Targumic & Western Aramaic · Nouns, Pronouns, and Endings
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TG-012Targumic AramaicOnkelos first; Western and JPA material labeled separately
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
אֲמַר · הֲוָה · עֲבַד
Transliterationamar · hava · avad
Plain meaningsaid · was/became · did/made
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Common action words
The easiest bridge into Targumic verbs is through roots already familiar from Hebrew. אמר, הוה, and עבד recur constantly, but their Aramaic forms and paradigms need to become independent reading patterns. Later lessons add give, come, go, see, hear, arise, and go out.
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Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.
אֲמַר · הֲוָה · עֲבַד
ORIGINAL
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amar · hava · avad
READING
Approved transliteration
said · was/became · did/made
MEANING
Targumic Aramaic
REMEMBER
Use cognates as a bridge, not as a replacement for Aramaic morphology.