aramaic

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    Did Christ speak Aramaic as his mother tongue? Is his name Jesus?

    I was told by Hebrew reading Jews that his real name is Yahushua being that there is no 'j' in the Hebrew language and that 'jehova' is not the name of God. If he indeed spoke Aramaic which is similar linguisticly to Arabic and Hebrew, then isn't it true that he uttered 'ilahi' for God? Jews...
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    Have you ever heard Aramaic (Jesus Christ's native tongue) spoken or sung before?

    I heard this on Wikipedia and was nearly overwhelmed with emotion! It sounds so sublime and mysterious! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aboun.ogg
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    Are Christians aware that in the language of Jesus (Aramaic) God is called...

    ...Allah as in Islam? "In Aramaic the root for God is "???" (Elah), but in the Emphatic state (which originally served the function of the definite article, but later subsumed most other cases) it is ???? (Alaha). Depending on dialect, the vowels could pretty much be anything (Elaha, Eloho...
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    How do you pronounce the Aramaic phrase "Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani?"...

    ...(Christ's last words on the cross)? Feel free to use Vocaroo.com to say it for me, if it helps :)
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    what is the word in Greek Aramaic for Lord?

    ...and what does it signify.. by association?
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