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How are the major biblical names of people and places pronounced in Aramaic and/or Hebrew?
Please include the names of the Twelve Apostles.
Don't forget to put in the pronunciation of Jesus Christ.
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
"Each dialect of Aramaic has its own distinctive pronunciation, and it would not be possible here to go into all these properties. Aramaic has a phonological palette of 25 to 40 distinct phonemes. In general, older dialects tended to have a richer phonology than more modern ones. In particular, some modern Jewish Aramaic pronunciations lack the series of 'emphatic' consonants. Other dialects have borrowed from the inventories of surrounding languages, particularly Arabic, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Persian and Turkish."
I hope the sources lists enough names for you-- good luck!
Source(s): Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names (Hardcover) by Alfred J. Kolatch (Author). The Complete Book of Hebrew Baby Names (Paperback) by Smadar Shir Sidi (Author). http://judaism.about.com/library/3_lifecycles/name... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_language#Soun... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_A... http://www.answers.com/biblical%20names - yotgLv 61 decade ago
Wow, that is a lot of names to transliterate…
I'll tell you what- these two links provide the original names of all the characters and places of the bible:
