2007-11-11 01:54:53 · 17 answers · asked by Digital Age 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Aramaic is an archaic form of Hebrew. Today, the Reader's Kiddush and the Mourner's Kaddish are still read/prayed in Aramaic in Jewish Synagogues.
This is part of the Aramaic prayer with translation below it...
Y'hei sh'mei rabba m'varach l'allam u'l'allmei allmaya.
May His great Name be blessed forever and ever.
Yis'barach, v'yishtabach, v'yispa'ar, v'yisromam, v'yis'nasei,
Blessed, praised, glorified, exalted, extolled,
v'yis'hadar, v'yis'aleh, v'yis'halal sh'mei d'kudsha b'rich hu
mighty, upraised, and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, Blessed is He
2007-11-11 01:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by Gary D 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Aramaic is a separate but closely related language to Hebrew - like Italian v. Spanish. It's not a degenerate or dialect form.
It was indeed sufficiently different that there was the demand for a translation of the OT into Aramaic so that it could be understood by those people who didn't know Hebrew. This translation was done by a man called Onkelos (who by tradition was a convert...)
And at the time of Jesus, Aramaic was, as other posters have said, the common language of the Jews, and we reserved Hebrew for prayer (as indeed some Orthodox in Israel still do, speaking Yiddish instead of modern Hebrew outside the synagogue.)
2007-11-11 02:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by Stephen G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Aramaic is a Semitic language of the similar origins to Hebrew and about 100-200 years before Jesus, there were empires which spoke Aramaic, so it was just a more common language at the time.
2007-11-11 02:02:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aramaic was the language spoken in that area, at that time. Hebrew until modern times was considered the language of the Bible, and should only be used in prayer.
The spoken language of the day was Aramaic
2007-11-11 02:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by hairbob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aramaic is a group of Semitic languages with a 3,000-year history. It has been the language of administration of empires and the language of divine worship. It is the original language of large sections of the biblical books of Daniel and Ezra, and is the main language of the Talmud. Aramaic was the native language of Jesus (see Aramaic of Jesus).[4] Modern Aramaic is spoken today as a first language by numerous, scattered communities, most significantly by Assyrians.
2007-11-11 02:01:11 · answer #5 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He spoke both... Hebrew was still taught in schools for the Torah and Aramaic was the tongue of the Land. Like Muslims in some African countries learn Arabic for the Koran and French for the everyday life.
2007-11-11 01:59:46 · answer #6 · answered by qintopon 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Definately Aramaic, and in all probability Hebrew and Greek if he develop into an knowledgeable guy (considering the fact that in accordance to the Protevangelion of James he develop into raised in the element of Alexandria he might incredibly much inevitably have spoken Greek in case you incorporate that account) Yiddish is a dialect that did not come into being till the midsection an prolonged time so Jesus does not have spoken that....
2016-09-29 00:27:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He probably did speak Hebrew as well, but Aramaic was his native language - as that was the chief tongue of the area he grew up in.
2007-11-11 01:57:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hebrew was the official language of the Hebrew people, but Aramic was a derivated language from it that was common among must jews, while Hebrew remained for the 'elite' jews.
Jesus spoke in several languages as you can tell by reading the gospels; he spoke to romans, to hebrews priests, to gentiles, to jews.
Blessings!
2007-11-11 02:02:53 · answer #9 · answered by dordaz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aramaic was the language of the land at that time.
2007-11-11 01:57:37 · answer #10 · answered by rico3151 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