Araméen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Aramaic name An ancient family of Semitic languages once used across the Near East, including the everyday language spoken by Jesus of Nazareth.
Senses
Araméen is used for these senses in English:
- Aramaic Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.
- Aramaic The language of the Arameans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic.
- Aramean Of or pertaining to Arameans or Aram.
- Aramean Any member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in the Levant and later also in upper Mesopotamia during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Their homeland is referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Aram. They spoke Aramaic.
Aramaic — full definition
- name An ancient family of Semitic languages once used across the Near East, including the everyday language spoken by Jesus of Nazareth.
- adj Relating to the Aramaic language or its speakers.