The Arameans, or Aramaeans (Old Aramaic: 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; Hebrew: אֲרַמִּים; Ancient Greek: Ἀραμαῖοι; Classical Syriac: ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ, romanized: Ārāmāyē), were an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East that was first recorded in historical sources from the late 12th century BC.The Aramean homeland, sometimes known as the land of Aram, encompassed central ...
Who were the Arameans?
Jacob himself is called "a wandering Aramean" in Deuteronomy 26:5, since both his mother and his grandfather were from Mesopotamia and therefore considered Arameans by the Hebrews. During the reign of King David, the Arameans of Damascus came to the help of another group of Syrians. David defeated them, and the Arameans were forced to pay ...
What does, 'A wandering Aramean was my father' mean in Dt 26:5?
This passuk serves to identify who the wandering Aramean is: Clearly, our Torah teaches that Laban returned to Aram (32.1) and Ya'acov went down to Egypt and [there] became a great nation (46.27). Ibn Ezra, rejects the interpretation of the Midrash and says, Ya'acov was lost while in Aram!
An Aramean Destroyed My Father
This verse from Deuteronomy 26:5, translated as "my father was a wandering Aramean," is part of the formula that was recited when the first fruit offerings were brought to the Temple in ancient times. The Haggadah includes the classic interpretation of the verse, reading it as "an Aramean destroyed my father." ...
Deuteronomy 26:5
Verse 5. - A Syrian ready to perish was my father. The reference is to Jacob, the stem-father of the twelve tribes, he is here called a Syrian, or Aramaean, because of his long residence in Mesopotamia (Genesis 29-31.), whence Abraham had originally come (Genesis 11:31), and because there the family of which he was the head was founded.The translation "ready to perish" fairly represents the ...
Deuteronomy 26:5
New International Version. 5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: "My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. Read full chapter. Deuteronomy 26:5 in all English translations.
When Your Dad Is a Wandering Aramean
A Wandering Aramean? This portion of Israelite worship began in earnest with an unnerving confession of genealogical lore. What a strange title for Abraham. After all, Abraham was the beneficiary of the covenant promise. He was the father of the people of God—a nation by ethnicity and a covenant people by faith (Gal 3:29).
A Wandering Aramaean Was Our Father
America is not God's chosen nation; it never has been and never will be. But God's purposes are still being carried forward through the Covenant made with that Wandering Aramean and his ...
What does Deuteronomy 26:5 mean?
Deuteronomy 26:5. ESV "And you shall make response before the LORD your God, 'A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous. NIV Then you shall declare before the LORD your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down ...
Bible Gateway passage: Deuteronomy 26:8-11
5-10 A wandering Aramean was my father, he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, he and just a handful of his brothers at first, but soon they became a great nation, mighty and many. The Egyptians abused and battered us, in a cruel and savage slavery. We cried out to God, the God-of-Our-Fathers:
Who were the Arameans according to the Bible?
And the Bible called Jacob "a wandering Aramean" (Deuteronomy 26:5). In the King James translation, the Arameans are generally called Syrians (2 Kings 7:6). During the reign of King David, the Arameans took the place of the dwellers of the Orontes valley and settled as far south as Damascus and Beth-Rehob on the southern skirts of Hermon (2 ...
Arami Oved Avi: The Demonization of Laban
A fugitive (or "wandering") Aramean was my father, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there with meager numbers, but there he became a great and very populous nation. In the simple reading, the text refers to the Israelites who moved to Egypt, and were eventually enslaved there. Concerning its opening words, Jeffrey Tigay writes in his ...
Deuteronomy 26:5
Deuteronomy 26:5. KJ21. "And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God: 'A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. ASV. And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he ...
A Wandering Aramean
opinion, stating "a 'wandering Aramean' could mean no more than 'a perishing. and refer to Jacob's forced descent to Egypt because of famine." 6 Whatever logy of Aram, it is hard to find evidence that it has a general derogatory sense. biblical texts, Aram is a region, Laban's home lying in that part of it defined Aram.
The Aramean Empire and Its Relations with Israel
which the wandering Aramean tribes emerged as an important factor in the political and economic life of the Near East. This development effected im-portant changes in the relations between Aram and Israel and related ethnic groups. * We are delighted to present this informative study by Professor Mazar; it first appeared in 1961
"My Father Was a Wandering Aramean…": The Ethical ...
