Galilean dialect
Jewish Aramaic dialect spoken during the late Second Temple period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Galilean dialect was the form of Jewish Aramaic spoken by people in Galilee during the late Second Temple period, for example at the time of Jesus and the disciples, as distinct from a Judean dialect spoken in Jerusalem.[1][2]
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Galilean dialect | |
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Region | Galilee |
Ethnicity | Galileans |
Era | Second Temple period |
Aramaic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ā |
IETF | jpa-u-sd-ilz |
The Galilee region |
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The Aramaic of Jesus, as recorded in the Gospels, gives various examples of Aramaic phrases. The New Testament notes that the pronunciation of Peter gave him away as a Galilean to the servant girl at the brazier the night of Jesus' trial (see Matthew 26:73 and Mark 14:70).