R. L. Dane · @RL_Dane
1444 followers · 25290 posts · Server fosstodon.orgHey #AskFedi,
Any semitic language scholars out there?
I'm looking to translate Luke 18:13's phrase "God be merciful to me a sinner" into Aramaic, with something approaching period-accurate Aramaic script (whatever Unicode can handle)
I'm thinking about making a plaque for a friend.
#askfedi #bible #Aramaic #semiticlanguages
brainwise · @brainwise
105 followers · 391 posts · Server mas.to
"Behold! The years begin coming and do not cease from coming." Verily, it is and always has been so.
#Smashmouth #AllStar #Aramaic
CTaymor · @ctaymor
123 followers · 375 posts · Server hachyderm.io"If there's like an absurd amount of olives, there's just like, what's happening? Why are there so many olives? You're in aramaic."😂
- a snippet of transcription for an draft of an upcoming software blogpost. so close, yet so hilariously not correct. (The correct word was "alephs" or א)
#Mazeldon #jewish #JewishHumor #Aramaic #Talmud #softwareEngineering #software
#Mazeldon #jewish #JewishHumor #Aramaic #talmud #softwareengineering #software
Katriel Nopoulos כתריאל · @AugustusMorning
116 followers · 292 posts · Server kolektiva.socialMaking syriac alphabet flash cards for my partner. They started taking an Aramaic class last week. #assyrian #syriac #Aramaic #neoaramaic #semiticlanguages
#assyrian #syriac #Aramaic #neoaramaic #semiticlanguages
OrenH · @LangPolJER
208 followers · 37 posts · Server mastodon.online
#Multilingualism of the historical variety: Physician / rofeh (#Hebrew) / tabib (#Arabic) / asiya (#Aramaic) and more. Hecht Museum, Haifa
#LinguisticLandscape
#linguisticlandscape #Aramaic #arabic #hebrew #multilingualism
Dr. Kirsten D. Dzwiza · @antikemagie
151 followers · 26 posts · Server archaeo.social
The Aramaic Incantation Bowls - or Demon Bowls - were used for many purposes, from cursing to binding to counter spells and even for healing.
The left bowl is a counter spell, the right bowl was supposed to bind demons.
6th-8th century, #Iraq
© The Trustees of the British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1886-0109-2
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1974-1209-2
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#ancientmagic #Archaeology #materialculture #incantation #aramaic #bowl #ancient #magic
#iraq #AncientMagic #archaeology #MaterialCulture #incantation #Aramaic #bowl #ancient #magic
Dr. Kirsten D. Dzwiza · @antikemagie
150 followers · 25 posts · Server archaeo.social
"This is a counter #spell to send a spirit against Mar Zuṭra son of Ukkamay: In the name of Qaṣpiel, the angel of death, I adjure you, O Anfarat, [ev]il spirit (...)"
Aramaic #incantation bowls resemble the #Greek and Latin #curse tablets. They can be just as dark and sinister.
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#ancientmagic #archaeology #bowl #aramaic #ancient #magic #materialculture
#spell #incantation #greek #Curse #AncientMagic #archaeology #bowl #Aramaic #ancient #magic #MaterialCulture
Dr. Kirsten D. Dzwiza · @antikemagie
148 followers · 24 posts · Server archaeo.social
Incanation bowl inscribed in Aramaic with a protection charm for a house, 6th-8th century:
"Bound and #sealed are you, all you demons and devils and liliths, by that hard, mighty, powerful and strong binding (...) Be subdued and sealed, away from the house and from the threshold of Bahram Gušnasp (...) by the talisman of Meṭaṭron (...)"
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#archaeology #materialculture #incantation #talisman #aramaic #ancientmagic #ancient #magic #bowl
#sealed #archaeology #MaterialCulture #incantation #talisman #Aramaic #AncientMagic #ancient #magic #bowl
𐪅𐪀𐪈 𐪑𐪁𐪉 · @WahbAllat
414 followers · 730 posts · Server mas.to
There isn’t a single #Arab country that is 100% Arab. #SaudiArabia has about 50,000 native speakers of #Faifi. Faifi is a #Semitic #language #indigenous to Faifa, Jizan, in southwest Saudi Arabia near #Yemen.
Arabic is closer to #Hebrew and #Aramaic than to Faifi.
#minorities #culture #diversity #linguistics #Aramaic #hebrew #yemen #indigenous #language #semitic #faifi #saudiarabia #arab