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Aramaic Method
A CLASS:;B()OK FOR THK STUDY OF
THE HLEMHXTS OF ARAMAIC
FROM BIBLE AXD TAEGIMS
CHARLES RUFUS BROWN.
PART II. ELEMENTS OF GRAMMAR
CHICAGO :
AMERICAN PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF HEBREW,
MORGAN PARK.
1886.
Copyright, 1886, by Charles Kufus Brown.
PREFACE TO PART II.
In Aramaic, tlieie is groat need of a Mamial which shall distin-
guish the various dialects from each other and from their Hebrew
sister. The present issue is an attempt to open the w^ay toward
statement of the facts connected with one great branch of this
tongue, and the diflferent dialects are here treated comparatively.
At the same time, the purest type of Aramaic, as it appears in On-
kelos, has served as the model, only Biblical variations being em-
phisized, those in the other Targums not belonging to an elementary
stage of the study, and, indeed, not being before us in as satisfac-
tory form as could be wished. Comparison by the student is facil-
itated by the fact that only principles common to all the dialects,
or appearing in Onkelos, are given in usual type, while all excej)-
tional usage is described in special type. In following this method,
it has occasionally been necessary to use ordinary for the accented
letters e, e, a, s, etc., but this has not been done where there was
danger of ambiguity.
For the convenience of those who have used Harper s text-books,
the analysis, and some of the language even, has been carried over
from the Elements of Hehrew (cited as H.) of that author. In the
citation of examples, the reprint of Edition Sabioneta of Onkelos,
published, in 1884, by Berliner, has been used as a basis, the other
Targums being very rarely quoted and the Bible not always, unless
it exhibits in the principles discussed a different usage. For com-
pleteness, a subsequent section has sometimes been anticipated ;
as, e.g., where a fevf passives of 'Aph'el are introduced under strong
formations, though they belong to weak verbs. Forms from such
verbs have, likewise, been cited freely to illustrate the main prin-
ciples, where these principles are independent of the weakness in
the same. Occasionally a form not actually found in the literature
has been printed in the Tabular Views, but the fact is everywhere
indicated by smaller type.
4 1* K E F A C E .
As the Paradigms are intemled only to aid the memory by handy
reference, it has not been deemed necessary there to distinguish
dialectical peculiarities, or to state that some forms not found in
the literature have been developed by analogy of the rest.
In the following brief outline, the writer is indebted especially
to Drs. Berliner. Kautzsch and Levy, in their recently published
work^«, and to Dr. Burnham, in addition to such aid, for the trans-
latl.on of Genesis I. given in the Appendix and for many useful
suggestions. The author cannot refrain from expressing his grati-
fication that, for rejection of the term " Chaldee' from the title
pauc of his Method, he can now refer to the distinguished authority
of l*rofessiir Kautzsch.
No apology is needed for the issue of this brief grammar. The
number of students using the Rettdiiig-Book, even without this
part, has exceeded the author's most sanguine expectations. This
fact,- however, has forced him to write grammatical notes which
have been necessarily prepared in great haste, and an apology is
needed for their grave imperfections. It can be regretted by no one
more than by the writer that an exhaustive examination of the latest
edition of Onkelos has not been possible to him. Serious question
arose, whether these notes should be printed at all, until such an
examination had been made, but the necessity for something of the
sort seemed imperative.
In these circumstances, the notes are committed, with all their
imperfections, to the friends of Semitic learnine-.
C. K. B.
Newtiiii Theological Institution.
March 1. 1886.
CONTENTS OF PART II.
Page
Errata 8
PARADIGMS.
Paradigm A.— The Personal Pronoun and Pronominal Suffixes 10, 11
Paradigm B.— The Strong Verb 12, 13
Paradigm C— Strong Verb with SiilSxos 14, 15
Paradigm D.— Veib Pe Nun 16
Paradigm E.— Verb 'Ayin Doubled 17
Paradigm F.— Verbs Guttural 18
Paradigm G.— Verbs Pe ' Aleph and Pe Yodh 19
Paradigm H.— Verb "Ayin Waw 20, 21
Paradigm I. —Verb Lanierth 'Aleph 22, 23
Paradigm J.— Nouns with Pronominal Suffixes 24
Paradigms K, L. — Declension of Masculine Nouns 25, 36
Paradigm M.— Declension of Feminine Nouns 27
Paradigm N.— Numerals 28, 29
Paradigm O. — Prepositions with Suffixes :?0
ORTHOGRAPHY.
Sec. I. The tetters.
1-4 153
1 1. \oAveIs.
5-11 33^4
III. Other Pointfii.
12-19 34
IV. The Accents.
20-25 34
V. ISyllables.
2«-28 34-35
AI. Euphony of Vowels.
29-38 35
38. Pause 35-36
VII. Euphony of I'onsonants.
39. Assimilation 36
40. Rejection 36-37
41. Addition, Transposition, Commutation 37-38
42. The Peculiarities of Gutturals 38
43. The Weakness of X and PI 38-39
44. The Weakness of 1 and " 3
6 (■ O X T E X T S .
ETYMOLOGY.
Sec. \III. Inseparable I'artiolfN. Pag-e
45. The Article «
46. The InteiTogative 4:>
47. The Inseparable Prepositions 4."
48. The Preposition |rp 4^J
49. Waw Conjvinctive 4^5
IX. Prononiiiii.
r)0, 51. The Personal Pronoun and Pronominal Suffixes 44-45
,53. The Demonstrative Pronoun 45
.5;5, The Relative Pronoun 45
.54. The Interrogative Pronoun 45
X. The i^trone Verb.
.58. Simple Verb-Stems 46-47
.50. Intensive Verb-Stems 47-49
60. Causative Verb-Stems 49-51
m. The Qal Perfect (Active) 51-53
64. The Qal Perfect (Stative) 53
♦55. The Remaining Perfects 53-54
66. The Qal Imperfect (Active) 54-55
67. The Qal Imperfect (Stative) 55
68. The Remaining Imperfects 56
69. The Imperative 57
70. The Infinitives 58
71. The Participles 58-59
72. Inflection of the Participles 59
7.S. Unusual Stems 60
74. The Verb with Suffixes 60-63
XI. Tlie ^^eak ^'erb.
77. Weak Verbs &)
78. Guttural Verbs 6:5
84. Verbs Pe Nun 64
86. Verbs 'Ayin Doubled 64-65
88. Verbs Pe * Aleph &5-6»!
90. Verbs Pe Waw and Pe Yodh 66-67
94. Verbs "Ayin Waw and 'Ayin Yodh 67-69
100. Verbs L am edh 'Aleph 70-73
XII. Xoiiiis.
105. The Inflection of Nouns "J
106. Nouns with one, originally Short, Formative Vowel 7:! -74
108. Nouns with one Short and one Long Formative Vowel 74
109. Nouns with one Long and one Short Formative Vowel 74
110. Nouns from Reduplicated Stems 74
113. Nouns with Consonantal Additions 75
117. Nouns having more than Three Radicals, and Foreign Words 75
118. Compound Nouns 76
131. The Formation of Cases 76
133. Affi.xes for Gender and Number 76
l;3:>. The States of Nouns 77
cox T E N T S . 7
Sec. Pajre
124. Nouns with Suffixes 78-79
125. Stem-Changes in the Inflection of Nouns 79-81
131. Feminines 81-82
132. Anomalous Nouns 83
1*5. Special Remarks on Numerals W
VIII. Separate Particles.
i:}5. Prepositions 84
SYNTAX.
XIV. Syntax of the Verb.
138. ThePerfect 87
139. The Imperfect 87
140. The Infinitive 87-88
141. The Participle 88
XV. i^yntax of the Xouii.
142. States of Nouns 89
143. The Noun as Object of a Verb 90
144. Numerals 90
XVI. i^yntax of the Pronoun.
14.i. Personal Pronouns 91
146. Demonstrative Pronouns 91
XVII. The Sentence.
147. Summary 93
APPENDIX.
Explanation of Signs 93
A Litei-al Translation of Genesis 1 94-96
ERRATA.
Pages 12-23, under (dl Perfect .steiius txarrt a 3 f. and a 1 c. witli
stem-vowel retained, as in the other persons.
Page 19, second and third lines frmn 'end. for J7'^1^{D• 'N* '''^'^
36, third line, end. Insert \
46, fourth line from end, /or 100. 3. h.. rrad KlU. 1. h.
53, last line, supply vowels in f|DV '?'?J/-
58, sixth line, /or 5:13 read 5:3, 13.
58, eleventh line, /or instance of read form with.
71, third line, /or y^p i-'-'"' V1^*-
78, last line. /or From (*)n{^, i-'"<^ ^"2 fi-om (^)nN*-
79, third line from end, in>int [^^ (Dan. 3:24)!
81, 82, section headinii. /or I I2tx[n;ad I 131.
PARADK^MS.
iO
An A11A31A1C ]MjETnoD.
Paradigm A.
THE PKlt!!»OXAL. PKOXOi X.
Personal Koniinatire.
Personal Genitive or Suffix of Nouns.
With Nouns Singrular. With Nouns Plural.
till/
Singular. Sinsrular Suffixes.
1 e. ^<J^t, (rr^N*) /lie. »_. v,y
2c. m rijN, 2m.r|_
(nri^K) fho" 2 f. ^^, t] V ,
imN*, in /'''|:{i".n-^,nv ^'''
Prov. 25: 30, I
like the Syr. i I
H f. N\'l, (N*n\SV 8 f. n_, (in l.ibl.
>n^N*)
.s7/.
A. n.
Apr
Singular Suflixes.
1 c. ' mil
Plural.
2 f. T_^ . '>D*^ \
'''.'/
Hin.\'llV"i
Ins
Dan.V:7,19.)
Plural Suffixes.
licr
Plural Suffixes.
If. j^j^ 'm-n .-. Nr^,}<jj,,
2 m. pn;iN*, pnN ( 2n.. p:), did ^ | 2 m. ]'\y_ I
2 f. pniii, ]'m \ '-I' 2 f. p ^- •'/'"''■ 1 2 f. p^. 1^"
your
^p:)NV(p:in)'
'^'"•■/pDn,iQn
■
^ 3m.pn,(Din)/
:!H..p,T„/
3f. p^N, (p;)n,
"'s'?>f- pajn \ '^""'
^! f- PV S
thi'ir
'n^N*)
i i
THE ©EMOXSTRATIVE ntOXOIX.
*•• pi, NO"!, (rrji), fj"! I
pim-.r. p^K, nW' "^Ni' n'?N* '^''•■^•' ' '^'"•^■'- ^^''f' (N*)n- '/"'^ i-'-'-z/'
Ax AuA.MAic Method.
The Pronoun.
THK PRKiitOXAIj PItO.\4»l'X.
PerROnal Acrusatire or Suffix of VerbN.
Hy itself.
Siiisiiliir.
1 *•• ^J^, (^J)
2f.
3 m,
Hf.
Ic.
2 111,
2f.
3 m,
3f.
thi
A<
With Nun Demonstrative.
riiiral.
.'/""
tlion
y is inserted as in Hebrew
between Verb and Suffix, e. g.,
nr\r\\ Dan. ii., n.
^J|'7^TD^ Dan. IV., 2.
^JJn^ Dan. ia\, u.
"|p")DS I'uith II., 4.
The RelatiA** Proiioiiii.
■*1. "1 (Tnsep.) ivliD, w/n'c/i.
The Interrogative Pronoun.
T T
12 An Akamaic :Metiiod. ^^-
^^^ ^^..^ "^""""^ N.Paradigm B.
Peal. (iltlipeel.'
Path
JVrf. :}in. '?pp
:h-. rb^p
2 111. NDorn'PPp
2f. ' rfr^p
icin-Scj-^ ri'^jpp
PI. ijni. t^hp
3f. J<'76p
2111. pn'^bp
2f. jn'pDp
1 e. Nj'pDp
ro 01- ':'t3pnK
(p), n'?DpnN*
n^Dpas*
(p). h'7Ppm
i'?DpnJ<
pn'^DpnN
in'7t:pnJ<
N*^^'?Dpn}<
n'?t3p
ND or n'ppp
n'?Dp
n^op ,
N'^'tJp
pn'?t?p
\r)%p
i<:bhp
T : ■■)-
Inf. ':?DpD
^ :.^^K!;]^ppnN*
N'7pp
Imp. 2 111. ^'Op
2f. ^'ppp
]']. 2ni. I'^pp
2f.7?^-gr;(K*^'?pp')
^'pppnj^
*i':'6pi>*
Nj'pppnN*
"^l^p
*^6p
^':'Pp
N*;'?6p
*Ii)ipf.3ni. '?10or'7tpp>
2f. r'7ppri
PI. :{iu. *^^^y>
'7'L:)pn'
]''70pr\r\
%pnif:
P'^'Pp'n*
f^Lppn*
':'Pp'
]'>'7:^pn t
%p^.
]t^^p'
\1W-
Act. Part. m. Sf^p
f. N'T'tDp
Pass. Part. rn. b^Op
':'Pprip
»The Persons omitted in tho Tin
])!'. ilitlcT- Iron) those t<:\\
•I'M as in Hebrew.
^ Ax AIIA3IA1C x\Ij."riio^D.^ j;,tU -j ^ 1-
The strong Verb. ^iJl^ny (f*Vp^^p^
Ithpaal.
*^i ^Jti.-^-
==^=
-n'^qpriN*
n'7qpnN
n'?DpnN*
i'?DpnN*
N*'?6pnN*
pn'7DpnN
rn'7t5pnN*
Aphel.'^^*'-'--^^'- PeJLvj^ Peal Intransitive.
'7^pN*
Nnor^ygpN
n'7t?pN
N'?ppK
pn'?DpiNt
fn'pDpN*
N'^tDpriN*
'^tSpi-lN*
I'^opnN
p'pDpnri r'pppn ?
ygpnx , ,"^pnx)'?tDpK
p'?pph». : p'?'bp'*
I'^opn' : f'?Dp^
'?ppnD
n£)pn
Peal Part.*as Present.
'7Ppo|2in. ■ n'^Dp
Nteb 2f. ^n^D
'?ppq t 1 Hi. N^'7Pp
pn^'^Dp
* Passive similarly.
^<'>^ <D' '• '. ^ *--■ t: ^"^ T
14
Ax Akamaiu ^Ietiiod.
Paradigm C. Strong
Suffixes.
Sing. 1 com. 3 masc.
2fem.
3 masc.
3fem.
17W
*J3rT7tDp etc^ Same as 3 f. except tliat it does not take suffixes
^rn'^DD
]c.
»:d^ tjn'pDp
nri'p^p
min'pDp
'T^'F^P
'^?'?^P
•71'^^P
n^in'pDp
]iif.
^.3_^'7tOpD
TnL with* n^iSnnn
3 epcnlli. f JJ.'HfV
ripp,p
^^_ ^'7JppP
n'^tppp
Impf. 3 111.
3 m. witl) (
J I'lJeiith. f
]*1.
';!ji'?Pp'
T'^^P'
^:):i_
':?!) n;!i':'t?p'| nji'?L:p^
n^'ptpp*
Imp. 2 m. 'J^^J^^'ppp
2 m. with / n^Snn
2f. ^J^'ppp
PI. 2 m. *JJ ^^I'^pp
2f. *j:i':?Dn
ri70p N*rT- n'ppp
n^'?pp i^^.'PPp
\m'?pp N*n'i'?pp
^*^J'7£Pp| N*n^'?pp
Pa. Perf .
♦^'2Dp| ri'^Dp rp^p_ n'7Dp n'^pp
Inf.
^"ii'^Dpl Tjrn'?t2p| nrii'^J?p| nni'?Dp| nni'^Dp
.Vx Aka.maic ^Ikthod.
Verb with Suffixes.
15
Plur. 1 com.
:i mase.
2 fem.
3 masc.
3 fem.
N'J'?ap
NJn'?op
|iD'?pp
jiDinyop
p^'?Pp
pjri'ppp
i^n'ppp
of the second
kXrn'pLDp
person.
■ —
p:*n'?pp
f^'n'ppp
;j N*^i'?Dp
|lD;i':'t:p
pn'ppp
iiin'?pp
it^*i':'Pp
pn'ppp
N*:^ NJinyop
p:in'?pp
pin'ppp
ii^^'ppp
P;*?^!?
])^Y^l)
|J^'?-^P
I
Xj'?tpptD
N*J|'?DpP
|0'?PptD
p^^l^Lpp-tD
f:?j'7Ppp
pn'pppp
jn'7Ppp
,_^ w. ^fct">^
N*^|'?Dp^
ii:):)'7top*
P-3'?t3p^
pi'^pp^
i^'-yp'
^ ifu^-^
N*^|*l'?Pp^
pD;'i'?pp^
P-?1':'PP'
p^l'?*LDp*
iii'^pp'.
^ h'^LfM
N*:i'?op
_- —
— . —
— 2 —
pj'ppp
ii'?pp
_^M.4^***^
Nj^rop
—
pj^'?pp
ij''?pp
—
N:'i'?pp
xj^'ppp
__
p:ii'7pp
_^ K- Wtt/-
T T : |-
V^'?^-
p^tpp
p^'ppp
n'r^p-
NiTi'?Dpi TiDni'?Gp Dni'?Dp iinm'?DP: rnm'^tDp
it;
iJ tt^t^ ll^-t** i*-^ C-0~i^
Ax Aka.maic ^Method.
Paradigm D. Verbs Pe Nun.
Ptill.
Aphcl.
I'crf.
1'].
Nnorfipiij
np^i
ip5^
Kpb
IJ Hi.
2f.
Ic.
o 111.
3f.
2 111.
2f.
Ic.
i^^ntiJ
p3:N* ,p5N*
■ np£3N
rip5N
rip3N*
np^N
^plNJ
3k^
Inf.
