Aramaic words starting with alef
80 words in the Bible begin with alef (א), listed most frequent first. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- elahאֱלָהּGod: the supreme divine being; also used for the gods of the nations.
- amarאֲמַרto say, speak, or tell; the ordinary Aramaic verb for putting something into words.
- edayinאֱדַיִןthen, thereupon: the narrative word that marks what happens next, moving a story from one event to the following one.
- enashאֱנָשׁhuman being; mankind: a person, or humanity as a whole, set apart from God and from the animals
- araאֲרַעthe earth: the world people live on, or the ground underfoot.
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- lower, inferior: ranking beneath something else.
- itayאִיתַיthere is, there are: the plain statement that someone or something exists, is present, or is at hand.
- anahאֲנָהmenot studied yet
- atahאֲתָהto come, to arrive: to move toward a person or place and reach it.
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- to bring: to cause a person or thing to be carried or led to a place.
- antahאַנְתָּהyounot studied yet
- illekhאִלֵּךְthesenot studied yet
- aryehאַרְיֵהlion: the big predatory cat, either a real animal or the picture of one standing for a kingdom's power
- attunאַתּוּןa furnace: a large fire chamber of the kind used to fire brick and smelt metal, big enough to hold a person thrown inside
- avאַבfather: the man of the generation just before you, and in the plural the forebears your family or people came from
- aḥashdarpanאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִיןa satrap: the ruler the Persian king set over one of the empire's great regions, ranked above its governors and answerable to the king himself
- evenאֶבֶןa stone: a piece of rock that has been cut loose and set in place, whether in a wall, over an opening, or carved into an image
- ummahאֻמָּהa nation: one distinct people, marked out by descent and homeland, among the many that a world empire rules
- arbaאַרְבַּעfournot studied yet
- atarאֲתַרplace: the particular spot where something stands, belongs, or could still be found
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- after: what comes next, once the short word for "in" is joined to the front of the noun for "place"
- avadאֲבַדto perish, or to make something perish: to come to a final end, or to put a person or thing out of existence for good.
- azalאֲזַלto go: to leave where you are and make your way to somewhere else.
- akhalאֲכַלto eat: to take something in and use it up, whether food into a body, flesh into a beast, or a country into a conquering power
- osparnaאׇסְפַּרְנָאdiligentlynot studied yet
- esarאֱסָרa royal ban: a binding prohibition issued by a king, forbidding an act to everyone under his rule
- oḥoriאׇחֳרִיanothernot studied yet
- ilanאִילָןtreenot studied yet
- ashshaphאָשַׁףenchanternot studied yet
- oḥoranאׇחֳרָןanothernot studied yet
- aluאֲלוּbeholdnot studied yet
- illenאִלֵּיןthesenot studied yet
- aאָעwoodnot studied yet
- aruאֲרוּbehold!not studied yet
- alאַלnotnot studied yet
- alaphאֲלַףthousandnot studied yet
- ammahאַמָּהcubitnot studied yet
- innunאִנּוּןtheynot studied yet
- anaḥnaאֲנַחְנָאwenot studied yet
- aphאַףalsonot studied yet
- evאֵבfruitnot studied yet
- iggraאִגְּרָאletternot studied yet
- azaאֲזָאto heatnot studied yet
- aḥarאַחַרafternot studied yet
- amanאֲמַןto trustnot studied yet
- immarאִמַּרlambnot studied yet
- esurאֱסוּרbondnot studied yet
- apharsekhayאֲפָרְסְכָיֵאgovernorsnot studied yet
- etsbaאֶצְבַּעdigitnot studied yet
- argevanאַרְגְּוָןpurplenot studied yet
- oshאֹשׁfoundationnot studied yet
- atאָתsignnot studied yet
- adargazerאֲדַרְגָּזֵרjudgenot studied yet
- azadאַזְדָּאgonenot studied yet
- anaphאֲנַףfacenot studied yet
- oraḥאֹרַחwaynot studied yet
- arkaאַרְכָֿאlengtheningnot studied yet
- ushsharnaאֻשַּׁרְנָאwallnot studied yet
- eshtaddurאֶשְׁתַּדּוּרseditionnot studied yet
- adarאֲדָרAdarnot studied yet
- iddarאִדַּרthreshing floornot studied yet
- adrazdaאַדְרַזְדָּאdiligentlynot studied yet
- edraאֶדְרַעforcenot studied yet
- aḥאַחbrothernot studied yet
- aḥavahאַחֲוָיָהexplanationnot studied yet
- aḥidahאֲחִידָהriddlenot studied yet
- aḥmetaאַחְמְתָאEcbatananot studied yet
- oḥorenאׇחֳרֵיןfinallynot studied yet
- aḥaritאַחֲרִיתlatternot studied yet
- elאֵלthesenot studied yet
- ellehאֵלֶּהthesenot studied yet
- emetaniאֵימְתָןterriblenot studied yet
- anasאֲנַסto constrainnot studied yet
- antunאַנְתּוּןyounot studied yet
- osnapparאָסְנַפַּרOsnapparnot studied yet
- apharesayאֲפָרְסָיֵאPersianot studied yet
- apptomאַפְּתֹםrevenuenot studied yet
- arakhאֲרִיךְbe propernot studied yet
- arkhuvahאַרְכֻבָּהkneenot studied yet
- arkevayאַרְכְּוָיֵאErechnot studied yet
- aritאַרְעִיbottomnot studied yet
- araqאֲרַקearthnot studied yet
- eshאֶשָּׁאfirenot studied yet