Abra Kadabra in Aramaic? Native Hebrew speaker here, I'm having a hard time finding a reliable source to know if when using an Aramaic keyboard I should write the phrase with א or ה at the end of the words. Like: אברא קדברא Or: אברה קדברה Or maybe even: אברא קדברה ?

I feel like א makes more sense but this is for a tattoo so I don't want to have a silly spelling mistake on forever.

Thank's in advance and sorry if this should go on the pinned post, I just saw that no one really replies there latley.

Nothing to add here really, I think the question is straightforward. Should also add that I can read and understand Arabic (but not Hebrew).

Hi, i want to learn a new language. My first language is french (from canada) and over the years i learned spanish and english and im fluent in both, so fluent that i sometimes mix these 3 languages in one sentence without noticing. I wanted to learn something new, completely different from a latin or germanic language and that’s when aramaic captivated me. I know it’s a hard language to learn for someone speaking only european languages but i know what im getting into, i know i will have to study for years before getting to a basic level and i know i will never be as fluent as a native aramaic speaker. However this is the challenge i want. Do you know some resources, books, websites or online courses i could use to learn this beautiful language ? Thank you for your attention !

hi! i recently started taking the mango languages free chaldean aramaic course and i was wondering if there were any additional resources out there like this. i don't think the mango languages course teaches writing, just speaking, and while that's still interesting to learn i would like to know how to write in aramaic as well.

i'm specifying chaldean aramaic because i know there's a lot of differing dialects, and i feel like my learning would be easier if i focused specifically on one.

thank you so much!

How would you spell a "ch" sound in the Aramaic alphabet?

No matter where I look I can’t seem to find one. Since I cannot read aramaic I’d appreciate if any of you could send a link to a psalter?

Please I’m looking for a friend to help me learn Aramaic I’ll help you learn Arabic I found out they’re close. I’m Palestinian Jesus spoke Aramaic and he’s from the same place I’m from so I feel like I wanna learn the language he spoke any Aramaic speakers please help me.

اي حدا بيحكي عربي و اراني والله نفسي اتعلم هاي اللغه سمعت انو في ناس بسوريا و مناطق نقاربه لسا بيستعملوا الاراميه والله نفسي اتعرف على حد يعلمني و انا مستعد اعلمو عن كل العالم و عربي والاقتصاد و التعامل مع العالم الحالي.

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I am converting to Orthodox Christianity and wanted to learn Aramaic. If anyone would be gracious to share some resources that would be a blessing. Thank you.

Hi, im new here im 15 and i live in the uk (but im from india). i am syrian orthodox and in my church mass they say syriac aramaic phrases and so i want to learn more as Jesus spoke aramaic too. so im wondering how many dialects are there? and what dialect did jesus speak and is it possible to learn it? also what would be the best to learn in general for my purpose? thanks guys

Mar Yeesho Msheeha breh d Alaha rahhem al xattaya

And:

Mar Iesu Mesiha, bara Illaha, yitrahemni a‘khattaw

You can only find psalms 51,91 or something in Aramaic but the rest is always hebrew. I wanted a whole psalter in Aramaic.

The names Martha, Samantha, Beth, Bethany, Tabitha, Bartholomew and Thomas are all from Aramaic. I think the magic word abracadabra is from Aramaic also. From my short research it seems to me that Aramaic was/is a softer sounding language than its cousins Hebrew and Arabic.

Is there an Aramaic cognate to the Arabic word miṯqāl?

In Sanhedrin 7b it has the line: “מכניף ומייני להו” How does it make sense that the first word is singular, but the second is plural?

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The Praedictum Impaver in CBBC's Young Dracula (Series 3 Episode 9)

Presented as a supernatural book which informs vampires as to their collective destiny, the Praedictum Impaver was shown using Syriac, presumably to seem ancient and mysterious.

I'm currently writing a fantasy novel that involves demons, and I'd like to utilize Biblical Aramaic as a way to vocalize demonic speech. I plan on translating what I want said into Biblical Aramaic and invert it to represent demonic speech. Is there a good resource (free is preferred, as I am broke) where I can learn Biblical Aramaic, or at a minimum, accurately translate English to Biblical Aramaic? Thanks.

Hello! What resources would you recommend to learn Palestinian Aramaic, be it Jewish or Christian? I have a hard time finding resources, except for that one grammar book by Stevenson.

How did the Aramaic script evolve? Now, we use the Syriac script, which from estrangela evolved into serto and madnhaya, but what was used before that? If I understand correctly, the Hebrew alphabet was in fact an Aramaic alphabet? Was another script used even before that? And how do they relate to the Phoenician script?

If you could walk me through the development of the alphabet, from its parent source to the three scripts now in use, I would greatly appreciate it!

Hi everyone, I was trying to learn palmyrene aramaic, but I did not find any resources for grammar, is it like biblical aramaic? Thanks in advance !.

Hello! I am trying to understand how these various Aramaic dialects relate to each other from a linguistic perspective. For instance, how different is imperial Aramaic from biblical Aramaic, and how different are they both to modern neo-Aramaic?

My situation is the following: I have learned classical Syriac, which if I understand correctly is an Eastern form of Aramaic. Now, I would like to delve more into other Aramaic dialects and perhaps learn a Western Aramaic dialect. But since I don't fully understand how they all relate to each other, I'm unsure where to begin.

Would imperial or biblical Aramaic be useful to learn modern neo-Aramaic, or is classical Syriac closer?

I'm sorry if my questions are all over the place; I am very confused.

PS. If you know of a good resource to learn western neo-Aramaic (e.g. Maaloula dialect), let me know!