(|n;p) ,p5,p
Imi
PI.
>. j: in.
2f.
2 m.
2f.
(NT) 'P3 ipl)
*«^,V'.
Ipl
luipf. 3 ni. pl3» .p3» ,pCD»
2 f . [tpsin
I'l. 3 m. (p:nJ») .'l^^'oi'
Act. Part. m.
f.
piD:i
Pass. Part. m.
f.
P^sd:
N^DQN
NPSK
Ittaphal.
p3nN*
np£)nN
rip3n{<
ripDnx
hp?nN
iplriN
N*p|)n{<
fnpDni^
NpDnN
p5n{<
^pBnN*
ipiinN*
p3ri»
ppsnn
pDilN
ppsn*
psnD
pp"^ - <V^ (ni^a^ uj ^4jLAjs I "^ ^ t>s*ii.
Ax AiiA.MAic Mirinoi)
Paradigm E. Verbs Ayin Doubled.
Peal.
Aphel.
IVrf.
V\.
3 m.
Hf.
2 111.
2f.
1 c.
•i 111.
8f.
2 III.
2f.
Ic.
rinp"!
npi
npiNvnp^x j
np^K '
np"l.N*
npl^
ip%
N^ni
Inf.
Tju])
1*1.
rTV2
1 Til.
2f.
2 m.
2f.
P^
»P^
ipi
NjpiiV
(n'7;rn) Np*ix
'p'^J!?
ip'^i<
17
\\^
Ittaphal.
pinN*
np'^riN*
npinx
ripinN*
npir^N*
ip'inN*
N*p"inK
pnpinK
ppinx
x:ip'inN*
N*pinj<
p'lHN*
'pinN'
iplriN*
NopInN*
li»lif. 3 ni.
2f.
PT
rpin
P"ir>'
rpiriri
1 c.
plN
pix
P^nN
PI. 3in.
3 f .
t
Ppt
PPt
ppin*
Act. Part.
m.
PP1
plHD pItZ
f.
^m^
KpiO
Pass. I'art.
ni.
\>'\>^.
p'lO
pirip
f.
^^p?i
XpiQ
Np'iro
r"^
18
VN AllAM^l^ METHOD.
^v.«. F Guttural Verbs,
paradigm r- viuui. ^^^^^^^^^^^
Ijamedli Out.
2 in.
Ic.
etc. 1 etc. 1
S^?D)?iiM J5^
Inf. "^inp
Imp. 2 in-
2f.
VI. 2 m.
etc
etc.
etc.
Act. Part.
Pass. Part.
etc.
1™
D-^PJ^
etc.
etc.
S-^^c : nil w "MiT^ v^An/Auamaic Method, s^ iq
rfn^f Par.C. Yerb^T^AIeph and Pe Yodh. ^j/^
P«al.
Pe.1. /-^
Peal.
Perf. 3 ni.
^m
1'?^
DD*
3f.
rmifi ,rnm
.
Ic.
nio?^ .nipi^ 1
Tuf.
i;'ip n'r^D
Imp.
'^'7.^* '':'?N* '^^i:?
V^.n'7
Impf. 3 m.
^n^.* nON*^.
^iy ^:^y. n'ln
3D'»
Act. Part.
— T
n
etc.
etc.
etc.
r^
Aphel.
Perf. 3 m. »n^^ ,in1^
Aphel.
;^lix n^*?!?^
Inf. N*^n\>^ ,Nnni{< jl m;?ilK ,N;^■^^^<
-t7-
impf. 3 m. nnin* nni* ;^ii»» .);ni» ,"i»'?l*
Act. Part.
etc.
etc.
Aphel.
^♦Jp^J^ 0^, -c M.
t<nto\\*
a»D^»
etc.
icO*
20
Ax AiiA.MAit .Method.
Paradigm H,
Peal.
Ithpeel.
Aphel.
Perf. 3n..
3f.
2f.
If.
3rii.
PI.
31.
2ni
2f.
nop,
nnop
<
npp or r\t2p^
pnop
\m
D*pnN* ,DpriN*
nDp;nN*
rippn^x
N*DpnN*
pnppriN
inppr'JN*
Din^
Inf. D1p,p ,DpD .DpP
Imp. 2 111.
2f. ^pip
PI. 2 lu. ?|^ip
2 f. h:dv
Inipf. ':> 111.
2f.
Ic.
PI. 3 in.
3f.
ppiprf
DipN*
pD1p"»
(p) np'pff^
(p) np'pJ?
t'^'p^i
i^DnriN
opnN*
'Op^N*
i,!:p;nN*
pppnn
jHOpN*
NODN
D^pN*
'P'pN*
'l^'pN*
N*^PpN*
Q*p»
po^pri
D'pii
A(!t. Part. 111.
f.
Pass. Part. m.
f.
D^P
NrjpriD
An Ai^vmak Miniioi).
21
Verbs Ayin Vav.
Ittaphal.
Polel.
Ithpolal.
Peil.
Dpnj<
Dpip
Dpipni<
D*P
riDpriN
nppip
nppipni<
r\^;:; .r\yp
nppriN
nppip
nppipn5<
n'yo
rippnK
rippip
jippipnN
etc.
HDpriN
nppip
npplpn{<
iDpriN*
iDplp
lapipnN*
N*ppnN
Kopip
j<opipnN*
pnppriK
frippriN
;in6pip
pppip
iinbpipnK
fnppipnN
NjppriN
N^ppip
iVjppipnkV
tJt t •
NDOlp
NDDlpnN*
Dpnx
Dpip
opipnN*
D^tr
'Dpm
'PPip
*ppipnN*
'2T
iopnj<
it:pii:)
1QPlpi>S*
etc.
f^jpprii^?
iS^ppip
x^ppipriN*
Dpn»
^^^P'
Dpipn^
yv
i'Ppnn
[»PDiph
I'f^D'ipnr)
etc.
Dpr^J^
DpipN
DpipnN*
(it:!2ip'
|i6pipn^
I^PlpH'
DPipP
NPpipp
Dpnp
DpIpP
Dpipnp
N*r)pnp
iVppipp
NooipntD
T : I :
^^
Ax AKA3IAIC MkTUOD.
Paradigm I,
?^
t
f\
. Peal.
Ithpecl.
Pael.
1 Perf. ?:,w.
^_»_N*^:i
*'?jnN*
^'^Jl
'^ f . nN'?D
,n*L:D ,n'?i
nNvn!'?JnN*
nx*-n!^5.
2iu.
n'_^n*'7:i
n^'^jin^
n^'v':i
2f.
n^-n^Sii
iT^iriN*
n^'^i
Ic.
^T^n^"?])
n^'^iin?^
^-i^^n^'^'i
PI. 3 ^"•»")'*^1 <•'
i^,]< ^
iN^^iorv'p^nN
iNvVp^
r. ^
2f.
in^^i
;n^'?irii<
(■?) in^l'i
Ic.
T " :
T •• : : •
T * ~
Inf.A^**^ i% {«^_
-N_^'?^P
n{<'7^inN*
T T ~
Imp. 2 m.
»_K_*'?:i
N*_»'7jinN*
(*iD)N_»'?il
2f.
»_^'?j
5<'7ihN*
N'Pil
PI. 2 m.
■ l^i
'\^m
\H
2f.
t-.^.^?^
^}^^^^
T T -
Impf. 3 m.
♦_ N'?;i^
»_ {<'7jn!
^_ J^'^J*
2f.
r"'^^
r'?jirih
p'pjin
Ic.
N*'7ilN*
N^iinN
t^'^^K
PI. 3 m.
p 'p;^^^
I^'l^^^t
p;^^:
3f.
n^?
It : - : •
i:'?^*
Aft. Part. 111.
»_ N*'7:i
V
^-n'SS
f.
T : T
T : - :
]*ass. Part. m.
'-^b^
*_K'7jinD
♦'PilD
f.
T : ~
^''h}r\r2
T ; ~ ;
^ti.«
3.c..ut^i
^h
(^
Ax AKA:\rAic Minnon.
Verbs Lamedh Aleph.(* |U. n''> v ^'^^^
Ithpaal.
Aphel.
Ittaphal.
n*- n*
T
IN
n''?inN
nN*»fjnN*
T • ~ : •
T ■ : - •
HK'pjnj^
nN*'?;^
T T : " ■
N_^»'7:inN
K'7inK
i'7ini<
T T - ; •
T •■ ; —
{^^''p^rii^
N'v'ihN*
fi'f'jri*
pin*.
(N'p^np)
T : : -
N''?inD
T : - ; ■
T : : ,-
N'?jno
N^Sino
T : : - •
24
An Aka>iaic Method.
Par. J. Nouns with Pronominal Suffixes.
Masrulin
e iVoun.
Feminine Noun.
[1_J^ time.
kxvn
T ••
inimal.
Singular.
Plural.
Singular.
Plural.
Abs. St.
m
(time)
(times)
T ••
(animal)
(animals)
(/OllSt. St.
(timf-of)
(times-ot)
lanimal-of)
nvn
T
(animals-of)
Emph. st.
N*^*!;^
i^im
NHTrr
xnvn
(the time)
(the times)
(the animal)
(the animals)
WITH SUl
^FIXES.*
WITH SUFFIXES.
Suff. Sing. 1 com
■ '^IP.
'J"!^
'nvn
■ T
2 nnxfic:
im
I'm
^nvn
invn
2 feni.
W-
'I'm
nnyri
■invn
" T "
;\ inasc.
™"i>'
\ninir
^n)V
nnvrr
3 fcm.
r\m
T T T*^ •
nnvn
T :
nnvrr
TT •
I'liir. 1 eoni.
^?i}iy-
N*^'^1>*
Ni'?vn
xinvn
T|TT ■■
2 masc.
•pm
P^'^i;^
|i:3i"?vn
riDnvrr
1 ;|T ■•
2 fern.
i^m
\ym
pnvn
\:?nyn
3 masc.
pn^rii?.
'on^m
pnnrp
rinnvn
1 :|T -
3 fcm.
mV-
]^'m ,
jnnvn
rnnvn
1 •• : |T ••
♦The forms -wilh suflixos, my (inm, thy time, etc., are sometimes calleA
Pyssc.sNifi'.
An Akamaic Mkthod.
25
Par. K. Declension of Masculine Nouns.
:
r-fnev-eioiontuitUiU.) XI- c7vct^v*jMjL Ut^tw**-
a.
h.
a. b.
Sing. Ab8.
Const.
(iiioiiiitain)
-iro
(tree)
(eternity)
in?
(priest)
Em ph.
T
T T
^•9'7^
T -: T
Suff. 8 S. 111.
'nnio
■ T
!^9'?J?
Siiff. 2 pi. in.
pDlVO
P^^'?'^*
113?'?^
p3;in3
IMiir. Abs.
jniD
P^^K
raV^^.
r^D? K
(!onst.
■ niD
■ T
'5'?:^
';?n3
Einpli.
N*niD
T-T •
n;o'?ji^
^;^o?
Suff. .'! s. 111.
^mniD
T
'rfio'?Jt',
'ni^HD
Sufl'. 2 1)1. 1.1.
P^'l^tD
ii:3'^'?'^5
p2'a'?:K
i'^^'^0?
II.
Siiifi. Abs,
N^J
d.
e.
Const.
(1
evealing)
•• T
(made captive) |
(first) ■
Kniiih.
n;'?j
T ; : ~
^-^s-ip-nND-ip
Siitf. ;> s. m.
n''7^D
nxDip
Stiff. 2 1)1. m.
pD*'?:!
i'i^''?^^
p3{<D-!p.
Pluv. Abs.
1^^^
n'?-?^
r^^?ip
Const.
'%
'"'^o
^^«^1p
Em ph.
T ~ T
j^;*?^^
^N^ip +
Suff. 3 s. m.
T
'ni'?jD
^'^1^*?"!p
guff. 2 pi. m.
r^y%
P^''?;!^
pD\VD-]p
26
An Aramaic Method.
Par. L. Declension of Masculine Nouns.
.Sing. Abs. (^'7q) r|'7p
(king)
Const. (-['?D)^'7P
Emph. 'i<^%
Suff.3s.iu. HD'?,'?
Suff.2pl.3n, fl:}3'7D
Plur. Abs. pp'7D
Const. ^:J^f2
Emph. R^D'^D
Suff.Ss.m. ^'71D'7,p
Suff.2pl.m.riD'2'7D
10?
c.
(time)
(dream)
'eye) 1
i^r
&?n
P)^!
T . •
• (xy;')
nipr
HD'pn
(HJ';')
iiD:3or
flD,t:'?n
P^r;^
pibr
pbSn
r-?*)^
'^^J
'OtO
T - : •-■
(XT;')
'niJ??
\'iiD^r7
rnir;')
ii:)';)pr
p^''^'f''7
(sanctuary)
orXtyip&c.
r^'"ip
'rip
T - :)t
'ni^lp
f.
(7.
/).
t.
Sing. Abs.
':'*^pnp
DJl
?)^
DJ<
(killed)
(back)
(Koat)
(people)
Const.
':'DpnD
DJ
rji/
an
Emph.
N*'?L)pnD
(N*n3) n;jj
N*T)^
XQX
Suff.Ss.m.
n'7PpnD
n^ji
ntr
nQ?<
Suff. 2 pi. m.
|iD%pnD
t1D3J
i1^t;^
flDDX
I'lur. Abs.
p'i'bpnD
(r^^'?^) r^i
rt^
pJ^J^
-Const.
^'?DpnD
^3J
'Ti'
'm
P^mph.
j<^%pnD
N^Dj
N*n^
K*DK
Suff. 3 s. III.
'nhbph'o
Mi^j'
\-iiU*
\niD{<
Suff. 2 pi. ni.
fiD^'7cbpnD
ji^^nJ
p:3^tj^
p3'QN
Ax AuAjrAu; Mktiiod. 27
Par. M. Declension of Feminine Nouns.
a. h. I c. I d.
■""^ — vealing)
: * T
It: t
[l Xc<na^lkUJk^ ^ =^l~| -- --=-1— l-i^-j n*,*?-?
- — ^— nn*'?ji
T : T
: T : T
a. .C^
T
(virtue)
T ;
T : —
T T : —
T ; -
28
An ^Vra3iaic Method.
Paradigm N.
]S A. Cardinals from 1 to lO.
No.
With the Masculine
Absolute. 1 Construct.
With the Feminine
Absolute. 1 Construct.
8
? -in
nr6r\
in
nn'?n
4
5
m6n
6
i^m
nnt^
nc^
^nrijr
7
8
noon
J)
10
nSbj;
j^ B. Cai-dinals from 11 to 1».
IHascnliuc. |
Feminine.
11
12
no;? in
npnn)npi'nn
(np'nnn) np}i N*nin
18
(np''?n) np;; nSn
14
15
16
nam Spi; j^^pn
pbw') ■ ' ■ .
(hp'pn) np]i rorr
(npn^) np;? n;i>'
17
18'
19
■ ■ ( loi; nibn
™'^9^pPi;>;^Dri
(nD:iiy) np:i x'y^'
n.pj; *jpn
(none')
Inpntr'r"'^^^'^^
An AKA3IA1C Mkthoij.
Numerals.
21)
jf^ <'. t'ardinalM.
Masculine.
Feminine.
1 Masculine.
Feminine.
20
r^-^j?.
!)fi ]>^\^n
•{(1
rn'?^
l<'<» HiV^D
4(1
r^?i^*
KXH) f]'?^ ,Ni)'?N*
."Ml
r^'pn
10,000
131
CI)
]'r\0
1.000.000 [^G^K fjHs*
70
iU'?^'
100,000,000
1
IPI 131
H(>
ppn .pon
1
D. Ordinals.
No.
Witli fhe Masculine
Absolute. Emphatic.
1 With the Feminine
1 Absolute. 1 Emphatic.
1
'^"Ip.
HNoin
nkVDip
nn»Dip_
2
•->
TT : ■
4
T T • -:
i;
(*-n*Lp') ^n^'ir"
Hk^n^nr
nxn'nc''
ND^n^nc'
<s
'I'm
T ^T ■
T T ■ :
1)
10
T T • *^-
T T • '^:
30 An Aramaic Method.
Paradigm O- Prepositions with Suffixes.
i in.
1)5
Singular.
*3 ill iiie
1-^.1 /■ 1)1 thee
n*5 ^" ^""^
n!3 ill lier
T
Plural.
f3,N»^5 in us
p^^- in you
fin:?
PD?
in them
\
2)'?
Singular.
^7 tl) nie
to thee
i^in.
Hv t't him
n"? rPl'? to her
~ T
Plural.
\'7:i<:h tons
It t t
v«U ,■ to vou
I -? ' \
iin'? ■/
«4^ii ;■ to theui
3.
f.
m.
im.
-1"
3)fP
Singular.
*J^D i^^D from me
from thee
n*jj^ from liim
njlD fi'om lior
T •
Plural.
N::D,(:1D from us
■ from vou
m°\
from them
im
2- f.
Singular
w}^ upon me
upon thee
i m. '1'?^ ,*nl'?i^ "Pon him
' ' / f • ^^^'?:^ ^ipon her
Plural.
pn^'?!^)
tt-^Li,.; > upon them
im.
2- f.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
I. UMm- T^eiterw. (H.i U 1-4.)
1. u. NVnn '/" lo!ns; t^"J2 co7/ec«; 'l^PS //'O^ (B. A.^).
h- HDI •''•''".'/; Din '«'•"/ 110 »'c<'^^'-
2. VK icooii; j-i*N //"''''^ '■*•; iT [tv) Heb. n^<.
^ T T - •
1. Palestinian Aramaic, the language of the Targums and of a
few chapters in the Old Testament, is written with the Hebrew
square characters, but in its corresponding words, Aramaic fre-
quently substitutes other sounds of the same organ,^ and a special
preference is shown in the very general exchange of sibilants for
lingual mutes.
