Biblical Aramaic

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Biblical Aramaic canonical 10
Biblical Chaldee 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aramaic language
language variety
attestedIn Dead Sea Scrolls
closelyRelatedTo Imperial Aramaic
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
Official Aramaic
linked to: Imperial Aramaic

Targumic Aramaic
linked to: Judean Aramaic
hasAlternativeName Biblical Chaldee
linked to: Biblical Aramaic

Chaldean
linked to: Chaldeans
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
Later Jewish liturgical Aramaic
Targumic Aramaic
influencedBy Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew

Imperial Aramaic
ISO639-3Code arc
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Northwest Semitic languages
linked to: Northwest Semitic

Semitic languages
region Ancient Israel
Ancient Near East
Levant
linked to: Levant region
scriptDirection right-to-left
studiedInDiscipline Semitic philology
biblical studies
historical linguistics
subclassOf Aramaic
Northwest Semitic languages
linked to: Northwest Semitic

Semitic languages
timePeriod First Temple period
Second Temple period
usedFor administrative documents
biblical narrative
religious texts
royal decrees
usedIn Book of 2 Kings
Book of Daniel
Book of Ezra
linked to: 1 Esdras

Book of Genesis
Book of Jeremiah
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
writingSystem Aramaic alphabet
Hebrew square script

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Referenced by (11)

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

Salamas dialect sharesLexiconWith Biblical Aramaic
Samaritan Aramaic distinctFrom Biblical Aramaic
Achmetha languageForm Biblical Aramaic
King Darius languageOfText Biblical Aramaic
Aramaic language continuum hasPart Biblical Aramaic
Classical Aramaic hasDialect Biblical Aramaic
Galilean Aramaic influencedBy Biblical Aramaic
Biblical Aramaic hasAlternativeName Biblical Chaldee
linked to: Biblical Aramaic
Aramaic script usedFor Biblical Aramaic
Dagbani Bible originalLanguage Biblical Aramaic