Jewish Babylonian Aramaic (ca. 200-1200 CE)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic (ca. 200-1200 CE) was an Afro-Asiatic language once spoken in Israel.
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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic (Aramaic: אַרָמִית, ʾarāmîṯ) or Talmudic Aramaic was the form of Middle Aramaic employed by writers in Lower Mesopotamia between the fourth and eleventh centuries. It is most commonly identified with the language of the Babylonian Talmud (which was completed in the fifth century), the Targum Onqelos, and of post-Talmudic (Gaonic) literature, which are the most important cultural products of Babylonian Jews. The most important epigraphic sources for the dialect are the hundreds of inscriptions on incantation bowls.
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Words in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic (ca. 200-1200 CE)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | שְׁמָא | šəmā |
| eye | עֵינָא | ʿênā |
| tongue | לִשָּׁנָא | liššānā |
| heart | לִבָּא | libbā |
| blood | דְּמָא | dəmā |
| bone | גַּרְמָא | garmā |
| moon | סַהֲרָא | sahărā |
| star | כוכבא | kōḵəḇā |
| sky | שְׁמַיָּא | šəmayyā |
| rain | מִטְרָא | miṭrā |
| river | נַהֲרָא | nahărā |
| sea | יַמָּא | yammā |
| dog | כַּלְבָּא | kalbā |
| fish | נוּנָא | nūnā |
| one | חַד | ḥaḏ |
| three | תְּלָתָא | təlāṯā |
| four | אַרְבְְּעָא | ʾarbəʿā |
| five | חַמְשָׁא | ḥamšā |
| honey | דּוּבְשָׁא | dûḇšā |
| house | בֵּיתָא | bêṯā |
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