need to see phonetic sound equivalent for Aramaic spoken at time of Jesus?

Answer 1

The Wikipedia article cited above only deals with Aramaic quoted in the New Testament, with Aramaic words so common (talitha, qum, shvaqtani, ethfathakh, etc.) that it really doesn't tell us too much about the phonetics of the dialect that Jesus would have spoken.

For example, outside of the Bible we know that the Aramaic that Jesus would have spoken probably had a Galilean accent (for example, see Matt 26:73 where Peter's accent is recognized).

Certain sounds they would use would be easily confused for other sounds to a speaker of another dialect. For example, the Talmud has a story about a man from Galilee who asked a Rabbi for an אמר ("amar"):

אמרו לה גלילאה שוטה חמר למירכב או חמר למישתי עמר למילבש או אימר לאיתכסאה

"They said to him, 'Stupid Galillean! A jackass חמר (khmar) to ride or wine חמר (khamar) to drink? Wool עמר (`mar) to wear or a lamb אימר (emar) to kill? (b. Erub 53b)

From this, we know that Galilleans pronounced the letters:

א - Alef (a glottal stop),
ח - Khet (a sound like clearing your throat), and
ע - `Ayin (an "uh" at the very back of your throat)

so similarly to the point of confusion, as well as used a shortened first vowel.

The above is merely an example of some of the problems that exist within understanding the dialect of Jesus. In order to tackle a specific phrase I'd suggest hiring a translator or asking a more specific question.

However, in the meantime the following books may help you out (and most of which can be found at a local academic library):

- Aramaic Sources of Mark's Gospel by Maurice Casey
- An Aramaic Approach to Q by Maurice Casey
- Studies in Galilean Aramaic by E. Y. Kutscher (rare and rather dense)

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Answer 2

You'll get a fair idea of how Aramaic was pronounced in Jesus' time from the link below. In some Greek texts, the Aramaic was given with a transliteration into Greek letters so an indication of pronunciation has been given.