Xote.— In the Targ-ums the servile X is preferred to n, the reverse being true
of Biblical Aramaic.
2. Other exchanges (^f for J^, * for {>{, }< for *) are illustrated by
the examples.
II. VoA^'el«. (H. II 5-11.)
1p>*D'7 (11:6);* pn\N{ (17:2); ^r±?^ (25:32); HD? (Dan. 3:33);
t:'^J3n\\* (25:8).
Remark.— ^^^3 (Ezr. 7:25); Dhl*. (Kzi'- 5:8); Til^^y^ (Dan. 5:7);
15;^D (Ezr. 4:22); i^f±>n (Dan. 2:4); DDlDtr'N* (Dan. 4:16).
1 References will constantly be made, in the following brief statement of
principles, to Harper's Elements of Hebrew, 6th ed., Chicago, 1885. With the
sanction of the author, the present writer has adopted, so far as practicable,
the analysis made in that work, and the subdivisions of sections are as nearly
as possible identical. It will be understood, unless statement is made to the
contrary, that the principles are the same for both languages. Essential differ-
ences will, in all cases, be noted.
2 Biblical Aramaic.
3 The artificial introduction of iy for D which occurs in Hebrew, rarely
takes place in Aramaic and then always by way of Hebraism.
4 The chapter and verse in Genesis, in which a given woi-d is found, are
thus indicated; 11:6— meaning chapter 11, verse 6; 17:3— meaning chapter 17,'
verse 2, etc.
34 An ARA3IAIC Method. [§ 12.
What is said in Harper's Elements of Hehreio [^l 5-11) need be
only slightly modified for Ai'amaic, as follows : —
a. ~^ is very generally used where Hebrew would employ -r.
h. ~-T and ~ occur but rarely in the best editions of OukeJus and
then as irregularities (cf. 'i 68. 2); % and t: are used even less fre-
quently.
c. The voirel-Jetter ^ is generally used in the Targums where
Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic lyrefer pf-
d. The vowel-lettevs ^ and'^ are generally retained in the Tar-
gums after long and nearly as often after short vowels. Biblical
Aramaic, like Hebrew, regularly retains them only after naturally
long vowels.
R.— Contrary to h., B. A. seems to show a special preference for
-..- approaching to the Syriac. For a rare use of ^ for— in Hebrew
see Mitchell's Gescnius, \^. 138.
III. Otlier J?oiixii-i. (H. U 12-19.)
The aids for the eye are the same as in the Hebrew text, though
the principles of their use are not always consistently applied. For
an important source of variation in the use of Daghesh see I 42. R.
IV. Tlie Aecents. (H. U 20-25.)
Accents have been found only in the Biblical Aramaft and in
the Targum of Onkelos, the latter having been adapted to use in
the Synagogues. Their employment follows Hebrew analogy,
V. jaiyllalileN. (H. §§ 26-28.)
1. a. n^f2ii (5:24); Ji!^JDn<-5:30); nt^I? (N.i 14:22) but t^'OH (5:10).
■ ~ '•"^^^'^
h. ?l£0'n^ (Bzr. 4:12); n^1J (Dan. 5:11); tinN* (Ezr. 4:14).
_i. _ . |- I • -
2. r]rnj;Dl)1 (3:17); r]n-)ia^ (N. 14:15); r|n;'7^' (Dan. 4:24).
1 Numbers.
? 29.] An ARA3IAIC Method. 35
1. a. -=- is often found in an ojyen toneless s^'llable. Tliis arises
most frequentlj' in cases where a fnll vowel has been substituted
for S'wa under gutturals (? 42. K.) or when - has been used for ^
(IT. a).
I). For obvious reasons, the instances in B. A. are not indis-
putable.
2. Instances of dosed toneless syllables with Jong vowels are far
more numerous in all the dialects.
VI. Eiii>lioii:^' ol* VoAV<-lH. (H. U 29-38.)
The changes resulting from inflection will be treated under the head of
Etymology.
1. at: (1:10); ^:)^nT>* (3:16); l^r (15:6).
Kemark.— -(>'7»ri*J< (4:18) but l^'p^TN (4:2G).
The general laws of euphony obtain in Aramaic, but the changes
of tone produce less complicated effects than in Hebrew for the fol-
lowing reasons : —
1. a. Naturally long a is generally retained, being very rarely
obscured.
l>. The letters 1 and ^ more frequently retain their cons, force
c. Pretonic vowels are rare and when they occur are un-
changeable.
d. The laws of syllabication are not so rigid as in Hebrew
(V. 2.).
2. In the best editions of Onkelos the problem is still further
simplified by the fact that — and ~ are extremely rare and that —
(o) is not very frequent (II. h.).
R.— The treatment of two adjoining Sewas is not entirely uniform in the
Targums.
88. Pause.
1- "TS;^^'? but -T3j;D'7 (11:6); '7TN (24:58); '^O^n (3:16).
2. ^'<r\ (Ezr. 4:23)' but Th (Dan. 7:7); Dn^ (Dan. 7:26); n^^T
• It I- A- • ■ *^:
(Dan. 6:4).
36 An Aramaic Method. [? 39.
The l\uise produces much less change than in Hebrew. Its in-
fluence is limited, for the most part, to the frequent heightening ctf
-^ to T and ii preference of -^ (short) and -r (in Onkelos written -'S
II. (J.) on the one hand, to -^ and - on the other.
Xote 1.— n'SjX (35:3) for n'SiX may be due to pause.i
IVote S.— It must be remembered that - and - are short. In other posi-
tions, these original vowels are very frequently heightened to - and -, though
other preferences may modify this one.
Mp VII. Eiiplxoiiij- of Consonants. (H. ?? 39-44.)
39. Assimilation.
1. Xm (34:16); nJj^n\SM.38:14); ym (34:16).
2. ^inN*p(4:10); fn^H, fn^l^'p (Ezr. 7:20).
1. Assimilation of the final consonant of a closed sj'llable some-
times takes place in the case of ^, jl and *, but
2. a. j of the preposition 7p is more rarely assimilated than in
Hebrew. (? 48).
h. In the B. A. and the Palestinian Tanjums ^ is frequently
preferred to a doubled consonant (? 41. 1. h. (5)).
Mote.— J is not assimilated before gutturals e.xcept n and, even before n,
the Targums frequently compensate for the omission of Daghesh-forte, e.g., J
nin'r)(3C:3).
40. Rejection.
1. pIQO (31:13); yn^) (20:15); irKX) (1:5); Dn(^) (Dan. 5:17).
2. NflD (Dan. 5:19)/or N^^HD; ^('?)n;i (20:13); T]('^)np (Ezr. 7:13);
Ippn (Dan. 3:28) /or Ip'pDH.
3. [np (E.2 2:20) hut N*j;p:^'(4:23); ^nin (1:1); r^)^] (1:3).
lit would seem that thei-e are examples of a preference for the emphatic
state of nouns due to the pausal position. See Berliner, Massorah zum Targum
Oiikd(»<, p. 9C. Leipzig, 18T7.
2 Exodus.
? 41] An Aramaic Method. 37
The consonants most liable to rejection are the breathings ^$
and n» the liquids 7 and J, and the vowel-letters ^ and *. These
are often rejected : —
1.. From the beginning of a word when vowelless :
(/. In the case of ^ of verbs V'i} (§ 84) in the Qal Imv.
h. In the case of 1 or ^ of verbs V'5 iii the same form,
c. In a few isolated cases.
2. From the middle of a word when preceded only by a S'wa.
Here belong especially the syncope of 7 ii various forms of "TwH
and p'>^p i'i 94. 3.)
3. From the end of a word by ordinary attrition, as in the case
of 7 of plural endings, and of final * in verbs i^"'^ (H"?)-
Xote 1.— On the rejectiou of K and n see also § 43.
Xoto 5$.— On the rejection of 1 and "' see also § 44.
41. Addition, Transposition, Commutation.
1. <'. j;iti'\S* (24:14); N^^^VN* (E. 31:18); f^P^'l (15:6); JP^'1 (Dan.
6:24).
h. ?\\*1 (15:14) hut l^yn (18:21); nnOtT' (Ezr. 5:4); l^y};
(27:28); KD^D (Dan. 5:20); S^^^H (Dan. 2:25).
2. See U 58. 3. h.; 59. 5. h.; 60. 5. h.
3- ri'ljPd:!!); ;i'nM13:12); P^p (24:7); HN^^lp (39:28).
The addition of a letter sometimes takes place
1. n. At the beginning of a word to avoid harshness in pronun
ciation, as in the case of
(1) fi{, called prosthetic, in forming nominal and verbal stems.
(2) pf, called prosthetic, as a prefix in verbal stems.
h. In the middle of a Avord as
(1) 5^ in the Qal Part, of verbs V'J/* which becomes ^ bef . affixes
(2) Hill the inflection of certain nouns.
(3) * in forming one of the noun stems.
38 An Aramaic Method. [§ 42.
(4) ") to avoid a doubled consonant.
(5) ^ in B. A. and in the Palest. Targums for the same purpose.
2. The transposition of letters occurs in the grammar only in the
case of ri of HJ^ ^T)T\) when it would stand before a sibilant. •
3. The commntation of letters occurs in the grammar in the
case of
"■ n, D fi"*i 1 i'^ the reflexive stems.
I. ) and » in V'£j, )'y and J^"'? forms (cf. § 44).
c. ^ is weakened to {< in the inflection of gentilics,etc.,in ♦_..
42. THE Peculiarities of Gutturals.
'^T^'^y (D.i 15:4).
Remark.--in;;(l:31); nnO{< (20:13); "l^j;^ (11:6).
In general, Hebrew analogj^ is followed ; but, so far as concerns
the Targums, compensation for the rejection of T) f ^ fvmn a-awak
guttural is not so frequently. made.
B.— It ought here to be said that the most reliable texts of Onkelos very
generally substitute a full vowel for compound S^wa in accordance with Baby-
lonian usage. In this case, Daghesh in a following aspirate is usually retained
in the Sab. ed. of Onkelos just as though the previous guttural had silent S^wa.
Kfote.— The sufiBx n'_ is never found with Pathah-/u)tu'6.
43. The Weakness of N* and ,1.
1. p:i^tD''7(N*)n(D. 5:31); h'pV! (24:40); nOVri(3:18); ;?jp;i_Mll:6);
^n'?N*'? (Dan. 3:12); "I^^O (3:17); ^^^2 (Dan. 2:9).
2. r6)fO (Ezr. 5:8); PlOVTO (Dan. 3:22) hut n^VflDp (Dan. 2:15).
•The letters }< and H not only occasion change, but suffer it :
1. {< loses its consonantal power and is said to quicsce
a. When a preceding vowelless consonant steals its vowel.
This occurs chiefly with the Targum prefix of 'Aph'el and the Re-
flexives after preformatives for gender or person.
1 Deuteronomy. 2 Daghesh-forte.
^ 44.] An Aramaic Method. 39
J). When a preceding short vowel absorbs its compound §'wa.
Here belongs the sj^ncope of J< in verbs X"5 (2 88. 1.).
Wote 1.— A quiescent X is frequently elided.
UTote a.— For the hardening of X to ' in the 'Aph'el of verbs X"3 see § 88. 2
2. In the B. A., ,1 is frequently lost in the verbal stem Haph'el
and always in the Reflexives and Passives as above (1. (/.).
Sfote.— It will be remembered that X is commonly used for the stem-pre-
formatives in the Targums, while n performs that office in the B. A.
44. The Weakness of 1 and \
»V^ir (2:2); H'T^' ^^- ^-^^ |13^1?W (Dan. 3:15); Vl^' (Dan. 5:21);
|i»*/«'- nriN* (24:63); \y^^ for p'DV (37:4).
The principal variations from Hebrew usage will be brought out
under inflection. It may here be said that, in Aramaic, 1 and * oft-
eiier retain their consonantal force, that the connection between a
vowel and these letters, even in their contracted form, is looser, so
to speak ; so that, e. g., * before suffixes may be resolved into ♦___
and the ~^ volatilized. 1, at the end of a word, after a heteroge-
neous long vowel may be hardened to V
Kote 1. — ' is frequently rejected when preceded only by a S«wa (§ 40. 2.)
Slote 2. — In the B. A. '_ is often retained uncontracted and ^ is less frequently
rejected after S^wa. *
1 In B. A. this would assume the form TtDp
ETYMOLOGY.
Vm. Insepava^We Particles. (HJ§ 45-49.)
45. The Article.
There is probably no definite article in Aramaic. Compounds
of certain pronouns with the inter j. }<{n ^or emphatic use have been
T
supposed to contain it (? 52).
46. He Interrogative.
Cf. the Hebrew usage.
47. The Inseparable Prepositions.
fin'? (3:7); p^tl'):) for p'^IH^ (D- 18:8).
These are treated as in Hebrew, but no pretonic ^r is needed,
and some irregularities appear in the Targums with reference to
other pointings.
48. The Preposition fp.
The preposition Tp froin is written separately oftener than pre-
fixed, and its preference in a given case cannot be reduced to rule.
49. Waw Conjunctive.
The conjunctive and is treated as in Hebrew, with the excep-
tions noted in ^ 47.
IX. Px-onoviiis.
[B.U 50-54.)
50, 51. The Personal Pronoun and Pronominal Suffixes.
tabular view.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Separate Forms.
Fragments.
After Consonaut.
With r\\
Onhclos.
BibU.
Targum.
BibJc.
Targum.
3 m. isnn
N*in
'H
nv
n_
■• T
3f. N\n
N\n
T
n.
n-_-
~ T
2 m. rikV
^^^
T
■\^
n^
Wr
2 f. m
T
nv
T":
1 c. N:l^{
T -;
V 01' ^4
^_^ or ^^^
Voi-*l-_-
• T
3 m. Ji:i\NJ
\m, ;iDn
f1^ or fin
[in or flJl _
pn
pnn!
B. A. p'nh'
3f. p-l\S
r^^^
r^ '^i- r-^
rrt or pi^
rn
i'^'-'!
2 m. finx
pn;i!^e
I1D p
l1^
pJi!
2 f. pn,v
P5 r:'
|'?i?-
1 c. N*:)mN
N^D^'^
T T T
?<^^
T T T
2. a. With forms ending in a vowel, the original fragments are
cmploj^ed as suffixes. For the rarer forms see Par. A.
h. "> , pn and Vr] are used only with nouns (including Inf's);
^}, pJ and Pj3 only with verbs.
Xote.— On the union of verbs with suffixes, see § V4; for nouns with suf-
fixes, S§ VM, 12n.
4. a. The forms with jl* are frequent in Onkelos and have mo-
nopolized the object-pronouns of the 2d pers. pi.
? 52.] Ax AUAMAIC METnOD. 45
h. Only one form mUIi p^ is found in tlie Bible (Dan. 3:12) and
T
the object -pronouns of 3d pi. are elsewhere written separately.
52. The Demonstrative Pronoun.
Pronouns included under a belontr to Onkelos in each ciif^e; under /», to the
Bible.
1. a. jn 111., ^i'^ f., this p'pW m. ana f.. tlirnr
2. a. J^in m., K\1 f., tJutt pJlW m., p^»{«{ f., ^A«v.^
^- "]"!. pi 1".. "qn f., t/int niN, plNs* m., those
Remark.-p-rn (7:ll);'N\-rn (2:12); pmn (6:4).
R.— In the Tai-gum dialect, the more common demonstratives may be com-
pounded with Xn in order to express the same idea with greater emphasis (§ 45).
Xote.— jj'! and 'nST tlm {m.) and ^2"! that (m.) are occasionally used by
Onkelos as emphatic demonstratives.
55, The Relative Pronoun.
1 (B. A. **1) was originallj- used as a mere sign between related
words, and, as such, now points to a following suffix pronoun, depend-
ent noun, or dependent clause. It has, however, come to be used
as an independent relative like • ^* in Hebrew.
54. The Interrogative Pronoun.
7*3 (I^* -A-* 7D) ^''ho and J^^ (HtD) y:h(it differ in no waj' from the
corresponding Hebrew pronouns.
X. Tlic Stvoug VevT>. [U. U 55-76.)
58. Simple Verb Stems.
1. a. DV^ (2:8); p^^i {-1:16); D1$ (13:12); DH^ (Dan. 6:26).
b. D^p^l (2:21); D^D^ (2:22); fj^pn (i:5); D'?^" (Dan. 3:27).
c. TjIDI (2:21); IDyj (8:13); DDll^" d^-^ 14:7); DnH (Is. 17:9).
2. r/. py (17:12); ^H^ (Dan. 3:28).
Z/. "intp (Dan. 4:30); H^Op (Dan. 5:30).
The simple verb-stem is pronounced, as Qal (P''al) Perf. 3d m_
sing., with one fall vowel, the original penultimate -having been
volatilized in Aramaic.
1. As in Hebrew, the characteristic vowel varies :
a. In the majority of verbs, it is the «-class - , which remains
short even under the tone (H. I 29. 1. c).
h. In many verbs, it is the <'-class — which may remain short,
or be heightened to -^ (e) under the tone.
c. In a very few verbs, it is thejt-class ~, which in some edi-
tions appears in its heightened form (o). No instance of this class
is found in B. A.
Kote.— The vowel-letters 1 and ' are simply orthographic remains from
the aMte-Massoretic period. They are very seldom used in B. A. (II. d.)
2. a. The simple passive stem has been preserved in the Tar-
gums only in thn passive pnrtic.ipl^ of Qal (? 71. 3.).
b. In B. A., more of this passive remains in an inflected P^'il,
a Perfect, liaving a 3d niasc. like the passive Part, iujippearance
except in ^"'7 verbs [U 65. 2. a.; 100. |. b.).
