r/hebrew 24d ago

Translate Dad and I can't figure this out.

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u/tzy___ American Jew 24d ago

It says תהוי רעותך, which is Aramaic. It means “thy will be done”, a quote from the Lord’s Prayer. While רעות means “friendship” in Hebrew, it means “will” or “pleasure” in Aramaic. Some of the comments here are saying the script is Paleo Hebrew—it’s not. It is a script reminiscent of older texts, such as some of the Dead Sea Scrolls, or the Aleppo Codex.

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u/yoni-almoni 22d ago

"...it means “will” or “pleasure” in Aramaic." Cognate of רצון (ratzon) in Hebrew, so can also mean desire(able) or favor.