A wandering Aramean was my father ['arami 'oved avi]; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, we cried to Adonai, the God of our ancestors; Adonai heard our voice and saw ...
Deuteronomy 26:5 Commentaries: "You shall answer and say before the
אבי אבד ארמּי, "a lost (perishing) Aramaean was my father" (not the Aramaean, Laban, wanted to destroy my father, Jacob, as the Chald., Arab., Luther, and others render it). אבד signifies not only going astray, wandering, but perishing, in danger of perishing, as in Job 29:13 ; Proverbs 31:6 , etc. Jacob is referred to, for it was ...
The 'Wandering Aramaean'
THE "WANDERING ARAMAEAN" For many years the problem of the relationship between the Iabbiri (SA-GAZ) of the Amarna Letters and the Hebrews (t':Y) of the Old Testament writings engaged the attention of biblical scholars. We now know that the word 6abbiri (SA-GAZ) is not a gentilic but a class noun
The Fugitive Aramean and You
The Open Door identifies the"fugitive" or"wandering" Arameans with our ancestors, Abram and Sarai-that is to say, a patriarch and a matriarch of the Jewish people-pioneers who left home to answer God's call. On the other hand , The Soncino Koren Haggada (Brooklyn, 1965) says:"AN ARAMEAN SOUGHT TO DESTROY MY FATHER, AND HE WENT DOWN TO MIZRAYIM ...
Laban the Aramean
First, it understands the words arami oved avi to mean, " [Lavan] an Aramean [tried to] destroy my father.". But the phrase, literally translated, means, "My father was a wandering Aramean.". The "father" refers to either Yaakov (Ibn Ezra, Sforno), or Avraham (Rashbam), or all the patriarchs (Shadal).
A Wandering Aramaean: Collected... by Fitzmyer, Mr. Joseph A
Paperback. $26.99 7 Used from $32.07 16 New from $22.99. The Semitic Background of the New Testament is a combined edition of two books by Joseph Fitzmyer that have influenced and shaped New Testament studies during the past few decades. / This second volume, A Wandering Aramean: Collected Aramaic Essays, explo. Print length. 308 pages. Language.
The "Wandering Aramaean"
Journal History This article was published in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures (1895-1941), which is continued by the Journal of Near Eastern Studies (1942-present).
A Home for the 'Wandering Aramean'—In Germany?
Most of us who have studied Scripture probably have caught the 'Wandering Aramean' in Deuteronomy 26:5—hidden in the 613 mitzvot (Eisenberg 2004, p. 515) or commandments—when God instructs the Israelites: "You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; but there he became a great ...
COMMENTS
The Arameans, or Aramaeans (Old Aramaic: 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; Hebrew: אֲרַמִּים; Ancient Greek: Ἀραμαῖοι; Classical Syriac: ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ, romanized: Ārāmāyē), were an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East that was first recorded in historical sources from the late 12th century BC.The Aramean homeland, sometimes known as the land of Aram, encompassed central ...
Jacob himself is called "a wandering Aramean" in Deuteronomy 26:5, since both his mother and his grandfather were from Mesopotamia and therefore considered Arameans by the Hebrews. During the reign of King David, the Arameans of Damascus came to the help of another group of Syrians. David defeated them, and the Arameans were forced to pay ...
This passuk serves to identify who the wandering Aramean is: Clearly, our Torah teaches that Laban returned to Aram (32.1) and Ya'acov went down to Egypt and [there] became a great nation (46.27). Ibn Ezra, rejects the interpretation of the Midrash and says, Ya'acov was lost while in Aram!
This verse from Deuteronomy 26:5, translated as "my father was a wandering Aramean," is part of the formula that was recited when the first fruit offerings were brought to the Temple in ancient times. The Haggadah includes the classic interpretation of the verse, reading it as "an Aramean destroyed my father." ...
Verse 5. - A Syrian ready to perish was my father. The reference is to Jacob, the stem-father of the twelve tribes, he is here called a Syrian, or Aramaean, because of his long residence in Mesopotamia (Genesis 29-31.), whence Abraham had originally come (Genesis 11:31), and because there the family of which he was the head was founded.The translation "ready to perish" fairly represents the ...
New International Version. 5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: "My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. Read full chapter. Deuteronomy 26:5 in all English translations.