Xote.— Forms of P»'il have been found in theTargums, but they are prob-
aVily due to corruptions of text (cf. Note on Gen. 2:23, Part I. p. 57).
1 Isaiah.
.^U,^a^ C /-(e) i^Ld)
1 59.] An Aramaic Method. 4T
3. a. topnN*]; Tj;n\SM2r):8); Dn^riN (30:8); nnpjTN (25:10).
/>. nXnC^S* (7:23); D^tD^f^* (D.' 21:23); n^pitN* (37:7);
4. a. ^^ripN (10:28) look ahout one's self; *'7JiT{< (11:5) reveal ones
self; [Itnn'ri ye do look on each other; '])in^r\il (Dan. 3:28)
ihei/ tr IIS fed.
^>- T'?^TN (-1:18) he icas born; y})r\''i^ (25:8) he icas snatched
aicaij; n5pn\S* (25:10) he was haried; n'7Dpnn'7 (Dan. 2:13)
to he slain.
3. There is a simple reflexive stem, though more commonly used
as a passive, which is the same as that of the simple active, with
the addition of the prefixed syllable /!{<, giving '^^pHX
In B. A., the stem is generally '^tDpHrT
a. Here, except under the influence of gutturals, the stem
vowel — is generally attenuated to -^, which then is frequently
heightened to ^^.
h. The n of the prefix is always transposed when it would
stand before D or ti^ ; it is generally changed to 0 and transposed
before V ; it is generally changed to T and transposed before \ ; it
is assimilated before "I, JO or p.
4. This stem called 'Ithp"'el, Hithp^'el
a. is primarily reflexive and sometimes reciprocal ;
6. is more frequently a passive of the simple verb stem.
59. Intensive Verb-Stems.
1. r,. top]; nt'^'(22:3); -1*^0(22:9); ;r-15 (37:29).
h. t:;'np (2:3); -|^p£) (2:16); '^^'pD (12:4); '^^p (Dan. 6:1).
c. np£) (6:22); fj^DJ (29:13); Q^^pi (21:7).
2. a. rj'^p and !r^^T) (30:37) pceZ; ':?L)p (4:8) ^-jY/; ':5^tDp (E. 17:3)
murder; ^'2T) (23:11) bury (one); "I3p (N. 33:4) 6j<r^ (several)-
1 In Genesis and Exodus ' very seldom takes D. f .
48 An Aramaic Method. [? 59.
D^'?SJ' (47:15) he comiih'te; ^hZ* (1^^- 20:5) make complete.
1j- n^'priri (D- 1^:3) Mo?; sluUt divide into three x)nrtH [ThT))-
3. jint: (2":9); IH^^P (28:13); IflJD (26:10).
From the original sim])le verb-stem '7t3p, there are formed, by
the doubling of the second radical, two intensive stems, an active
and a passive : —
1. The Intensive active stem is, primarilj- '^^P
a. The penultimate vowel is nearlj^ alwaj'S retained.
I). The ultimate vowel, except before gutturals, is generally
attenuated to ^-^which_migal-i8 frequently -lieigkt£jiej.__to ~^, and
the forms.^are '^'^' '^^p
c. Occasionally, in the Targums, doubling does not^tiiVe place,
and thefarms_the«-are '70p, '^tOH)
Hfote.— There are a few cases of a penultimate — , attenuated from — .
2. This stem, called Pa'el, is used
a. To express (1) the idea in P'^'al (Qal); (2) intensity ; (3) rep-
etition ; (4) a causative idea ; and
h. In the Targums, to form denominatives, some of which
contain a x>riv<itive idea. No privatives, and indeed no well attested
deuomiuatives at all are found in B. A.
3. The Intensive passive stem has been preserved only in the
passive Part, of Pa'el. See § 71.
Hfote.— B. A. prefers the defective writing (II. d.).
5. a. topriN*]; :i'p3nN* (14:15); '?'pDriN (16:13); ^'pj^lJ^ (9:21);
N*^nn\S* (22:20). '
• Z*. p^np>*(12:8); ;^5t?VMI^-' 13:58); f5*?P (L- 25:47); m^
(N. 32:17); ^fzm (3:8); N^TOrp (41:8).
6. o. 1pD5< (3:8) I hid myself; t^n3ni< (13:9) separate thyself.
h. 1t:n3n\VJ (13:11) they separated (from each other); J^")p^
1 Leviticus.
§ 60.] An Ara.maic Method. 49^
(N. 22:17); "|n»n\Nt(K. 14:17) f shnnhccoimhonornhh'; -)QKn»
(22:14) It !s saUI.
5. There is also an Intensive reflexive stem 7DpnK
which is the same as that of the Intensive active, witli the addition
of the prefixed syHable jlX (B. A. generally JlH)-
a. Here the ultimate vowel is occas. attenuated, as in the Pa'el.
to "^ (regularly in verbs JC"'?)) which then may be heightened to ^^,
b. For the treatment of the Jl see I 58. 3. h.
6. This stem, called 'Ithpa'al (Hithpa al),
a. Is primarily reflexive ; but
h. Has sometimes (1) a reciprocal force ; (2) the force of the
Greek Indirect Middle ; and (3) frequently the force of a passive.
]Vote.— The reflexive stems 'Ithpa'al and 'Ithpe'el cannot always be distin-
guished in signiflcatiou. Indeed the two forms sometimes occur in variant
texts of the same passage.
60. Causative Verb-Stems.
1. a. \b\Q'p^. ':'Dp^]; DnpiX(20:8); w^»pjl}< (19:3); 'p'>m)\^'^
(E. 14:27); ^riim (25:29).
l>. n^I^tr'- (12:5); I'^^DHN* (31:38), hut m^'±>^ (27:15).
2. D^'^li'N (29:28) he completed; H^'N (3:24) lie placed; PlJ*'?'?:?^']!
(6:16) tJwu slialt finish it; ]''tyTf (45:26) he believed; H'I'^H (Ban.
6:29) he jjrospered.
3. a. fD\'10M21:7); »n'7^p (25:29).
b. n*n\'l (Dan. 6:18)'; ViTH (Dan. 3:13); nD^pH (Dan.7:4.5?),
4. nmn (Dan. 5:20); IDIH (Dan. 7:11); "^^rt (Dan. 5:13).
By the prefixing of a syllable (}<{ [B. A. usually H], tif), four causa-
tive verb-stems are formed (but see §? 78. N. 2 ; 90. K).
1 X has been assimilated.
2 ^» has - rather than t and 3 retains Daghesh, (§ 43. R.).
3 Cf . I. N. with § 88. E. 1.
■i n preformative, which is retained, as so often in the Bible (§§ 43. 2; 68. 5.>
50 An Aramaic Method. [^ 60.
1. The Causative active stems are '?DpK> '7Dpt^
a. The penult. "^ is retained throughout.
h. Tlie ultimate ^, as in the Pa el, is attenuated to ~^ and
this vowel (i), being under the tone,
(1) in some forms, is generally retained 1'7*D^^?
(2) in other forms, is regularly heightened to ~ aDPX
2. These stems, called 'Aph'el (Haph'el) and Saph'el, are, in sig-
nification, causative of the simple verb-stem. A causative may,
however, be intransitive.
3. a. The Causative passive stems have been preserved in the
Targums only in the passive Part's of 'Aph'el and Saph'el. See 1 71. 3.
h. In B. A. (if we may follow the text) more of this passive
remaius in three forms of a Haph'al Perf. (? 65. 2. h.)
4. As a passive to Haph'el, B. A. has the Hoph'al in eight in-
stances [l 65. 2. c).
5. topHN*, '?Dpn*f;S*];"Tnpn>*(E.21:29); nN*^Tr)>*(33:ll);
^'i7'2m^'i^ (2:i); n^^^nt:^'^ (25:9); nrntr'^N* (i9:20).
JT ; - ; • ~ : ■ ......
-«. a. ^'^'7^■2 voeary; ^ri'?ntr>* (47:13) fainted; n;^^^^^^^^
(16:9) and he siihject.
h. n,'2.)lT\p^^ (25:23) xhall he .subject; t>^jr\''^ (43:18) loere
hruugJit.
5. There are also Causative reflexive stems,
':'£=)i?N*i>'<> ':'i5p£i^i>N*
a. Here, as generally in the 'Aph'el and Saph'el, the ultimate
vowel is sometimes attenuated to -^ (regularly in verbs ^i"'7), which
may then be heightened to ~^. (Cf. § 59. 5. a.).
h. The J^ of the first reflexive, being weak, is assimilated
backward. For the ti'eatment of jl Ijcfore l^, in the second, see
§ 58. 3. h.
1 Cf. § 43. R. and elsewhere. 2 Lam. 3:5.
63.]
An Akamaic Method.
51
6. a. These stems, called 'Ittapli'al aiul 'Istaph'al are i)iiiiiaiily
reflexive and reciprocal ;
b. are more fre((iieiitly ^>a.s.vit;<?s of the causative stems.
Xote 1.— The Strong: Verb furnishes no instimces of 'Ittaph'al.
^STote a.—U. A. has no Ittaph'al at all.
Xote 3.— In B. A. we properly speak of llaph'el, Hitlip'el, Ilistapli'al, eti'.,
in place of 'Aph'el, 'Itlip<el, etc. (I. Note.)
63. The Qal Perfect (Active).
tabular view.
Hebrew.
Targums.
B.A.
Elements.
o 111.
''ap
':'Pp
'^'Pp
simple verb-stem (? 58)
:} f. ^
"VPR
n'r^p
n'rtop =
= '^Dp with f. sign fl _..
2 in.
n'?epri
or Nn'?Qp n
orri'7Dp-
= '?Dpwithnorri of
2f.
n';'pp
n'?Dp
^^^i? "^
= '?tpp with n of riN*.
Ic.
'n'ppi?
n''?,Pp
rh^\>-
= '?Dp with n (for r[),
a fragment of
^m^ (Assyr.
Plui
anaku)andhelp-
am.
:-{ f.
N'^Dp
= 7£0pw. 1 (earlier n)
■'= offm '
= '7Dpw. K_ (earlier
2 ni.
°^'?^P
pn'ppp
fin'pDp =
(orig. pji).
= '?Dpw.priofpfi;iNV
2f.
fJ^'7Dp
r^'F^p
l^riScap =
-'^Dpw.pnofpnjN*.
Ic.
l^'ppp
N^'ppp
k^j'ppp =
= '?£opw.^♦JofNJm^^.
-• N*^"!3I^ (^:10); ;;n5;t^ (3:13); p;!:^] (3:12); ?l'7pp (34:25);
N'?rN* (24:G1); pnpDtT (E. 2:20).
T-iT T I ■ |; - :
52 An Aramaic Method. [? 64.
3. a. nfipr (24:64); n'^^lDp (4:23); nDH^ (3:6) ?>«^
h. np'7P (Dan. 7:20); jl^p^ (Dan. 4:31).
4. KniDl"! (31:36); NJD'^H (40:8) ?.«< nnD"i;i (N. 17:6).
T : -1- : T ; -I- -: I ; - :
The prononiinal fragments are o/'-fixed to the Aramaic stem.
Xote.— XJ closes the 1st plur. even in B. A. (cf . II. c).
2. Special forms for the fem. occur in the 2d and 3d pers. sing.
and plur.
3. a. In pure Aramaic, the stem vowel is generally retained
throughout (or heightened) hut
h. In B. A., before the vowel terniiuatious jl and jl , it is
reduced to S'wa, while the old penultimate vowel appears in an atten-
uated -^ (cf. II. d.).
4. The grave terminations |^fl and T]! draw the tone from
the ultimate syllable of the stem.
HVote.— The forms not found in tlie Bible are indicated in tlie Table by smaller
type.
64. The Qal Perfect (Stative).
tabular view.
LCf. Paradigm B.]
3 m. sg. 3 f. sg. 2 m. sg. 3 m. pi. 3 in. pi.
Middle A Sop n'2gp n'^op t>up P^'?^)?
Middle E spp ri'?'5Pp', ri'p'Pp' I'^'^tppi pri'7^pp^
Middle 0 b^'p n'?lDp2 I'^l^p'
1. For the inflection of Perfects in -^^, see § 63.
2. Verbs in -^ retain this vowel or heighten to "^.
3. Verbs in ~ retain or heighten to ^-.
IVote 1.— With the exception of dSiCOD, the table represents forms taken
from Onkelos.
Kote J8.— B. A. has no second pi. in e (i) and no forms in o (u).
1 \ and ''_ are short vowels, though written fully (II. d.).
2 '_ and 1~ are tone-long.
•i 6o.J
An Aramaic Method.
03
65. The Remaining Perfects.
tabular view of important forms.
[Cf. Paradigm B.]
'Ithp'el3f. Pa el 1st. 'IthpaalSd.m. 'Aph'el2iii.
Hebrew
'n'^op
"^^p.Tyn
n7Dpn
Targunis
n'^'DpiiN*
n^'?'op
'?DpnN*
xn'p'DPN*
Bible
n'7gpnn
n'^Pp
PLURAL.
'?ppnn
^'?^p''^
Hebrew
^:'?t3p
I'^ppnn
Dri'?Dpn
Targuiiis
N'^^tDpnN*
N*^'7^Pp
•i'?DpnN*
pn'p^ppN*
Bible
nStJpnn
><j'??3p
I'^Dpnn
jinSppn
1. n. nr?"inN* (24:64); n^DTN* (12:15); n^^p)),^ (28:15); l^'pinN
(19:9)."
h. nnmn (Dan. 2:34); nflDTOn (Dan. 5:11); HHlne' (Dan.
4:31); inipniEzr. 6:17).
2. «. n\nMDan.7:4); ^^'pji (Dan. 2:19); m\-rMDan.7:27); N*n'?pri
(Dan. 5:27); ^yn''^ (Ezr. 5.15).
^- nWT(Dan.6:18);mn(Dan.3:1.3);n!3^Pn(Dan.7:4,,5(?)).
c. nn:n (Dan.5:20); n^pm (Dan.4:.33); r\'T\m (Ezr. 4:15);
inin^^ (Dan. 7:11); nDDIH* (Dan. 4:33); poflMDan. 6:24);
'?;^iT (Dan. 5:13); I'^j;,'! (Dan. 5:15).
1. The regular Perfects, which are common to both dialects, are
developed from their respective stems after the analogj' of the Qal
(cf. ^§ 58-63); and the B. A. shows, for the most part, corresponding
differences. For the latter's inclination to -^, see II. R. (Cf. II. d.).
1 Pass. Part, would be nSj or xSl 2 From nnX.
4 From tip'. 5 From 0'7D. sFromSSl'..
From n3X.
54
An Aramaic Method,
[§66.
2. The three additional passive Perfects, found in B. A., P"^ il
(i 58. 2. h.), Haph'itl (? 60. 3. 6.) and Hopli'ril (§ 60. 4) are here in-
flected in full. Examples of every person of the first and all the
instances of the last two are given.
Xote 1.— b^V (Dan. 3:10) far h^ (Dan. 3:29) is pure Hebraism.
Xote !8.— It will be remembered that 'Ittaph'al is not found in B. A.
66. The Qal Imperfect (Active).
tabular view.
Hebrew.
Targums.
B.A.
Elements— ^t2p with
3 m.
"ytDp'
3f.
^iDpn
2ni.
iiDpn
2f.
''?^pri
Ic.
'^'COjpJs*
Plur
3 m.
•I'^'Pp'
3f.
n:i'7bpn
2 m.
t>Dpr)
2f.
T : -1 |: •
Ic.
'?t:p^
'?1tDp* '?pp^
'7lDpn "^^J^r}
5' P'^PP;
f^^pp^ j|7Dp^
^ (for *), of pronom. origin.
n (for jl), the usual f. sign,
n (foi'n)? pronominal.
fl, and p from ^^Jjt and 7.
K (B. A., Nl ^Joth for }<)
pronominal.
'> (see above) and ?1 pronom.
'> and ? pronominal. 1
Pi (see above) and p.
D :^'id |__.
j (for^) pronominal.
Remark.— IIDN^. (Jer. 10:11); )m[ (Ezr.4:12); l^jlt^^ (Dan. 5:10).
1. The -^ of }«{ is attenuated to ~^ which
(1) is usually retained in the Babylonian Targums;
(2) is generally deflected to t 'in the Palest. Targ. and in B. A»
2. «. In the Targums, tone-long -^ of the Impf. is generally
1 The pi'onoun is rj-X but i has been attenuated from original a.
g 67.] An Aramaic Method. 55
written fully, as is tlie orijr. — (T, thoiiah short), when rettyned.
Cf. II. d.
h. In the Bible — is retained and written defectiTcly.
3. The aflSxes of tlie Impf. draw the preceding consonant away
from the ultimate vowel, which then passes necessarily into S''wa.
Cf. H. § 36. 3. a.
B.— lu B. A. there are three instances of Impf. 3d pi. in. without ?. They are
noticed here for completeness.
Xote. — ' is used as preformative of the 3d pi. botli m. and f.
67. The Qal Imperfect (Stative).
tabular view of important forms.
[Cf. Paradigm B.]
3 m. sg. 2 f . sg-. 1 c. sg. 2 f . pi.
Impf. with 0 Siop» I'^l^]^^ '^i'^pN* I'^^pri
Impf. with a '7Dp» ['"pippn '?*opN*' I'ptDpn
Impf. withe '^'Dp* vb'cT^Ts y*cr^^ pDnn
1. pl31p^'n(18:24); '?lDpNM27:41); '^IDjTN (27:45); T^p^ (Dan.
3:6).
2. D'?tp^M3:16); v^pn^H (25:23); ptO'7::'Ml:26): pD£)DM:^:22).
3. p5-]» (2:24); ]^m (29:27); pJlinn (34:9).
Stative verbs form their Impf. in - and ~r- [-^).
