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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