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This standard grammar book of biblical Aramaic has been an invaluable resource for students at seminaries and universities around the world. Each of the following chapters contains practice exercises that can be checked and corrected with the Annotated Answer Key, included in this collection.

For “ṣade one” BH has צִפֹּרֶן while BA has טְפַר. For “ṣade two” BH and BA both have אֶצְבַּע. “Ṣade three” became ק in early Aramaic, and later became ע. Thus BH has עֵץ while BA has אָע [from עָע] and for the BH אֶרֶץ, BA has both אֲרַק and אֲרַע. In BA as in BH Proto-Semitic ghayin and ‘ayin have fallen together and are written ע. Likewise in both BA and BH ח represents Proto-Semitic ḥ and h̬. Though fallen together, the correct pronunciation is ḥ. :
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