A Wandering Aramean? This portion of Israelite worship began in earnest with an unnerving confession of genealogical lore. What a strange title for Abraham. After all, Abraham was the beneficiary of the covenant promise. He was the father of the people of God—a nation by ethnicity and a covenant people by faith (Gal 3:29).
America is not God's chosen nation; it never has been and never will be. But God's purposes are still being carried forward through the Covenant made with that Wandering Aramean and his ...
Deuteronomy 26:5. ESV "And you shall make response before the LORD your God, 'A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous. NIV Then you shall declare before the LORD your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down ...
5-10 A wandering Aramean was my father, he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, he and just a handful of his brothers at first, but soon they became a great nation, mighty and many. The Egyptians abused and battered us, in a cruel and savage slavery. We cried out to God, the God-of-Our-Fathers:
And the Bible called Jacob "a wandering Aramean" (Deuteronomy 26:5). In the King James translation, the Arameans are generally called Syrians (2 Kings 7:6). During the reign of King David, the Arameans took the place of the dwellers of the Orontes valley and settled as far south as Damascus and Beth-Rehob on the southern skirts of Hermon (2 ...
A fugitive (or "wandering") Aramean was my father, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there with meager numbers, but there he became a great and very populous nation. In the simple reading, the text refers to the Israelites who moved to Egypt, and were eventually enslaved there. Concerning its opening words, Jeffrey Tigay writes in his ...
Deuteronomy 26:5. KJ21. "And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God: 'A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. ASV. And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he ...
opinion, stating "a 'wandering Aramean' could mean no more than 'a perishing. and refer to Jacob's forced descent to Egypt because of famine." 6 Whatever logy of Aram, it is hard to find evidence that it has a general derogatory sense. biblical texts, Aram is a region, Laban's home lying in that part of it defined Aram.
which the wandering Aramean tribes emerged as an important factor in the political and economic life of the Near East. This development effected im-portant changes in the relations between Aram and Israel and related ethnic groups. * We are delighted to present this informative study by Professor Mazar; it first appeared in 1961
A wandering Aramean was my father ['arami 'oved avi]; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, we cried to Adonai, the God of our ancestors; Adonai heard our voice and saw ...
אבי אבד ארמּי, "a lost (perishing) Aramaean was my father" (not the Aramaean, Laban, wanted to destroy my father, Jacob, as the Chald., Arab., Luther, and others render it). אבד signifies not only going astray, wandering, but perishing, in danger of perishing, as in Job 29:13 ; Proverbs 31:6 , etc. Jacob is referred to, for it was ...
THE "WANDERING ARAMAEAN" For many years the problem of the relationship between the Iabbiri (SA-GAZ) of the Amarna Letters and the Hebrews (t':Y) of the Old Testament writings engaged the attention of biblical scholars. We now know that the word 6abbiri (SA-GAZ) is not a gentilic but a class noun
The Open Door identifies the"fugitive" or"wandering" Arameans with our ancestors, Abram and Sarai-that is to say, a patriarch and a matriarch of the Jewish people-pioneers who left home to answer God's call. On the other hand , The Soncino Koren Haggada (Brooklyn, 1965) says:"AN ARAMEAN SOUGHT TO DESTROY MY FATHER, AND HE WENT DOWN TO MIZRAYIM ...
First, it understands the words arami oved avi to mean, " [Lavan] an Aramean [tried to] destroy my father.". But the phrase, literally translated, means, "My father was a wandering Aramean.". The "father" refers to either Yaakov (Ibn Ezra, Sforno), or Avraham (Rashbam), or all the patriarchs (Shadal).
Paperback. $26.99 7 Used from $32.07 16 New from $22.99. The Semitic Background of the New Testament is a combined edition of two books by Joseph Fitzmyer that have influenced and shaped New Testament studies during the past few decades. / This second volume, A Wandering Aramean: Collected Aramaic Essays, explo. Print length. 308 pages. Language.
Journal History This article was published in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures (1895-1941), which is continued by the Journal of Near Eastern Studies (1942-present).
Most of us who have studied Scripture probably have caught the 'Wandering Aramean' in Deuteronomy 26:5—hidden in the 613 mitzvot (Eisenberg 2004, p. 515) or commandments—when God instructs the Israelites: "You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; but there he became a great ...