1. For the inflection of Impf 's in "^.;, see I 66.
2. Impf's in ^^ and -^ lose their full vowel before aflixes. In
the Targums, occasionally ^ is retained and heightened to ^r.
3. In the Targums, not onlj- weak verbs, but a few strong verbs.
have "^ as the stem vowel in the Impf. (cf. II. (L)
Xote.— B. A. lacks several of the Tabular Forms.
56 An Aramaic Method. [I 68.
68. The Remaining Imperfects.
tabular view of important forms.
[Cf. Paradigm B.]
3 f . eg. 1 c. sg. 3 f . pi.
'ithpaMi Hopn* r'^'^pW 'T'DpnNcn) f'^'tppip'
Apirei s»L)p^_ p'7ppri '?'DpN* f'^ppM'pn^)
1. '?*DpnM26:ir); '?^tppn\S* (2fi:0): pC'^lDiT (1:9); plD^^nn
(Dan. 2:5).
2. |*l'?3pn (34:17: Dan. 2:6); Tp5^ (18:19); '^^^N (18:30).
5. p^ni (26:11); Tnpri (30:33) huf '^pC^'nMDan. 7:24); p^nr}
(Kzr. 4:i:}).
1. In the inflection of the 'Tthn^ Imj^f.. there iato be noted
(1) the fovni witli -^ instead of ^^, by preference in pause
(138). Seell. (/.
(2) especially the return of the original penult. -^ and the
volatilization of the stem-vowel before affixes.
2. (I. The other Tmpf's are inflected after the analogy of Qal; but
h. In Oiikclos, -■' is usually found instead of ^r under Ji{ pre-
formative, and ■• , heightened from -^, in place of compound S'wa,
these preferences being peculiar to the Babylonian system (142.11.)-
• 5. The X of "Apli'el is regularly elided after a preformative. In
the Targums, rarely, and in B. A., usually, ,1 t'l^es its place and is
generally retained after the preforniatiye (? 43. 2.).
^69.]
An Aramaic Method.
57
69. The Imperatives.
tabular view.
[Cf. Paradigm B.]
Impf. Imv.3m.sg. Imv.2f. sg. Imv.2m.pl.
Imv.2f.pl.
23)
20)
2.3)
Qal '?lDj7» '^IDp ^'pitDp l'71tpp
Qai '^Dp* Vo\i »'?i:p i'?pp
Qal '7^pp» Svgp ^'^^•op iS^Op pp(E.2
'Aph'el ':)>Dp: '?*DpN* ^'7*tppN* l'7't?pN* N*(J)i7^VN*(^
1. r|lpr (13:14); nnp (27:21); l^^;? (6:14); ^MtT' (19:34); l^^^tT'
(32:6); 1DrpriD\\* (18:4): iS^ap (23:8); l^flOnS* (24:6);
n^'?!iTN (9:7).
1. a. The stem of the Imperative is the same as that of the
Impf. (I 66. 2, cf. 67.). The reflexives have the prefix fli^ (B. A.
m).
J). Ill B. A. there are no strong verbs having- Iniv. in — and
of course none with ^^. (? 67.).
c. In the inflection of the Imvs., it will be seen that the stem-
vowel is retained, frequently in its original form.
Remark.— The other Imperatives are inflected in a manner similar to those
in the Table.
Xote 1.— The 3 f . pi. is not found in the Bible and not in Onkelos with strong
verbs. For this reason weak verbs were cmjiloyed in the Table.
Xote 2.— It is due to the paucity of the Bibliial literature, tliat there are in-
stances of the 2d sg. f. only in Iniv. and that the 2d 1>1. f. is not found at all in B. A.
Cf. §§ 63, 66.
58 An Aramaic Method. [§ 70.
10. The Infinitives.
tabular view.
Qal. 'Ithi/^el.
Pii'el. 'Ithpaal. 'Aph'el.
'Ittaph'al.
(1:16) (26:11)
TT- TT-:* tt;-
(17:22) (3:6) (1:14)
(N*nnin\\)
T T
(12:10)
Remark.— \niJJj;5 (9:14); ^y±} (Ezr. 5:13).
Eacli stem h^s a single Inf. in Aramaic having |tlie a vowel.
The Qal has, as prefix, p [for J2)- The other stems assume the
emphatic state [U 112. 2. c; 123. 3; cf. I. N.; II. c).
R.— In a few instances, the Targums give a Qal Inf. which follows the anal-
ogy of the other stems (cf. 74. 3. h.). B. A. shows bat one MM||gH^^ omitted O
which even there is represented by D. f. Aw»«. ■^■'■1--
Xote.— na^D (Ezr. 4:22) is anomalous (II. R.).
71. The Participles.
tabular view.
Qal. 'Ithp^'el. Pa'el. 'Ithpa'al. 'Aph'el.
Active m. '^'pp ':'^OpD '^'^Pp-P
Passive m. S^Dp '7^1?^^^ '^DpP 70'pr\r2 '?DpP
f. N'^'Pp N*'7^pnO 'k^'?tppP *'^*'?^priP 5<'?2pp'P
1.- P^'^P (2:6); pp'p^' (17:6); pt?'7^' (17:16); pp';'5iTp (2:25).
2. T]-15 (Dan.6:ll); pp^^l (Dan. 2:43); '^'v'PP (27:6); N*'?'?^!: (2:7).
3. n^nn (8:11); '^^nriD (23:16); N*55nn^D (3:24); N'T?;**: (38:24).
Remark.-n^fl^ (31:4(1); 1^L);i(4:l): pn (Ban. 6:3); r]n3 (Dan. 3:28).
§ 72] Ax Aramaic Method. -59
Active stems have two Part's. The passives are remains of h>st
passive sterns.^
1. In the Targums, i)enult. -^ appears sometimes before affixes
in the Qal act., and, in all the dialects, returns regularly before af-
fixes of 'Ithp''el.
2. The Act. and "Ithp^'el Part's have -^ for the ultimate vowel,
which is regularly heightened to "^, this in turn being changed to
S'wa before affixes.
3. The Qal passive Part., like verbal adjectives in Hebrew, has
the ultimate vowel * (i). The remaining passives have ~^. This
becomes S'wa before affixes.
Remark. — In the Targums both i and i are written fully, while
B. A. makes orthog^rapic distiuctiou betweeu them (II. d.).
Xoto.— n is ofteuer retained tlian lost after prefix D. (Cf.[§ 68. 5.).
72. Inflection of the Participles.
WTUT:6); rij;T (30:26); N*J^T (48:19); pn^;?T (29:5);
rWT (31:6);' N^nOI (9:15).
The Part's are used with nouns or pronouns to form a Present
tense [I 141.). In the Targums, fragments of the pronouns of 1st
and 2d pers., used as subjects, may be affixed to both act. and pass.
Part's, to form the same tense. This mode of tufleetioii is not found
in B. A.
It is to be noted that
1 The fragments except {<{J) are affixed to a final consonant bj'
T
means of the old ending ^ in most cases attenuated to ^^.
2. This necessitates a change of the preceding vowel to S'wa in
active forms. The passive vowel (i) is unchangeable.
3. The initial consonant of the fragments is doubled after a short
vowel.
Kote.— For Pdl Perf. (not to be confused with jPart. passive) see §§ 58. 3. h;
65. 2. a.
1 For otlier remnants of these stems in B. A., see § 65. 2.
60 An Aramaic Method. [^ 73.
73. Unusual Stems.
1. -)D1D(D.1:31); l'?^'?l:inJ< (43:10); t]5lnn0 (I>- 32:11).
2. (^'73");rp (E. 14:3); '^^'p^ (11:9); ND^DinkX (N. 16:13).
There are, as in Hebrew, other stems which are occasionally
used. The chief of these are
1. Po'el (or Polel) and Ithpo'itl ('Ithpolal).
2. Pa'lel (or Palpel) and 'Itlipa'lal ('Ithpalpal).
The mode of formation and signification of these is evident from
Hebrew analogy.
Wote 1.— Quadriliterals, when not Saph'el, may be brought largely under
these stems.
Note "Z.—FovyvVJ, see § 78. N. 2.; for rD'H, §88.3.R.l;and for'^'Ij/, §90.R.
74. The Verb with Suffixes.
For the fragments used, see § 50.
[Cf. Paradigm C]
1. ^'. [-ri'7Dp/0Mn'2gp]; ^;inp5Jf^' (31:28); pjin^^p^ (31:32).
l>. [-"Ptpp sometimes -'^^'p foT':>\2p\- H^Pli) (12:8); n^'7\S*^'
(37:15); fli^HD^'N (37:17); JITt^^^D^S* (3:21); fl^^fn^ (14:15)
C-. ^niDD^^ (37:24); ^^^il^rir (31:15) huti^yf^^imm.
When the object of a verb is a pronoun, it is often expressed by
the union of Jl^ and the pronominal sufiix. More often, however,
the suffixes, except those of the 2d pers. pi., are joined directly to
the verbal stem. This occasions certain changes of termination
and stem.
1. In the case of the Perfect loith suffixes, it is to be noted,
a. In reference to tenninatlon-changes, that the older final
vowels are restored.
b. In reference to stem-changes, that
§ 74.] An Auamaic MKxnoD. 61
(1) the a (i) left in an open syllable is generall.y volatilized,
necessitating in the Qal a return of the old penult. ~^.
(2) if the ultimate ^ (^") is not volatilized, it is usual to
heighten it.
c. In reference to the union of termination and auffix, that
(1) to a verbal form ending in a vowel, the suffix is attached
directly ;
(2) to a verbal form ending, in ordinary usage, with a conso-
nant, the suffix is generally attached by means of a so-called
connecting- vowel -=- (^, ^). Cf. I 50.
Xote 1.— The connecting-vowel is the oiiginal final vowel of the verbal
stem (cf . Arabic qa-ta-la).
]Vof e 8.— Certain contractions are frequent: (1) Tl- to tV—', (3) n_ to ri_.
Xote 3.— It will be remembered that B. A. follows the Syriac in writing the pro-
nouns of 3(1 pi. separately.
2. a. T]rp3t:^'^ (D. 4:31); p:it:'>Jti'> (7:23); ^b'^'^T) (D- 13:10).
i. *15^'7tppM4:14); Tjp'p^pW* (X. 24:14); p^^ll'^On (D- 4:19).^
c. nmpirn(E. 23:11); ^^•|n'75M27:29); pJ^V^tTMD. 8:3).
Reinark.-»;j«l':)Dp» (20:11); cf. ^Jin'?^* (27:29); miDJi^D^ (Dan.
5:21).
3. a. \np^P)kV (22:2); N*mpQJ< (38:24); ^jn'^t^^' (30:25); ^Jin'?:^'
(32:26).
h. rnniDnj (30:41); ]*\'2r)thr2 (D. 5:28); n^'^tppP (37:18);
n^^yOpPd). 13:10).
2. In the case of the hnperfect with suffixes, it is to be noted
a. In reference to termination-changes, that the old verbal
endings a, an (in) are restored.
h. In reference to stem-changes, that, before suffixes, the ulti.
mate vowelregularly becomes "t, but may be retained and height-
ened.
62 An Akamaic Method. [§ 74.
c. In reference to the union of termination and suffix, that
the ending with ^ is preferred, the exceptions to its use (or the
equivalent, a J being the last letter of stem, or first of suffix) being
very rare.
R.— I final is usually retained, but the original— following- it is frequently
elided before J demonstrative.
3. a. In the case of Imvs. toitlt suffixes it is to be noted that
(1) the stem regularly suffers no change);
(2) forms with J demonstrative are very rare.
h. In the case of Infs., it is to be noted
(1) that the nominal suffixes are vised for objects as well
as subjects.
(2) that the Inf. Qal volatilizes its final vowel.
(3) the others assume the ending (H^) of abstract substan-
tives.
(4) that forms with J demonstrative are very rare.
Xote.— Part's before suffixes are treated like nouns.
XI. Tlie Weali Vei-l>. (\i\U 77-104.)
77. Weak Verbs.
Weak Verbs are to be classified as in Hebrew, except that Verbs
Lamedh "Aleph (N*""?) do not differ from Verbs r\"b (§ 100.).
78. Guttural Verbs.
[Cf. Paradigm F.]
1. u. 13j; (1:7) hut 15^^(1:31); "l^^^^n (18:5), IDI^O (2:3), T^^^!
(18:25). T5;:;_ (1:26), l'^;;; (11:4); yy); (6:14), ^y):n
(18:3); -15»;r^' (33:14); TOT. (E. 32:27); "I^TP ^^- 1^:2);
n5>\S* (32:23).
?- ^|'^")5X (12:2); ^I'D^D^ (27:4); 1\^y^^\ (D. 15:4).
Gnttural A'erbs are reallj' strong verbs with peculiar consonants.
They differ from the corresponding forms of the latter precisely as
in Hebrew, but
1. a. The Babyl. system, in the majority of cases, substitutes a
full vowel for compound S''wa (§ 42. R.).
h. The vowel "^ is less frequently heightened in compensa-
tion for rejected Daghes. This is due to the fact that ~^ is often
used where "r would be expected (II. a.).
^fote 1.— Daghes in 'Ayin Aspii-ates is often inconsistently retained in
Babylonian Onkelos (§ 43. R.).
Xote 3.— 3rty, ^VJW^'i^, etc., may perhaps be best explained as Saph'el
(from 3TJ?) borrowed from East Semitic. There is some reason to suppose
that this dialect has furnished Aramaic with its entire Saph'el stem, for the
latter, in Assyrian, corresponds exactly to 'Aph'el or Hiph'il (cf. Aram. XIH
with Assy, su), and it is not likely that originally there were in Aramaic two
stems having precisely the same meaning (cf . § 90. R.)
64
An Aramaic Method.
[?84
84. Verbs Pe Nun (ffj).
[Cl'. Paradig-m D.]
3P» (3:22); p"i3 (8:16); p^DN* (8:20); N^mN (1:15); nlH^n (26:2).
Remarks.-p7J_* (26:11); fn;iri, \n^'0 (Ezr. 7:20).
Verbs ?"£) are treated precisely as in Hebrew, except that ^ is
lost ill all Imvs. Qal. As in Hebrew, vowelless J may be retained
before gutturals, but sometimes a heightened vowel is preferred.
B. 1.— Some verbs do not assimilate their J.
B. S.—In the Palest. Targums and in B. A., the J is much more frequently retained,
or else a J is often inserted to avoid doubling by D. f. (§§ 41. 1. b; 86. 3. b.).
86.
Verbs 'Ayin Doubled {^'yi
TABULAR
VIEW.
[Cf . Paradig-m E.]
Qal
'Aph'el
Heb.
Aram.
Heb.
Targ-.
B. A.
Perf.
^P
cop
^p^^
D^p^i
J^pn
Impf. dpi
ortOp^
DIP^H
^p:
J3»pn
^p:
Imv.
Dp
Dipi
*^P0
to^p^i
Dpn
Inf. abs.
DiDp
Dp^pi
^P?
NDpN*
ntoprr
T It -
Inf. const.
top
^P'7
Part. act.
DDip
D^tOpi
topO
D^pQi
Dp(n)p
Part. pass.
DIDp
D^pp
DpD
t3p(n)D
1. fn(33:5); m.^ (31:40); pj}< (7:16); r^'D (31:19).
2. n"?^ (15:17); n"?;; (18:21); ID (34:27); n^'7p (16:5).
3. '?iy'n (27:33); n'?j;>S* (24:67); H^^J/N* (29:13); '^^/^H (Dan. 2:25).
1 See II. d.
? ss.j
An AiiA^rAic Method.
65
1. Those voihs differ from Hebrew v('rl)s of the same class, in
that forms with a preformative double the first rather than the sec-
ond radical (as occui's occasionally cxcn in II{!brew) and in the
iibsence of sep(init)jif/-YO\vv\s.
2. Forms which rciiularly double the second radical, may rather
heighten the vowel of the stem. Sometimes neither is done.
8. (I. Forms containing gutturals neediu) special cxi)lanatioii,but
//. Ill B. A., compenssitioii for doiililiiiiU'- may bo siippliod by an
insorlertj (§U1. 1. A.; 84. W.).
Xote 1.— The stem-vowel in Aramaic may be ^•olatiliy.l■d icf. H. S SO. :i.).
Vote !J.— In these verbs Palpel is preferred to Pa'el. B. X. lias neither.
Vote 3. — For iiistanres of lloph'al. see § ().">. ;i. c.
88. Verbs Pe 'Aleph (N*"i3)
tabular view.
[Cf. Paradigm G.]
Qal
'Aph'el
Heb.
Onk.
B. A.
Onlselos.
Peif.
b\2^
yoN
'^^D^J^and '?^tDlN*
Imjjf.
^70^^
Sit^t*
"^ON^
S^J^M
Imv.
'?bN*
'piaw*^
'?lPN*
'^^DW*
Inf. abs.
'?1DN*
'^DrtD
'?*on:3
N^'OnS* and N^OIN*
Inf. const.
'^'bN
Part. act.
'?D1N*
'?^DX
y\2'!2
Part. pass.
'^lON*
b'\2^
yo'rz
Haph'el Perf. '?D\1-' Tnipf. Soin-; fnf. }<Ho\1 and n'?L:1n:
Part. pass. '?LP^rTP-
1..'?1D^M3:22); "|,p»n (U:23): '?7\Nt (24:48): -ip}<p (Dan. 2:9.
\ih^ (D. 17:11).
1 See § 43. K.
6(j An Akazmaic Method. [| 9Q,
2. »n»\Nt(2:19); HN^iTN* (27:5): pD^'^ (15:6); pp^H,!? (19:15).
3. ^nlN* (8:10); OniN* (22:5).
These verbs differ essentially from Hebrew verbs of tlie same
class. They are treated in three ways.
