12-05-2012, 08:43 PM
Paul Younan Wrote:Shlama Aloukh Qadi$aAlaha,
Actually the word 'El' is an ancient proto-Semitic root and predates both Hebrew and Aramaic (both of which use it), the Aramaic 'Alaha' is the emphatic form of the root 'El/Al' (Aleph-Lamed). It is found in Akkadian as well (Babel/Babylon = "bab-ilu", "gate of god"). Ugaritic, Phoenician, Arabic and all the Semitic languages use this root.
+Shamasha
PS - my great grandfather was a Qasha in the Chaldean Church.
b'Sheyna aziza first i want to tell you that your work is awesome i have actualy assyrian family too
so this semitic generic word 'il' written Alap-Yod-Lamad in syriac (Alap-Lamad in Hebrew) is very primitive like you said used even in akkadian, that word became unknown to the Aramaic-Speaking people at Jesus time because they did not knew what Jesus was saying while quoting the hebrew psalm
Kepp up the good work Alaha tarelokh