@MikeWingert

Professor, Podcaster, Peace-maker. Perpetual learner, Purveyor of Polyglot Pedagogy, Precious Pugilist. Dean at https://nitter.cf/t.co/rY7fXM0bgl

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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܢܨܒܐ (neṣbā), "plant / plantation." Pronounced "neṣbo." Cognate with Hebrew מַצֵּבָה (maṣṣevāh), Arabic نَصْب (naṣb), Akkadian naṣābu; basically something that stands straight up from the ground. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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mihayel akyüz | ܡܝܟܐܝܠ ܐܩܝܘܙ@mihayelakyuz
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Türkiye’nin Süryanice haritası. Antik ve modern dönem Süryanice kaynaklardan derlenen şehir adlarıyla 🔻
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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܚܒܠܐ (ḥaḇlā), "rope / cord." Pronounced "ḥeḇlo." Cognate with Hebrew חֶבֶל (ḥeḇel), Arabic حَبْل (ḥabl), Akkadian eblu. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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Small 1,700-year-old fragment of Odyssey found tucked in library book

Parchment describes the exact moment Helios finds out Odysseus’s men ate his ‘immortal’ cow

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Laser scans reveal 23 hidden ship carvings on Bronze Age temple wall in Cyprus

About 40 years ago, researchers found ancient ship carvings on a temple wall in Cyprus, possibly all carved at once at the tail end of the Bronze Age, around the time of the infamous Bronze Age...

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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܩܛܪܐ (qeṭrā), "joint / knot." Pronounced "qeṭro." Cognate with Hebrew קֶשֶׁר (qešer), Akkadian qatāru. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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A surviving sculpture of Attalos, the Assyrian king of Adiabene, dating to the 3rd century AD.
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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܡܐܢܐ (mānā), "vessel / utensil." Pronounced "mono." Mani, the leader of the Manechaen religion, was known as the "wicked vessel." #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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Archaeologists Uncover a Neolithic Sculpture of a Human Riding a Leopard That's 'Unlike Anything We...

The artifact was found during excavations at Karahan Tepe, an 11,000-year-old site in southeastern Turkey. Created long before the invention of writing, the 2.3-foot-tall sculpture's purpose is a...

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Scholarship for PhD
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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܩܢܝܢܐ (qenyānā), "possession / acquisition." Pronounced "qenyono." Cognate with Hebrew קִנְיָן (qinyān), Akkadian qanû. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܝܪܬܘܬܐ (yārtūṯā), "inheritance." Pronounced "yartutho." Cognate with Hebrew יְרֻשָּׁה (yərushāh), Arabic وِرَاثَة (wirāthah). #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܩܘܠܣܐ (qulsā), "praise." Pronounced "qulso." It is actually a Greek word καλός (kalos) meaning "good, well". We use it for "praise," but it is closer to "benediction" (etymologically speaking). #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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Typo. Quloso
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Rena Netjes [email protected]@RenaNetjes
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Discovering Damascus..
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Replying to @angertab
Turkey is a Trojan horse but with a giant billboard over top saying Trojan horse, and people still don’t believe it
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سورية: شهدت بازيليك دير سمعان (القديس سمعان) في حلب أول حجّ مسيحي إليها منذ 15 عاماً. وأُقيمت المناسبة احتفالاً بعيد القديس سمعان العمودي. وكان عمود القديس سمعان قد خضع للترميم الشهر الماضي داخل البازيليك.
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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܠܘܛܬܐ (lūṭṯā), "curse." Pronounced "luttho." #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܬܘܟܠܢܐ (tuklānā), "trust / reliance." Pronounced "tuklono." Cognate with Hebrew תּוֹכֵל (tôḵēl), Arabic تَوَكُّل (tawakkul), Akkadian takālu. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD
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The #Syriac (#Aramaic) word of the day is ܪܝܩܢܘܬܐ (rīqnūṯā), "emptiness." Pronounced "riqnutho." Cognate with Hebrew רֵיק (rêq), Akkadian rīqu; the empty things of this world. #Assyrian #Aramaic #Languages #WOTD See the root used in the New Testament: youtu.be/I8dRwwYzgT4

Aramaic in the New Testament (Part 5) - The Aramaic Raca in Matthew...

What does Raca (Raqa) mean in Matthew 5:22? Why does Matthew use th...

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