1. Syncope of {»{ occurs in Qal and frequently in J^ii'el^ af ter a
preforniative (? 43. 1.).
2. J^ is usually hardened to "> in "Ai)h'el, and with the preforma-
tive may form a diphthong or contract to e.
3. For the ^, ") may be substituted bj' analogy.
B. 1.— n in V'O^T) is quite .'auomalous in Onkelos. It is retained after prc-
formatives.
B. 2.— For the terminations of >?nS, see S 100. For Hni>h'iil and Hoph'al, see
g 65. 2.h,c.
Wote 1. — The ' of Qal forms after — or - is simply a rowcf-letter (II. d.).
^Tote 2.— In B. A. X is frequently ortliogTaphically retained.
90. Verbs Pe Waw (V'iD) and Pe Yodh (»"i3).
LCf. Paradig-m G.]
1. ". yr\\ (13:12); T'7.^n\y (4:18); nV (L. 16:21); yn (35:1).
h. D'n^n (27:44); ;;TP (15:13); "I'p'p (4:2); mO (E. 17:11):
T'?1K(4:18); DnlH (Kzr. 4:10): ^TnlnMBan. 2:25); Nlia
*(Dan. 6:11).
2. n;P».» (12:13); NO»[p\V (D. 29:23): yi^^T) (4:7); T'7\S* (18:13).
Remark.— ^V^t^' (2:2; Ezr. 6:15); '>T\rr\ (18:28): HJ^V^C^' (18:25).
1. Verbs, Avhose fii'st radical was originally *), exhibit the follow-
ing peculiarities : —
(I. 1 passes ovei' into ^ (§ 41. 3. h.) whenever it would be initial
(or follow ilj^), except sometimes in Pa'el and 'Ithptt'al, where it is
retained, and in the Imv. Qal, where it is lost altogether.
h. In the Tmpf. and Inf. of Qal and throughout the "Aph'el of
some verbs, the T is assimilated like j, or compensation takes jilace
1 TTJ^'X, in 4:2') and elsewhere, by ehangc of first t, though reKularly
silent, to -.
'i 94.J An AFwA-maic Method. 67
under the pro formative. Tii the Aph'el, usually. T is contracted
with a preceding -^, giving o.
2. a. Verbs Avhose first radical was oriuiiially *. retain the same
This occasions a contrac-tidu of * to V__.
h. Yerhs V'3 and '"5 ^n'e sometimes eiuifused with each
other, though ♦ is regularly less frequently retained than in Heb.
These facts may pex'haps open the (piestiini whether the vowel of
preformative in Qal may not in all these verbs be tour-long.
R.— There appear to be instances of Saph'el Iiorrowed from East Semitic.
Cf. § 78. Note 3.
Sfote 1.— Forms like T7r\ (17:17) must be resanled as following- the anal-
ogy of verbs V'J!. Forms like^'T (4:1) irregularly drop 1 without compensa-
tion.
Xote 8. — For an instance of tloith'al, see S 65. 3. c.
94. I/ERBS "AYIN WAW [yy) AND 'A YIN YODH (^"^).
TABULAR VIEW.
[Cf . Paradigm H.]
Qai
'Aph'el
Heb. Aram.
Heb.
Onk.
B. A.
Perf.
^P '^P
'?'\>r^
'^'P^
'^"pD
Impf.
'?ip; '?'ip^
'^v:
^^p;
S^p* and 'i^pn*
Imv,
'?ip '?'ip
^\>^
'^v^
Inf. abs.
'?ip '^pt:
''^'px}
N*'?pN*
riir^n
Inf. const.
Hip
'^V^
Part. act.
''P '^'^p.
'yp^
'?pD '^^piniD
Part. pass.
^ip y\y
^P?
I'. D*pM21:7); D!pnM17:18); D^'? (9:25); jl^pj^ (5:24); ypO^
(14:16); D^DD (9:9); .VnilN* (24:5).
^ In Genesis and Exodus, Ed. Sab. very seldom lias a yodh with Daghes.
68 An xliiAMAic Method. [? 94.
<■■ n^[^ (24:01): HDO (25:32); 3np (8:12); D\Ntp (24:13); NTO
(3(l:lh pi»n (18:21); jrnM41:40): pmVDaii. 4:9); '^^^m
(9:24).
1. W'vbs whose second radical is 1 present the following pecul-
iarities : —
' 1 never appears as a consonant, but
(I. Unites with a preceding or following ii and forms ^ in the
Qal Ini])f . and Iniv., as in Hebrew, the preforniative vowel of Imiif
being volatilized.
I). Becomes *>
(1) in Pa'el and 'Ithpa'al. which preserve three radicals.
(2) in Qal pass. Part.. Apli'el Perf., Impf., Imv. and Part.,
where it unites with its homogeneous i, giving, for the first
time, i in 'Aph'el. The 'Aph'el Inf., like the others, has ii
under the first radical.
Xot«'.— It is probable that e was simply substituted for i in supposed oon-
tormity to the usage in all other verbs.
r. Is rejected, whenever it would stand with a heterogeneous
vowel, as
(1) with a or a, in the Qal Perf. and Inf., where the contraction
of li+a (the first a originally present) gives a. Here the
frequent occurrence of a must be regarded as irregular
adaptation to other verbs. In the act. Part. J«{ is jr-inserted
bj' analogy and this, in turn, is hardened before affixes to *.
(2) with a in the 'Ithp°'el, where the a is lengthened, in com-
jteiisation for the rejection of Y to a.
Kote 1.— 'lthp«'el is formed with a as stem-vowel, but i occurs in some
verbs, as adaptation to the usual formation.
Xoto 5i.— 'I'lie doubling- of r\ in 'Ithpf'el is due to the effort after a triliteral
root.
Xoti' vj. — For :iii unusual passive sec S (i."). :t. Ii.
Rem.arks.-D^pX(21:2R): Q^pn (Dan. 3:2): DHrin C-'-l^): H'p);,
^5)4.1 An AiiA.MAic Method. 69
(27:46); ^0 {«:7) ; H^^H^iN (32:20); ':]3^a™ (28:15);
]'\n'\f2r\ (3:3); pij;»r) (O- ^m.
B. 1.— The vowel of the preform., being in an open sylhihle, is f,'onerally
heig-htened to a in the 'Aph'el and 'Ittaphal. In B. A., however. volHtilixatioii
generally takes place.
Xot«'.— //I tlif Pdlcxt. Taraunu^. tone-long e is found under the proforinative
of Qal.
R. "2.— Some Stative verbs occasionally appear witb forms in e instead of a.
Where this vowel cannot be regarded as a simple substitution for l (below 3),
it is due simply to analogy.
R. 8.— In the 'Aph'el, forms occur with - under the preform, and U. f . in
the first radical.
B. 4.— The heightened vowel is not volatilized, when it ceases to be before
the tone, as it is in Hebrew.
R. 5.— No scparating-vowels are used in Aramaic.
K. ft.— Forms like pl^^'ri follow ^•"^^ analogy.
Xoto. — It must be remembered that some verbs treat 1 as a ilroiio eons.
2. pT (10:5); Ifl^^ (19:2); ^^p (18:1).
Verbs with * fov their second radical differ little from verbs with
1 ; i appears, however, as stem-vowel instead of u, in the Qal Impf.
and Imv.. and, occasionally, instead of a, in the Perf.
3. a. ^nn(24:-ll); p:)nn(in:2); ^n,p(D.ll:22); ^,"1^ (K/.r. 7:13).
f'- ippn (Dan. 3:22); npDJH (Dan. fi:24): pDH ('d="i- <^:24).
3. (I. Here belong certain syncopated forms of Tj?)! which ap-
pear in Impf. and Inf. Qal. Cf. I 40. 2.
I>. Ill B. A., occur a few such forms in Haph'el and Hopli al of
p'lp, e. g., nppjn for nppn ./'"• np'^pn (see u ^ 2; 41. 1. h.
(5); and cf. I (35.^2. c).
An Auamau; Method. [I 100.
100.
Verbs Lamedh 'A
kfpw fN*"H [H"'?])-
TABULAR
VIEW.
LCf. Paradigm I.]
Heb.
Onk.
B. A.
Heb.
'Aph'el
Onk.
B. A.
Peif.
HDp
N-Op
N£?p
ntopn
't:pK
'Ppn
Impf.
^'op'
'^p'.
N*Pp'
^^0'p\
'^p\
N*t?pn*
Imv.
nop
'Pp
^Dp
T^^p^
'^p^
'£?pn
Inf. ubs.
ricop
'Pp^'^
NppP
^^p^
.TDpX
•^SP'"^
Inf. const
•niDp
niDpn
Part. aft.
^^P
^^P
npp
npp^
'Pp^
Nopn,::
Part, pass
.>)tDp
*^P
ncpp
'^p^
Yt'i-bs wliost' tliird radical was 1 or *> appear in Aramaic as ♦"7.
As the final * has disappeared, for the'most part, in Qal Perf. 3d m.
s,a.. and the vowel-letter {< (H) h:»i^ taken its place, these verbs are
called ^<"'7 or H"'?-
1. "■ N*-)3(l:l): npM2:19): 7(1(13:14): ^JM (1:U). /.»? NJfl'P
(26:28); Hp (2:19); »'?4 (3:5); »'?-)mX(3:2): npHD (38:9);
^'pD (2:21); ^'p^HK (9:21): H^N* (2:8); >p\^^ (29^10); ^p\^%
(40:13).
/'• r^n'i^ (Dan. 7:22); i^^y (Dan. fi:8); HJ^^ (Kz-r. 5:11); N*^3n*
(Ezr. 5:15). i/// ''^f^m 'l>an. 3:19): ':ip (Dan. 2:24); ^TH
(Dan. 5:13).
2. ;^ nn (2:5)./Vo/y, inn. aw IN^yO (7:1T); mn (N. 5:19) yVo»».
»nrr. />"^ N*ms* (i9:32): pjioME. i:io) ./vom jv-ip^ Vpmx
(4:24)/n./;/ v'?n\sv A^MNn^ms* (2:4): ^*^•^^(27:l); HKin
1 As |)iiss. I*:iii.. is to lie disliiiu'iiislied rniiii tonus like "Tp (Ezr. 4:1S). Tlie P'il
IlilN "_ fllllll.
■? 100.] An Auamaic Mkthod. 71
(26:35); [nnndv V.K>): pp(E.2:20): HN'v'V (4:26); J^HV
(1:2); nin (1:2); niH (4:16): riN^^D (0:5); HN^Jlp (30:1).
/'. nin(I>an.7:in): InNVKzr. 4:12: nnDHN H);.... 7:15): VVC
(Dan. 5:21).
3. ". N*j7;^:3 (19:21); ^TJp (4:1): mH (2(1:16): ^THtT' (24:46).
^'. Nnnnnw* (3:19): iT;^in\s*(:«:io): N*mnnN* (d. 4:35).
Reniark.-nnn (Dan. 2:31): mn (Dan. 2:26); iTjQ (Dan. 3:12).
1. II. When * would be final, the previous vowel unites with it
to form the contract vowel e or i (from orig. ay). This vowel is
easily resolved into its elements, however. Cf. VI. 1. !>.: II 58.. sq.
The 3d m. sg. of Qal forms an e-xcejition to the general rule, for
there * is entirely lost.
h. In B. A., the Perfects (beyond the Qc1l) end in * , hut the
Imperfects, Irnv's and Part's take e and receive a v<»vel-letter (^(
or r\^\.
2. II. Before roinl-addifiou.s. * is rejected, except before X
and I : but sometimes, in the Targums, {< is artificially introduced
al'ter. and in order to save, the *. In the 3d f. sg. and 3d m. pi. of
the Qal Perf. (where * is usually drop]ied and the vowels contracted
to a) X is sometimes found, and. outside the Qal. it is the usiuil
formation, though the }^ everywhere disapjiears before suffixes
Sometimes this f< is syncopated and ^ final hardened to 1 (cf. Heb.
//. Ill B. A., the artiHcial doubling: of ^ snpplies the place of
the {^ in the M f. sg., hut in tlie J>d in. pi. either the cnnfrncffil or
the Imrdeniil f«>rm is employed.
3. Before cous:. iKlditimiK. ^ unites with the stem-vowel a to form
<zj/. which appears as
(I. e, often thinned to i. in the Peif's of active stems.
It. i, sometimes e. in the Perf 's of reflexive stems.
E. — In B. .\. " often retains its eonsonantiil pouer.
72 An Aka>iaic Method. [?s 10(i,
— _ . . _i . . .
4. r^p* (31:49): riC**N* (24:14); N^IH (24:28). /n>f IH (29:15); ^n♦ (1:6)
/«'■ '1'T,- f'>'f iSnnn (I>an . 2:40).
4. Apocopated foniis are not as fre(|iieiit as in Heb., but xnme-
i'lnes appear in tlie Targuins. ^{^^ bas, usually, these forms in the
Impf., except before 7 .
'■). Nin'? (Dan. 2:20); HIH'? (Dan. 4:22); Tin'? (Dan. 2:43): pin*?
••v:|v ■••.•:|v I v;!-.- ' It:v|v
(Dan. 5:17).
5. In li. A., forms of niH «('<'m*, in which the prefix * lias been
exchanged for '7. These forms liave no special significance.
<^- "• 'TX'*t:iN*(3:13); n'nN (2:22): n*^V'£;;''(I^-^-^); HDDVJ (28:2):
■ n^DVP (I^^"'- 4:32h nn'JpJ (Dan'. 4:27).
''. n:jnpM32:8); ^r;ipM28:8); prnOT (D. 9:17); \1^3(>^i^iv
'•• ])^n'r^ (31:34); OJIHD' (34:30); pjl'^O (26:15). '[5:11),
6. (I. Before suffixes beginninu- with a vowel, the cons, force of
final * is usually re.stored.
Ij. Before suffixes beginning with a cons, it is not aft'ected.
c. An J<} inserted for third consonant is lost before suffixes,
n ofti'n becomes u before suffixes.
X.II.- ><>iiii«. (II. ?n05-133.)
705. The Inflection of Nouns.
luflectiou includes (1) stem-formations (^^ 106-119), (2) cases
(§ 121), (3) chaneos for gender and number (122. 125), state (??, 12.3.
125) and suffix (?? 124. 125).
106. Nouns with one. Originally Short, Formative 1/owel.
1. ''. D")D(K. 22:4;: w^^n") (9:23); "I^V ^^^^^ DW (1^:18).
/>. pr(D. 16:6); ':5jn (33:14); Dp»0 (N. 2:3); ''^'^i^' (50:11).
c. mrp (24:48); tTHlp (E. 28:36); H^lN* (24:48).
Remark.— pj^^ (Dan. 2::^); TpD (I>a»- 2:10); D^^n (Dan. 4:2).
1. These nouns analogous to Seg/iolafes in Hebrew, had. origin-
ally, one short vowel, which properly stood under the second rad-
ical ; then a was occasionally heightened through i to e ; i was
heightened regularly to e or appeared in restored a ; ii was height-
ened to o. Quite as frequently, i and ii stood, heightened to e and
0. under the first radical and a helping a was inserted.
R.— In B. A. the eliarao. Towel is retained under the first rad. in a number of^Op
nouns and in D/ll dream.
Xote.— In this class, for convenience, are included nouns havinjr, in the
other languages, two short formative vowels, for tlicy have but one, the ulti-
mate, vowel, in Aramaic.
2. r;; (L. 22.27); ay_ (12:2); 2)} (E. 21:133); S^fl (E. 32:11); p;/ (E.
28:19); f]lD (D. 32:20); T (N. 35:17).
4. HDT (E. 1:5); i<^:i^n 'E. 28:3); NJ^j; (24:29); m^^^ (21:16);
NnrJI (2:8) from N*J1^J; NmH (31:27): nHJ*: (Dan. 2:46);
T : ■ T • T : ■ T : •
ntD^n (Dan. 2:29).
1 - is entirely inconsistent with usage in Ed. ;*ab., and only occurs rarely.
74 An Aramaic Method. [^ 108.
2. Nouns formed from weak stems are treated as in Hebrew.
4. Femiiiincs are formed by the addition of {<{ (originally at)
T
to the i^rimary forms.
108. Nouns with one Short and one Long Formative I/owel.
1. D'?^^ (43:27); "Ip* (3:21); n'?\S* (21:33); nlHr) (1:9); TJ/r
(4f:20); p^? (17:12) and all Qal pass. Part" s m. and f.; Q)m (E.
10:14): kVpip (T:4).
Remark.— niD*;^ (27:28); j'p^N (2:9): '•]^'\^ (E. 28:32). •
1.. The first vowel is regularly reduced to S'wa. The second is
unchangeable.
It. — Nouns with two unchaiig-eable vowels simply retain both in Inflection.
109. Nouns with one Long and one Short Formative Vowel.
1. D"?;; (9:10): pfl^ (8:7); D\Vp (24:13); ^'pj (4:12).
nd"?]; N*pQj N*t:p i^'bl
Here belong especially all Qal act. Part's. The second vowel is
volatilized before affixes.
7 70. Nouns from Reduplicated Stems.
1. N'?\\* (D. 14:5); i<my_ (1:9); N^TN* (^'- 18^27); 19'V (":14);
ND^'?\S* (K. 4:11); N*p^;pi (24:62); f^;^ (E. 4:10); TpME. 4:10):
NH^tD^ (E. 13:22); ^TJ^ (3:15); p'pin (D- 14:27).
Nouns with the second radical reduplicated will be at once -un-
•derstood from Hebrew usage.
2. i^^ilZ* (15:9): XpHpT (L. 11:18): N*n'?'lj'?1J (E. 16:16);
PDID") (12:17).
2. lieduplications like these are less frequent in Oiikelos than
in the other Targums. Cf. the Hebrew.
