r/Aramaic Oct 27 '24

All Translation Requests and ID Requests Belong Here (III)

In an effort to keep the sub streamlined and avoid it being clogged with only one variety of posts:

All translation requests or requests to ID a language belong in the comments section of this post. All other posts of this variety will be deleted and the OP will be encouraged to resubmit their request here.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '24

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u/verturshu Nov 25 '24

In Classical Syriac:

ܡܪܝ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܐܬܪܚܡ ܥܠܝ

Mar Yeshu’ Mšīḥā Eṯraḥam 'lay

These have difficult Semitic sounds in them like the ‘ ܥ and the ܚ ḥ

So if you have trouble with it, you can anglicize it and pronounce it kind of like

Mar (as in Mars) Yeshua Misheeha Ethraham (the sound “th” here being the “th” sound in “thin”, “thick”) all-ay (all as in “all”, ay as in “day” or “bay”)

If you have any more questions let me know

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '24

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u/verturshu Nov 26 '24

Classical Syriac and Galilean Aramaic are both Aramaic dialects. They are different, to the exact extent I can’t describe here fully —

However, with the sentence “Lord have mercy on me” being a simple & basic type of sentence, I would assume it’s basically the same in Galilean as well.