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AramaeanA member of any people belonging to a confederacy of tribes that migrated from the Arabian Peninsula to the Fertile Crescent c. 1500–1200 BC. Among them were the biblical matriarchs Leah and Rachel, wives of Jacob. The Aramaic language and culture spread through international trade. They reached a cultural peak during the 9th–8th centuries BC. By 500 BC, Aramaic had become the universal language of commerce, culture, and government throughout the Fertile Crescent and remained so through the time of Jesus and into the 7th century in some areas. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir? Once the language of the Middle East and beyond, Aramaic can still be heard in villages of Northern Iraq, Eastern Turkey and Syria and also in the United States, where Assyrians, Chaldeans and Arameans still use the language as part of their liturgy. Aram is what is now southern Syria, and Arameans were among Israel's enemies. |
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