1 ', as a consonant, is often repeated in the Tars'unis.
^112.] An AiiAMAic Method. 75
112, Nouns with Consonantal Additions.
1. Nouns with Preformatives.
«. nt:'3\\* (4:14); NV3VN* (K- ^^MS): •lJ!:^'l (D- 32:20); NQIp^
(T:4).
/'. n^-TD (K- 2U:24); Sppp (4:1.-)): .vS'^.p (17:22); ^^'^JHD (24:65);
C'Hi)^ (1:6); all Infs and Parts with pirtixes HX and Atp ;
0^13^ (8:12).
'■• N*nTptDn(E. 24:12): DnlD (28:4): n^DlH'p^ME. 3:2): Saph'Ol
Inf s and Parts.
'X. Xouus uitli Affonnativcs.
". '?n5(X. 35:16); Dinm (40:17); N*p,pMl:5).
A. fp11£)(N. 21:30); fO'^'IJ:' (37:8); pmNMK. 20:3).
<"• O'?^^ (N. 21:30); ^^J (15:6): nirV-t^ (1:<»)-
<?. nniN* (26:21); ^rinCMl!»:8).
e. ^Tn^Ml:31); \\*,^ipi (L. 2:12): nNn;)i: (K- 2:22): .WOip
(11:2).
For the signification of all theso formative consonants, see the
Hebrew Grammar.
c. The term. pC\ points out abstract ideas, and is liiven to all
Tnf's ])eyond the Qal, when used to govern a noun or pronoun. All
these nouns apocopate the jl when tliey stand alone.
'/. These are feminines without special significance.
f. These are mostly gentilics, patronymics and ordinals.
7 77. Nouns having more than Three Radicals and
Foreign Words.
1. N*:N*1J1")N* (E. 25:4); N^Dj;^' (L. 19:19); N*;P")"lD (K. 17:16).
^. p")WJ (25:27): n^^Jp (K 28:19): fl^D^pa^ 30:23).
Onkelos has not as nianv of these as tin ntlicr Tarf/nnis.
I " S . instead of ", to represent cons. '.
76 An AKA31A10 Method. [HIS.
7 75. Compound Nouns.
N*'73npN* (N. 3:32) from -)D, b2 and J< prost.
n»V(2:5)yr>rn^NSV':>.
■J- ■ T
Cf. the Hebrew usage in ])rni)er names.
121. The Formation of Cases.
1. ^'n^N (24:23); ^'inNM4:n); \*inD;; (40:20).
2. ^'^pqN (20:14); \TinNM4:S); "q^Sjl^D (3:16); »JmN* (14:5).
3. N;^1NM1;1); ^JJl'?L:pM20:n); n:i^£)-l-l (14:15); O^ni'P (3:16);
f^n (2:8).
1. The HoiiiiiKiticr ending ii lia^ been almost lost (Init IH^N 'f '"/<-'
remains) in Aramaie, except in union with other words. Examples
of it appear in a few nouns before suffixes, and it is used regularly
in the plural before the suffix of the 3d m. sg. For its use in the
first part of proper names, cf. the Heb.
2. The old gein'tivc ending i. appears in proper names from the
Heb., in the endings of certain suffixes and before the suffix T), and
in a few particles.
3. The rtccuftative ending a, coinciding with the nominal stem,
ai)pears in }«{ of the em])hatic state (^. 123. 3) and before most af-
T
fixes (appearing as - , • , ", r , M 122-131).
122. Affixes for Gender and Number.
1. irb"l(l:«); nni!:"lp (24:27); nmS* (11:29): TM^yp (N.5:14);
P'7^n (L. 11:42); fpr^T (E. 25:12); [inmVX (E. 12:34).
1. The principles of lieb. inflection have their full 'a]>i)lication
here, except that jl is never obscured to jHl and 7 takes the place
of D and jH in the absolute plural, while there are only relics of a
dual (D'j*;; of Ed. Sab., like D^H'^NV i^ a Hebraism).
Xote.— The ending- '_ becomes HN— in tlie fern.
? 121^.] An Aramaic Method. 77
725. The States of Nouns.
1. DL)il:4): '^'n (l)aii.:5:2()); J*;? ( K. 28:1!)); HI^^^VQ (1 :(i); Y2l
(K. 20:2).
2. »^V (27:41); fW (4:!:^): HJ? (6:1^): [JS (5:4).
H. D1^ (l:r>); NDI* (5:1): NDTD (Kzr. 6:2); K\t:1» (D. 4:32).
T T ; ■ T -
1. A.^ ill Hebrew, the ub.solute siiiaular of iiiasculiiU's is identic-
al with tlie coiistriK-t, or is f'onvied from it by a seitaratioii of tlu^
contracted vowel into its elements. In feniinines, the H is apoco-
pated and the preceding vowel heiglitened, if not already long.
2. The absolute plural inasculiiie consists of a reduplicated gen-
itive / and the indefinite ending //. To form it. the stem ending -
(in e) is rejected from the construct state. The feminine exchanges
j"l for the indef. |. In both states of the feminine, -^ is frequently
found in Onkelos for the regular t (IT. a.).
3. Aramaic differs from Hebrew in having an rntphatir state,
formed by the addition of the definite ending Ji( to the construct.
This state takes the place of the Heb. article, but is often used, in
the Targums. without definite force (§ 142. 1.). For this reason.
nouns havinsi' an absolute state are somewhat rare.
An Aramaic Method.
[§ 124.
724.
Nouns with Suffixes.
Mascul
Ine Singula]
Masruline Plural
Hebrew
Onkelos
B. A.
Heb.
Onkelos B. A.
Abs. DID
ri!
]y.
D'-
vm vm
Const. DID
r:^
n
t
'4';^ ' ..
Em ph.
N*^;;^.
^U-
x:r;: N*^.
Sg. 1 c. \
'r;^
1
t
'T^. ^^
I'm. n
l^^:!^
n.
1^
nr^^ 1^
2f. V
Tv;!
nv
'yT:;^ —
am. 1—
n^j*;^
n..
v_
^nirj;=^ ^'l1■^
af. n n
T
-:nr;^
n_
T J/
TJT ^-
VIU: 1}
xjr;»
TJT
J-
TJT ^-^ TJT
2m.D;?--
ll^rJ^
n^
Any
03'..
p^^^j; fi:DV
2f. p_
]Wi^
f?'..
j'y^:;, —
3in. D__
T
\^^ry.
fin-
JDH)
onv.
fin^rj; |inv(Dn%. )
M. ,^
T^^i-'.
rn
-Q.^
inv
T'T^'^ rr^VQ-
2. a. Npr;^ (E. 28:18); ^npr;^ (38:18); r\'r)p^}; (41:42);
(iDnpDn (I). 4:6).
h. ]^V^ (E.' 25:12); npP;^ (K. 26:15): Nnjjr;; (E. 25:14);
pnnpri? (E. 26:29).
1. a. Masculine nouns in the singular take the oi-iginal stem-
endings a (as -T~, : ) and /.
h. In the plural, original ^ is retained before suffixes of 1 e.
sg. and 2 f. sg., is contracted to * before grave suffixes, and loses
1 Qere. 2 From or^K. = Outside of those dialects, n is elided, giving- '1.
g 12o.J An AUAMAIC MEXnOD. 79
* before all other suffixes. The original noni. ending u is inserted
between the stem-ending a and suffix ^"7.
Xote 1.— Contractions of 'n_ to n'_, XH- to n_, TlO-to 'HI take place. •
Xote '£. — In B. A., the '_ (in yy mid similar words) is easily resolved, bel'ore
affixes, into '_.
2. The suffixes are affixed similarly to the construct state of
feminine nouns, with the volatilization of the ultimate vowel of the
singular before additions beginning with a vowel. The ultimate
vowel of the plural is unchangeable. Plurals never have the mas-
culine const, ending, as in Hebrew.
Xote.— The suffixes to plural masculines and to both singular and plural
feniinines differ from those of the singular masculine only when the termina-
tion has changed from vowel to consonant, or the reverse. For the same
reason, JK and nx (though masc.) take the suffixes 'n, 'H and xn because, be-
fore suffixes, these nouns have the old case-ending- 1/. In T'lJX, Hebrew anal-
og-y has been followed.
125. Stem-Changes in the Inflection of Nouns.
^- tl'^- nj"?^;^ (D. 20:49); Kj'^^^; (3:.3); '^^J'^ (2:5).
2. n. -13V (1:5); H;in(a3:14); ^'p;in (E. 3:5); J^^CHIp (E. 26:33).
I'. n3NI(24:47); pSN* (32:30); D;! (12:2); pODj; (25:1.3).
<■. See 1 124. 1.
d. T(N. 35:17); r|T (4:11); fiDT (9:2); >nnM27:33).
Reiiiark.-r[D5'7 (Dan. 2:30); N*5J-)' (D. 23:1); NDT(24:9); }<|)nD
(N. 7:9/. "
3. a. [»n-)(L.21:9); N*J|1-) (L. 1:7); p^pfS (E. 19:6); N^^HD (L.
l:5);^nyn3(Ezr! 7:1.3).
h. »j;-|i (4:2); Xm* (E. 21:19); r\m (E. 15:26); ^HJ (27:9);
n^ (27:16); N^I^l (E. 2:17); f;;V(37:16) /o/- f^jt^-l; fln>*4P
(22:17). y:\^ {hfx^K.l^'Jm'}
4. nVP (E. 2:11)^ HNnVD (39:1); ^N^VO (41:55).
1 In B. A. the forms X£3p, HMp are assumed (§ 100. 1. h.).
80 An Auamaio Method. [? 125.
Masculine nouns may best be classified according to the value of
the ultimate vowel, since the jienult. vowel, if there is one. is un-
changeable. There are four classes : —
1. Nouns which have an unchangeable ultima. There are iu>
changes in inflection^ (? 124. 1.).
2. Nouns which either originally had one short stem-v(twel. or,
by volatilization, have assumed that form in Ai'amaic. In the orig-
inal monosyllables, the ultimate takes the char, vowel in the Abs.,
but a helping vowel is occasionally found, giving in Onkelos
(chiefly) nouns '^pp- ^Dp • '^^ ^- ^« »o""S '?Dp- These changes
occur : —
(I. Tn strong stems, all endings are affixed to the original
'?Dp, 'PPpi '^Pp' ^^'^ S'wa being vocalic before ]ilural affixes.
K.— Original dissyllables proitedy retain vocal S'wa before sing-, affi.xes,
and this rule is observetliiii B. A. In the Targ-iims, however, with some wiiver.
ing, thei-e Is perhaps a preponderance of examples (shown by Daghes-leue in
Lamedh aspirates) which violate the rule and follow Segholate law. For this
reason, the two stems have been included under one class.
h. Tn ?"5 :iiid ^"^ stems, the second radical is doubled bo-
fore affixes. Some J7"J7 forms follow the usage in strong stems.
c. In *\"^ and ''"^ stems, * and "] — sufl'er no change in On-
kelos. B. A. prefers * in the stem to » (§ 124. 1. N. 2.).
(f. In J^"'? stems, the stem-vowel is volatilized except befor-
grave suffixes in the singular.
8. ((. Nouns with changeable ultima. The latter is volatilized
before all affixes except the grave suffixes in the singular, where it
is restored to avoid two vocal S'was.
A.' The same, from stems }<"'?. Here the third radical ))nii/
appear as a consonant before singular affixes, with the exceptions
named in (i. In the i>lural, **[3r3 often becomes ^JOp : i" the ab
solute ' is treated in two ways before *
1 Hut - may be used for r (II. a.).
'i. liio] An Aka.aiak- Method. «1
(1) in Onkelos -^ is hoiiihtenod aiul ^ lost.
(2) ill B. A., V is retained and lielping^ — is inserted.
Xot**.— Final ' is firquciMu lost from H"; stems. (Cr. S 135. 2. d.\.
4. Gciitilics, patronymics and ordinals in * . The third radic;il
appears as the consonant J>( before affixes. The cmpliatic cndinu
lilnral has been lost.
75/. FEMI NINES.
LCf. Paradigm M.]
1. XTD^;; (K- :51:14); XnTn^j; (E. 31:15); [;jn' (,E. 2(;:1);
Xnjjn^ (E. 2G:6).
1'. N^Dn (E. 25:4) ; jlj/p? (0. 84:8) : Jj/p^ (D. .11:11) ; kVnr^^
(1 1 :2): Nn'?'Dn fE. 28:28); N*nm!p (L. 2:1).-
8. ". iy'?pnNM88:ll): tVm'3! (1:!>): f^t^-lN* (E. 22:23).
(>. N*n;*"(L.13:2); kVnn;;(L.ia:(J); jnjj (24:63); pnNM30:.38);
N*nN;'70 ^24:11); ^r}):r\ (13:8).
4. HNnili (E. 2:22) ; NnHV!: (16:1) : rj^l^lj (31:1.5) ; NHHytD
tt; t " : ■ Itt: tt~:'
(E. 1:19).
Remarks.-.,, ^♦px (D. 23:18) : N*n£3^D (E. 2():4) ; fjfip (L. 5:4);
n^nn^DX <20:i7).
/'■ nn::vp(N. 10:25); N»nnra (32:8); fnra(32:7); kXnnc'p
(N. 10:25).
r. n"T (E.20:4); mt:'! (D. 4:16) ; NHOr (!>. 6:251 : ^nViN*
(E. 7:28).
Feminine nouns may best be classified accordin;:' to the number
of consonants in the ultima, since the vowel of the same is always
changeable. There are four classes : —
1. Nouns whose ultima begins with a single consonant, precede<l
by a vowel. This consonant must close the preceding syllable be-
fore liaht affixes in the siny. There are no further chanaes.
An ARA3IAIC Method. [^ li:'
2. Soaliolatc fonnatioiis, in wliicli the ultimate vowel is volatil-
izi'il before light affixes in the sing. Sometimes the characteristic
vowel is thrown forward, giving forms as in 1.
8. Nouns whose ultima opens with a second consonant having
vocal S'wa. The latter must give place to a full vowel before all
affixes in the sing. We divide into
<i. Nouns from strong stems.
h. Nouns from stems ^"7, in whicli ^ is treated as in mascu-
lini's or becomes 1.
4. Gentilics, etc. Cf. U 125. 4; 122. N. In all forms with affixes.
* is restored. Of t\\(i fciitlnihc there is an emphatic state plural.
Remarks. — a. A few nouns ending in Ji{ exchange ^{ for ^ in
T
the i)lural and a few for H- This is the return of an older ending.
vt ?in\sv ^r\ni<.-
T :
/*. Feminines i)i * treat ^ as a consonant. In the i»lural. two
iS'was sometimes give place to a full vowel. Of. ? 90, Foot-note.
r. Feminines in 1 restore Vjn tlie jilural. Cf. ^I^N < 1-:1)
with r]nn3iS*(i'':i-"i'.
^ i;^:i.j An Akamaic Method. 8;^
132. Anomalous Nouns.
As a su|jplcnioiit to tho last sections, the rollowiiig- comparison of luuisual
forms maj' be found iisef<il.
Onkelof
T
Bil.le
<).
T T
P..
o.xnNVB.nnN
().
•in\\*'
B.
().
n»5
B.
n»5
<).
"13
B.
"^5
().
n5. m?
(). Si
n (B. '?^n)
().
^'7^S
().
4).
r^
B.
?^.
0.
np
0.
tr^n
B.
■ c\\n
0.
N*r*
B.
0.
QIC*
B.
D^''
N*DN* ^^nDN* Nnn?N* pnnnaN*
o.pnN* B.N*mnN*
1 TT ; - T TiT : -
nn\v
N*nn\\*
]V:i
Nn'3
T
n^n^n
f^n?
Nn^3
T : ~
>^r^'2
n^^nn
'"!?
^ru
m
03
ni3
03
(inon
no^-5
T : I"
li'?^':^
pr^
pnrprt:
NOT
|0T
and
o_T
|0T
OT
^-IP
nmp
(^^"!P
'nii^P
N*trn
T
^tr'n
r^''")
T'n
T
•in^'Nn
r^'>^*i
Dn*;!\sn
nyc
N*nc*
T -
jOti''
oc^
n^c
|0^'
1 ><iyj appK/'s i"/i ^/i? Jrnniithin Tartjiim.
84 An Aramaic Method. [g loS.
755. Special Remarks on Numerals.
LCf. Parartigni N.]
1. p.3tr' ram HNrp n^"(o;6); p^^r nb'j; Nwrri nj<*j nr
(5:8); J^^'y'D pt^'Pm nN'J I^Dt^' ('3%S* 'w^i Hn"^ (N.
81:32); NnWJ (N. 31:52): jnNVJ (32:14); p;;'7p '•)\^^_ ti'^r^fl
(L. 27:7); N!3V n"ntr>* ntTrOnDI (L.23:6).
1. All Cardinals up to nineteen have both a masculine and a
feminine form, but some liberty is taken, in joining the ixnits to tlie
tens, in regard to the gender and state of both elements. Cardinals
over nineteen need no remark. In ulJ^O is seen the relic of a dual.
For the nominal stems, cf. S 106, etc.; for the Syntax, § 144. 'For the or-
rtinals up to ten, sec S lltl. '2. r. Above ten, cardinals are used for ordinals,
XIII. }^eptn-ate Pai-tieles. (II. >yi 134-137).
755. Prepositions.
[Cf. Paradigm O.]
1. n^S (.3:15); r\'7, (Dan. 2:16); H^rp (3:19); mp (Dan. 2:42);
^nl^'^j;^ (4:16; Dan. 3:28); ^'^1^'^»;; (28:13); ^1^;; (27:37).
Prepositions are used with suffixes as in Hebrew. In Unkelos a
lengthened form of '7^ is often emidoyed.
SYNTAX.
