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אֲרָמִית

𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤕

Aramit

H762 noun

SILEX Entry

Root ארם to be Aramean, belong to Aram, speak Aramaic

Definition

The language of the Arameans; Aramaic. Refers specifically to the linguistic medium and, in biblical contexts, designates speech or writing in Aramaic as distinct from Hebrew. Most often used adverbially to indicate that something was spoken or written in the Aramaic language, rather than describing an ethnic or geographic identity.

Semantic Range

Aramaic language, in Aramaic (adverbial); in the tongue of Aram; speech or writing in the Aramaic language; distinct from Hebrew

Root / Etymology

From the root ארם (Aram), denoting the ancient region and people north and northeast of Israel (Aram/Arameans), with the feminine suffix -ית (-it), commonly used to indicate language or affiliation. The term literally means ‘the language of the Aramean’ or ‘belonging to Aram’.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In the Hebrew Bible, אֲרָמִית is used to distinguish the Aramaic language from Hebrew, particularly after the rise of Aramaic as a lingua franca in the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Persian periods. Major occurrences are in Ezra 4:7 and Isaiah 36:11, where interlocutors specify communication in Aramaic (אֲרָמִית) rather than in Hebrew to exclude the general populace from understanding or to emphasize diplomatic language. Later English Bibles sometimes render it as 'Syrian' or 'Syriac,' but these terms are later and anachronistic; at the time reflected in the Hebrew Bible, the word refers strictly to Aramaic, the language associated with the region of Aram. The shift in meaning from ethnic/geographic (Aramean) to linguistic (Aramaic) reflects larger historical shifts. The term later came to denote a group of closely related Northwest Semitic dialects spoken across the Levant and Mesopotamia, particularly after Aramaic replaced Akkadian as the imperial lingua franca. English translations may obscure this precise distinction by using the later term 'Syriac.'

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

feminine of אֲרַמִּי; (only adverbial) in Aramean; in the Syrian language (tongue), in Syriac.

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Root Family

ארם (ʾ-r-m) — to be Aramean, belong to Aram, speak Aramaic

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H6307 פַּדָּן Aram highland
H726 אֲרוֹמִי and Aramean men
H7421 רַמִּי the Aramean men
H758 אֲרָם Aram Highland
H760 אֲרַם צוֹבָה Aram Highland

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H762-01 אֲרָמִ֔ית aramit HNgfsa Aramaic Aramean language 5

Occurrences in Scripture

5 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H762-01 2 Kings 18:26 אֲרָמִ֔ית aramit HNgfsa Aramaic Aramean language
H762-01 Isaiah 36:11 אֲרָמִ֔ית aramit HNgfsa Aramaic Aramean language
H762-01 Daniel 2:4 אֲרָמִ֑ית aramit HNgfsa in Aramaic Aramean language
H762-01 Ezra 4:7 אֲרָמִ֖ית aramit HNgfsa in Aramaic Aramean language
H762-01 Ezra 4:7 אֲרָמִֽית aramit-2 HNgfsa Aramaic Aramean language
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