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Gender in Aramaic
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Shlama Tauf,

Taufgesinnter Wrote:I was wondering about gender in Aramaic. I have just a handful of questions.

1. Does Aramaic use the masculine singular pronoun generically including females as in NT Greek and old-fashioned English?: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."

No, the genders are very distinct in Aramaic (there are no neuters).

Taufgesinnter Wrote:2. Does Aramaic have a word that usually means "man" in a generic sense that includes women, like the Greek anthrwpos?

Nope.

Taufgesinnter Wrote:3. Is there an equivalent Aramaic word that almost always means a male human being specifically, like the Greek anhr?

Yes, several words mean man specifically. (Gabra, Anasha, etc.)

Taufgesinnter Wrote:4. Like the Greek adelphoi, does the Aramaic plural for "brothers" contextually often mean "siblings" without regard to their sex?

Nope - the genders are very distinct in Aramaic (in all Semitic languages, actually.)

Taufgesinnter Wrote:5. Finally, as far as you know, how well did Zorba do in expressing generically masculine Aramaic terms by generically masculine equivalents in Greek? In other words, would Aramaic primacy have any effect one way or the other on the issue of gender accuracy in English Bible translation?

That's a very interesting angle that we have not yet delved into - this is something Akhan Larry would be perfectly equipped to do research into (hint, hint <!-- sWink --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/wink1.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /><!-- sWink -->)
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Gender in Aramaic - by Taufgesinnter - 10-12-2003, 08:24 PM
Re: Gender in Aramaic - by Paul Younan - 10-12-2003, 09:27 PM
[No subject] - by Taufgesinnter - 10-12-2003, 10:48 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 10-12-2003, 10:54 PM
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