Xote.— Aramaic Syntax is, in Roncral, like the Hebrew. The chioJ vari-
ations are g-iven in the following principles.
755. The Perfect.
Tho l\rfirf expresses completed action, as in Hebrew. For its
special uses, see the Hebi'ew Grranunars.
1. Xn.pn f^">" /*«*^ beoi weighed (Dan. 5:27);
D'pn n "-liicli. was written (Dan. 5:25);
nP- • ■ • *"[■(. P ichm.. . .had been read (Ezr. 4:28).
1. Ill B. A. the P'il stem is us;m1 as a passive \» the Qfil Perfect
(cf. U 58. 2. h.; 65. 2. a.]. .*
139. The Imperfect.
Dan. 4:2 : A ih-i'Uti I xaic (Perf.) and it friijhti'ui'd me (Impf.).
Dan. 15:20 ; T/i< /riiifj art>>ii' ([ini)f.). . . .and in haste went (Perf.). etc.
Biblical Aramaic occasioually uses the Impf. in narration where
it can hardly be distinguished in meaning from the Perf.
Thfre is no Waw conversive in Aramaic and there are no special forms
for Cohortative and Jussive.
740. The Infinitive.
1- T|^D t^'^^P'^ |Ty k^'? ^f '■'^ '^"t ^''»*'^ t" ^''^^^''t'' t'"^'''' (-3:"^');
■Jninln'? ni.t:^£5'l \T\'p\ • • • -n that tlmj may read .... and
make known its meaning to me (Dan. 5:15);
2. nnn npp (2:i7): a\s*ni p3^p p5;i (§:' )■
8. "Iinj^ p pSrp'? PTHIlI "-<<'-I^ 'v<^f proceed /rom thf/ Inot/ar
(4:10!.
88
An Akamaic Method.
[I 141.
1. Tlie 1186 of 7 with tlic Trifiiiitive, dcnotina: purpose, is very
f'i\'(|iuMiti2j_Araiiiau-.
1^. Ill ( )iikolos. the Tiif. is used before finite verhs to inft^mi'/'ii
t\\v\v iiiciiiiiiii;. AfttM- t]u^j<ameit )>*'/,// denote_cantirm
tills idea is (ifteiierrx)ir('ssed by the Participle.
?>. Ill tlie Tariiuius, the Inf. witli ^ nuiy take before it the verbal
adjective "l*j~IJ,* '•1,''^^'^) prcjturcd, appointcil, as an auxiliary — iiill.
nr is iiliiiitt fn.
141. The Participle.
h 1*"T' N'? i"y master dors not know (39:8);
T T
l^nDV • • -IpSJ came forth. . . .and they icere vriting (Dan. 5:5);
-• ri)'*"'.! ^^"'" '-•'"'^'''''■'f (30:26); pn)^T y<' (f.) A'"<>h- (31:6).
3. -it:N* nin jn? dn* !.n"' >^ai<i thm (31 :8);
N*JI/*l3 fin'? pDH*- • • •fin'? n that might, he.. . .gicing accoinit
to them (Dan. 6:3).
4. "ri^^ ^'?^'^ a night to he hept (E. 12:42);
l^^np trnstvorthy (Pan. 2:45).
It is to be noted
1. That the Participle is often used, with a subject noun or pro-
iHniii, to express continuance in present or past time. Cf. its use
for the Inf. after a finite verb [l 140.).
2. Ill the Tariiums, fragments of the subject pronouns, if of thei
2d or 1st person, may be affi.ced to either participle. This mode of I
iiittection is not found in the Bible (see I 72.).
3. That its use with the Perf. an(:lj[nri2f^'f {*^in i'^ '^"'^^'V fr'^'P'^"*'.
and it-ca-LriiiiiJls_owii i>eciiliar nieaiiiiiii into tlu' condiiiiation.
4. Till' passive I'art. is used, as in Ilcltrew. foi'tlu' Latin Part,
ill -ndiis.
3LW J^j^llljlX <>1' t Ik' >iOIIII.
142. States of Nouns.
1. N;nNMl:l); N**^-JM1:S); N>;»pn (1:6): 'c:'X»pn (l:2i»i.
± ". 'ijn ]\)t^r\, fT;;'? (24:11); »dp! Nnp(i:io).
''■ "lp'1 mOD (20:16); \p,p;n ND^?^ (14:9).
:i ". pplDJsn N*7;^3(31:0); npn pCnn'? (3:21).
/'. '"irln3"l(4:2()): N^NH n\n'?NM31:5).
4. NT^n n mil (Dan. 3:25).
1. The Eiiipliatic state was originall.y used in Aramaic like a
iHuni with tlie definite article in Hebrew, and whih;, in the Targums,
many nouns are found in this state, which are used without idea of
(h'finiteness (see I 123. 3). its use in B. A. is limited to cases where
Hebrew would allow tlie article. As in Hebrew, a noun made def-
inite in other ways must not be in the emi>hatic state.
2. a. In the Targums, even in Onkelos, the construct state is oc-
casionally used for the emphatic.
h. Sometimes the construct is used for the tihmlate.
3. '/. In Aramaic, the genitive relation is quite often pointed out
]iy the inseparable sign of relation "1. This occurs where it is de-
sired to indicate to the eye the definite {ov indefinite) chai'acter of
the first of related nouns and is a sign of syntactical decay.
/'. A pleonastic suffix, agreeing in person, gender and number
witli the second noun, is occasionally used after tlie first.
4. In IJ. A. 1 has assumed the separable form ^'^ and is very often
preceded by a pleonastic suffix.
90 An Aramaic Method. [^ 148.
745. The Noun as Object of a Verb.
^ 'JP*J1 ^'? t*'t^'0 N*JN* (48:4); NW tili^^, Tj^S (Dan. 2:1!)).
The iudication of the direct object by S, found in the Taiuuuis
(occasionally in Onkelos) is frequent in the Biblical idiom.
744. Numerals.
ptrram fwni nN*p ^;)?n (5:i7) ; ppp; p.r5n>:(7:i2):
( Wn pDV (Dan. (3:8).
1. a. The Cardinals above 0)a- (which is an adj. and used atti-il»-
utively) take the noun in the ji/iiraJ and, while tliey may fo/har the
same, usually precede it in the absolute state. In combinatidns of
tilts and higher numbers, the higher are expressed first, and the
noun only once, at the close of the whole.
h. In B. A., the nse of Cardinals as adjectiTCS after the noun
is more frequent than the opposite construction.
\'ote.— A coniparisoii or tlie Hebrew and the Aiaiii;iii' ol' (icii. \'. will
reveal .several interesliii^- faet^ in ref^ard to mnnerals.
XVI. ^3'i*tsix: of tlio r*i*oiioiii».
745. Personal Pronouns.
1- ^'. pD'? xin N*vp'ii' (L. 11:23]; m'r\:i\r N*n"n * K/r. <i.i:)).
f>. N:!:r n^ (Oan. 8:7); 'iV-S;; \nl'?;r (Ezr. 4:11 1.
Remark.-kX^^^P;;'7 pn'? I^HN N^jTH") (Hos. 13:1).
1. Deserving of .special iiieiition is the eniploynient of tlie ^k^*-
xoiKil pronouns to emphasize another noun or pronoun. Tliis is doiu'
a. With the pronoun in its separate forui.
h. Ill IJ. A., with a proiioiniiial snttix hctAveeii a proposition
and the emphatic state which it governs.
Vote.— In theTargnms, XJOr ,13 would be }<inri 5<3p"T3.
Keiiiark. — Iti the later Taff/imis^ jifrojinsfic stiffi.res (ire ofcusi'oii-
(illjl insetted between a verb <(iul tlic (t'n-crt objrcf irliich It r/ormis.
Xote.— For pleonastic suftixp?, stiinding- for a jjcnitivc which follows with
T CI), sees lf2. 3. h.: i.
146. Demonstrative Pronouns. .
1- N^yjr isnrt (2:23); xr:a nn (k^i-- •■):4): n-i xn'?8<-n^:i
t:- tt tt;* t: |" tt v:
(Ezr. 5:17).
Demoiistratlrf lo'onouns (including {<\in and iVT\ when usetl
denionstrativelj') maji be used before the noun to which they belong,
unless there is another modifying word.
Xote.— In the Targums, these pronouns, in their character o( ail.ifctica<r
soniftimos rtiff(»r in pcnder from their no\m.
XVII. Tlio S«'iil«Mi<'o.
147. Summary.
For the hlinlx of sentences, as well as the relations of subject
3111(1 predicate in sentences, cf. the Hebrew.
As there is no Waw conversive in Aramaic, the ahsohitr present
is iisinilly the point of time from which the completeness or incom-
pleteness of action exjiressed by the tenses is to be reckoned ; but
the context may indicate that a (h'Jfhrnt present is in the writer's
niiiid.
Explaiiiitioii ol* {imgj'HK
USED IN THE TRANSLATION.
1. Pm-cnt/iescs ( ) enclose words for which there is im e(|uiv;iieiit in
the Aramaic.
2. Brackets [] enclose words which are in the Araumie. hut are ii<it
to be rendered into English.
3. )( stands for Jl^, the sign of the definite object.
4. The Hiiplwn (-) connects those English words which, in Arauiaic_
form a single word.
5. The sign of Addition (+) stands for Macjqeph.
6. Words printed in Jfalirs render the Emphatic state.
7. The Astei'isk stands for Athnah ; the Dagger, for S'gholta : the
Period, for Soph Pasuq preceded by Silluq.
Woi*cl-i<3r-Woi-(l Ti'tiiijsliitioiii
OF
GENESIS I.
TARGUM OF ONKELOS.
1. Iii-l>c'ginning created (the) Lord* )( fhc-heavens and- )( thc-earth.
'1. Aud-the-earth was desolate and-enipty ; ani-darkness (was) (Ed.
Sab. separated /or extended) upon + (the)-faces-of the-aht/s.s* ;
imd-thc-wi)u7 froni+before+lthe) Lord (was) blowing upou+
(tlie)-faces-of the-ioatcrs.
:>. And-said (the) Lord, Let-be+ZyV/Ar-,- and-was+//V//<?.
4. And-saw (the) Lord )( + thc-ligid that+ good*; and-caused-to-di-
vide (the) Lord between the-IigJit and-between tlie-darhness.
o. And-called (the) Lord to-tlie-light day, and-to-the-darl-ness eall-
ed-(he) night^; and-was+evening, and-was+morning, dai/ (Kd.
Sab. day) one.
<j. And-said (the) Lord, Let-be the-expanse in-(the)-midst-of tJir-
wafers"; and-let-(it)-be dividing between tJic-ioatersio-the-ivaters
7. And-made (the) Lord )( + the-expansef, and-caiised-to-dividc
between the-icaters which- (were) from-under to-thc-txpansr
and-between the-v'atera which (were) from-upon io-tlic-vxpansr" :
und-(it)-was+so.
8. And-called (the) Lord io-the-expame hcavenfr- ; and-(it)-wasH-
+evening, and-(it)-was -+- morning, day second.
f). And-said (the) Lord, Let-be-eoirected fhc-ivaters from-undiT
the-heavens to-place (Ed. Sab. place) one, and-let-be-seen flu-
dry-[land)*; and-(it)-was+so.
10. And-called (the) Lord to-the-dri/-{kind) earth and-to-(the)-housc-
of+(the)-collection-of tlic-wntcrs called-(he) seas*; and-saw (the)
Lord that+good.
1 This translation was made by Dr. Bui-nham from the text of Walton. Th.>
writer has inserted in parentliesos the variations of Ed. Sab. wlierovor they
affect the translation; but it has been thought best to retain the rendering-
IroHi Walton, since the Reading-BooK was based upon tliat text.
•J "n is never found in Ed. Sab. which exhibit* in\ariubl.\- T.
Appendix. 9-3
11. And-said (the) Lord,. Let-CiUise-to-spriiiii-forth thc-carth (jrans,
/irrh \vliic-h-(tho)-soii-of+seed-his (or, the son of whose seed) (is)
sdwii. tree-of fruits niakiiiu fruits to-kiiid-liis which (tlie)-s()ri-of
+seed-his+iii-]iiin (is) \i\>on-\-t]i('-r(irth* ; aiid-(it)-\v:is+S(i.
12. And-caused-to-come-furth the-airth (/rass, herb whicli-(tliei-soii-
of+seed-his (is) sown to-kinds-his. and-treo making + fruits
which-(the)-son-of+seed-his (is) iii-liiiii to-kinds-his"-; and-saw
(the) Lord that+good.
Ill And-(it)-was+evening, and-(it)-was-f-m()rning. day third.
14. And-said (the) Lord, Let-be luminaries in-the-expnitsc o?-f/ir-
heavens, to-cause-to-divide between th-day and-between th*^-
nighf^; and-let-them-be for-signs, and-for-seasons, and-for-num-
bering+with-them days and-j^ears.
/o. And-let-them-be for-Iuminaries m-the-cxjyavsf oi-t}i('-Ji((ic( us to
cause-light u\wn-\-thr-('<irtJr ; andT(it)-was+so.
1(5. And-niade (the) Lord )( -(-(the)-two the-lumuiaries fhe-rjreat"; )(
-{■thc-luininary ihc-gvcjit to-rule xw-the-daxj ; and-)( ■^thc-lniniit-
arj/ t/ic-sman to-rule in-the-nif/ht, and-)( the-stars.
1 7. And-gave )(-them (the) Lord m-fhr-expcoise oi-tJte-/iearnis", to-
cause-light u.pon-\-the-ca)iJi.
15. And-to-rule in-tJie-day and-'m-th(-iii</Jtf, and-to-cause-to-divide
between the-Ju/lit and-between thc-d(irl:iifss'^; and-saw (the)
Jjord that+good.
l!l. And-(it)-was+evening, and-(it)-was+morning, day fourth.
20. And-said (the) Lord, Let-swarm the-waters swarm(s), the-sovl
the- living^'; and-(with)-^/«'-/b?t7 which-(shall-be)-flj'ing (Ed. Sab.
let-fly) \\\)(ni-\-fhf'-iiirt]i upon-|-(the)-faces-of the-exjianse oi-the
hcdcens (Ed. Sab. expanse-of thc-licavens).
21. And-created (the) Lord ){ -{- thc-sca-monstcrs thc-grcat"; and-)(
•ci\\-\-(hi'-so{ff{.s) the-Udng which-(were)-swarming, which caused-
to-swarm fh(-ic(iferx to-kiiids-their ; and-)( all+?//('-/o?r7(.s) which-
(are)-flying to-kinds-his ; and-saw (the) Lord that+good.
22. And -blessed )(-theni (the) Ijord. to-say (or, saying)* Increase
96 An Aramaic Metikjd.
aiid-inultiply. and-fill )[-\-thc-iraters in-fhe-scds. and-ffi'-foir/ let-
inultiply in-ih( -earth.
2H. Aiui-(it)--\va8+eveiiiiiu,-, and-(it)-was+inoniiiig, clay fifth.
24. And-said (the) Lord, Let-caiise-to-come-f'orth the-eartJi tln'Sdiil
t/tc-living to-kiiid-hev, cattle, and-creeper, and-beast-of tlK-mrfh
tn-kind-hev*; aiid-(it)-\vas+so.
25. Aiid-niade (the) Lord )(+ (the)-beast-of the-earth to-kiiid-hcr.
and )( + tlic-cattJc to-kirid-her, and-)( s\\-\-the-crefx>('r[i<) (A'-t/n-
rarth to-ki)ids-his*; and-saw (the) Lord that+good.
2(!. A iid-said (the)Lord, Let-iis-makemojiin-image-our, aceording-t" >-
likeness-our"""; and-let-(them)-rule in-(the)-fishes-of thc-sna, aiid-
\n-f/iv-fo'ivJoi-the-he(icens. and-in-tJie-catth, and-in-all + tlic-cartli.
■An^.-\n-'A\\-{-thr-crrfpc lis.) which-(are)-creeping upon -f thr-tarth.
27. Ainl-ereatcd (the) Lord )(+ iii;iii in-image-his ; xw-tlic-mKKjc ui-
(thc) Lord (Ed. Sab. in-(the)-iuiage-of God) created-(he) )(-hinr".
male aud-t'em:ile ereated-(he) )(-them.
2S. And-hlcssed )(-theni |(the) liordt; and-said to-theni (the) Lord.
Increase, and-multiply, and-till )[-\-fhe-i'arth, and-beconie-strong
upon-her""'; and-rule in-(the)-fishes-of tlie-xra, ixud-'in-t/ic-fdirl of-
thc-hcamis, and-in-all-f ('//'■-^rr^^7(.s•) wliieh-(are)-creeping upon +
fhi'-earf/i.
2!>. And-said (the) Lonl. Behold! 1-have-given to-you )( -f- all -f
f/ir-/i('rl>{x) which-(the)-son-of -f seed-his (is) sown, which (are)
upon+(the)-faces-of all -j- fhe-earth, and-)( + all + tlic-fncis)
which + in-him(are) (the)-f'ruits-of fhe-tree \vhich-(the)-son-of'-|-
seed-his (is) sown"; to-you (it, Ed. Sab. they)-shall-he f'ov-f'ood.
:50. And-to-all + (the)-l)east(s)-of' f/ic-eart/i, and-to-all -f t/n-Jair/s
t)f-f/ii--/iriirrii.s. and-to-every-thing which-(is)-creeping upon -|-
fhc-rartli wliicli-in-hini thc-soul f/ic-lirnif/, (I have given) )( -j- all
+ (the)-greenness-of t/rc-Iin-h for- food""; and-(it)-was -\- so.
HI. .Vnd-saw (the) Lord )( + all -f which (he)-had-made, and-bchold!
right to-onc* : and-(it)-was + evening. and-(it)-was + nmrning.
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Undei Pal. "Ret.lndesFIl*"
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Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
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