), to ...32 KB (4,654 words) - 20:18, 11 August 2023
- *extracts from a collection of historical documents in Aramaic, illustrating the fortunes of the community in the reigns of Artaxerxes I, and ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
- Fragments of 12 such Aramaic manuscripts have been discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. How much is missing can be guessed from the Stichometry ...13 KB (2,033 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- from which it is derived) was borrowed from Aramaic. The word "m-s-g-d" is attested in Aramaic as early as the fifth century B.C.E., and ...42 KB (6,416 words) - 12:31, 7 May 2024
- In their original edition, they translated the Aramaic Haggadot into modern Hebrew. Sefer Ha-Aggadah was first published in 1908-1911 in Odessa, Russia ...13 KB (1,890 words) - 17:38, 27 January 2024
- name Cephas, meaning "rock," in Aramaic. Peter (Petrus) is simply ... with the linguistic skill expected from an Aramaic-speaking fisherman, who ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- and one bilingual edict written in Greek and Aramaic. [[Image:6thPillarOfAshoka ... a bilingual edict in Greek language and Aramaic. This edict, found in Kandahar ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- much improved by information gleaned from Aramaic (Syrian) and Arabic, two ... Some scholars working with Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew versions regard ...43 KB (6,830 words) - 17:26, 6 June 2024
- ossuary was inscribed with the full name, in Aramaic of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," and a second with simply the family name of "Caiaphas ...15 KB (2,468 words) - 18:17, 25 November 2023
- Those who defend the doctrine point out that Aramaic, the language spoken by Christ and his disciples, lacked a specific word for "cousin," ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- of these metals in antiquity. However, Halaba in Aramaic means "white," possibly referring to the deposits of marble and whitish soil abundant ...14 KB (2,080 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- In Aramaic culture, the term Nephila specifically referred to the constellation of Orion, and thus Nephilim to Orion's semi-divine descendants ...15 KB (2,395 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- ' likely being a calque of the older Aramaic term, with the Aramaic term ... ) to translate the Hebrew and Aramaic equivalent Naharaim. An even ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 19:20, 25 March 2024
- The term abbot (from the Aramaic word: Abba, meaning "Father") is a clerical title given to the head of a monastery in both Christianity ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 04:42, 14 June 2023
- Semitic language, related to Hebrew and Aramaic. However, its grammatical features are similar to those found in classical Arabic and Akkadian. ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- also known as ancient Hebrew, and Samaritan Aramaic are used. Samaritans were despised by the Jews, the story's target audience. Located ...15 KB (2,463 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
