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Hebrew wordlink #218530

OSHB Ezra 4:7 אֲרָמִית (ʼₐrāmīt) Strongs=762 Lemma=‘אֲרָמִי’
contextual word gloss=‘Aramaic’ word gloss=‘Aramit’
Morphology=Ngfsa PoS=noun_(gentilic) Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-522

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Other uses (4) of identical word form אֲרָמִית (Morphology=Ngfsa PoS=noun_(gentilic) Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אֲרָמִית’ (Morphology=Ngfsa PoS=noun_(gentilic) Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘Aramaic’.

2 KI 18:26 contextual word gloss=‘Aramaic’ word gloss=‘Aramit’ OSHB 2 KI 18:26 word 14

OET-LV: 26 And_ ʼElyāqīm _he/it _said the _son _of Ḩilqiy^yāh and_Sheⱱnāʼ and_Yōʼāḩ/(Joah) to the_Rab-_of shaqeh speak please to your_servants ʼArāmīt if/because are_understanding we and_do _not speak with_us Yəhūdī/(Judean) in_the _ears _of the _people which is_on the_wall. (KI2_18:26)

OET-RV: 26 But Elyakim and Shebna and Yoah asked the Assyrian commander, “Please speak Aramaic to your servants because we understand it. Don’t speak our language because our people on the nearby city wall will be able to understand it.” (KI2 18:26)

EZRA 4:7 contextual word gloss=‘Aramaic’ word gloss=‘Aramit’ OSHB EZRA 4:7 word 16

OET-LV: 7 and_in_the _days _of ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ Bishlām he _wrote Mitrədāt Ţₑⱱə^ʼēl and_the _rest _of his _associates _of_of to ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ the _king _of Pāraş and_the _writing _of of_the _letter was_written ʼArāmīt and_it_was_translated ʼArāmīt. (EZR_4:7)

OET-RV: 7 And in the days of Persian King Artahshasta (Artaxerxes), Bishlam, Mitredat, Taveel and the rest of their companions wrote to the king. (The letter was written in Aramaic (Syrian) and using that alphabet). (EZR 4:7)

ISA 36:11 contextual word gloss=‘Aramaic’ word gloss=‘Aramit’ OSHB ISA 36:11 word 12

OET-LV: 11 And_ ʼElyāqīm _he/it _said and_Sheⱱnāʼ and_Yōʼāḩ/(Joah) to the_Rab- shaqeh speak please to your_servants ʼArāmīt if/because are_understanding we and_do _not speak to_us Yəhūdī/(Judean) in_the _ears _of the _people which is_on the_wall. (ISA_36:11)

OET-RV: 11 ◙ (ISA 36:11)

DAN 2:4 contextual word gloss=‘Aramaic’ word gloss=‘Aramit’ OSHB DAN 2:4 word 4

OET-LV: 4 And_they _spoke the_ones_from _Kasdiy to/for_the _king ʼArāmīt Oh/the_king for_ages live tell the_dream to_your(sg)_servant and_the_interpretation we _will _declare. (DAN_2:4)

OET-RV: 4 The astrologers spoke to the king in Aramaic, “Long live King Nevukadnetstsar. Tell us what you dreamt, and then we’ll give you the interpretation.” (DAN 2:4)