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Somebody I know, who also is into translation, but he knows a lot more than I do about Aramaic and Hebrew.

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According to him, Revelation 9:11 could be translated to the following:
"And a high ranked king carried out his decree. Hebrews called his name 'slave' and Arameans 'gang leader'."

Well, this sounds not impossible, but he used the root-word translation using the context. What do you think about this possibility of Rev 9:11?
Impossible!