Biblical Aramaic

E864739
Aramaic language language variety

Biblical Aramaic is the form of the Aramaic language used in portions of the Hebrew Bible, particularly in books like Daniel and Ezra, and is a key source for understanding ancient Northwest Semitic linguistics and biblical texts.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Biblical Aramaic canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aramaic language ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
attestedIn Dead Sea Scrolls NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Imperial Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic ⓘ
Official Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Targumic Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Biblical Chaldee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chaldean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature distinct verbal system from Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
loanwords from Akkadian ⓘ
loanwords from Old Persian ⓘ
shared vocabulary with Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
importantFor Northwest Semitic linguistics ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
historical linguistics of Aramaic ⓘ
textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
influenced Jewish Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Later Jewish liturgical Aramaic ⓘ
Targumic Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imperial Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639-3Code arc ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Ancient Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Semitic philology ⓘ
biblical studies ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Aramaic ⓘ
Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod First Temple period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Temple period NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor administrative documents ⓘ
biblical narrative ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal decrees ⓘ
usedIn Book of 2 Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Ezra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Aramaic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebrew square script ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salamas dialect → sharesLexiconWith → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
Bible of Kralice → originalLanguageOfTranslation → Biblical Aramaic ⓘ