אֱמַר · יְהַבְתְּ · חָזֵה · יָדַע · עֲנוֹ · שְׁלַח
ORIGINALBA-V04
Biblical Aramaic · Biblical Aramaic Working Vocabulary
High-frequency action families
BA-V04Biblical AramaicAramaic of Daniel and Ezra
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
אֱמַר · יְהַבְתְּ · חָזֵה · יָדַע · עֲנוֹ · שְׁלַח
Pedagogical transliterationemar · yehavt · ḥazeh · yada · anu · shelaḥ
Plain meaningtell · you gave · seeing · I know · they answered · he sent
Pointing follows Miqra according to the Masorah (MAM). Cantillation is omitted on the lesson card for visual focus; the underlying evidence retains the complete source reading. Transliterations are pedagogical aids, not replacements for the source.WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
High-frequency action families
A root bank is useful only when it remains connected to real forms. This lesson anchors אמר, יהב, חזה, ידע, ענה, and שלח in exact Daniel/Ezra tokens. The learner names both the root meaning and the inflected form: command, perfect, participle, or another form as analyzed.
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SEE HOW IT WORKS
Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.
emar · yehavt · ḥazeh · yada · anu · shelaḥ
READINGPedagogical reading guide
tell · you gave · seeing · I know · they answered · he sent
MEANINGBiblical Aramaic
אמר → אֱמַר · יהב → יְהַבְתְּ · חזה → חָזֵה · ידע → יָדַע · ענה → עֲנוֹ · שלח → שְׁלַח
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
Daniel 2:4 — אֱמַר חֶלְמָא · Daniel 2:8 — יָדַע אֲנָה · Daniel 2:23 — יְהַבְתְּ לִי · Daniel 7:2 — חָזֵה הֲוֵית · Ezra 4:17 — פִּתְגָמָא שְׁלַח מַלְכָּא
SOURCE REFERENCE
Daniel 2:4; 2:8; 2:10; 2:23; 7:2; Ezra 4:17
APPROVED STUDY LAYERS
Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.
Learning objective
Recognize high-frequency action roots through source-attested inflected forms rather than citation forms presented as quotations.
Morphology and syntax
OSHB supplies the token-level verbal analyses; the lesson deliberately avoids an unattested dictionary-form display as though it were quoted text.
Dialect boundary
Biblical Aramaic of Daniel and Ezra. Later Targumic, Jewish Babylonian, and Zoharic forms are not imported into this lesson.
Practice
Match each displayed form to its root and contextual meaning. Which is an imperative, and which is a participle?
Answer key
אֱמַר < אמר, imperative; יְהַבְתְּ < יהב, perfect 2ms; חָזֵה < חזה, active participle ms; יָדַע < ידע, active participle ms used with the explicit 1cs subject אֲנָה, ‘I know’; עֲנוֹ < ענה, perfect 3mp; שְׁלַח < שלח, perfect 3ms.
Source notes
All six roots are attested in the cited Biblical Aramaic passages.
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