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Aramaean

British  
/ ˌærəˈmiːən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Aram (the biblical name for ancient Syria)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Aram

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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About 3,000 South Lebanon Army soldiers and their families live in Israel, many of whom are Aramaean Christians as well.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2023

Other cultures like the Aramaean peoples and the Israelites quickly adapted the new script to their own languages.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

The project is an attempt to check the historical authenticity of Old Testament accounts of the Egyptian, Aramaean, Assyrian and Babylonian offensives against the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and conflicts between these two realms.

From New York Times Dec. 20, 2022

“Integration is supposed to be give and take,” Zelika Baba, a Berlin-based youth worker of Kurdish and Aramaean descent, once told me.

From The Guardian Jun. 15, 2018

Aramaean or Aramaic and its branches, 175;    became the language of the Jews after the captivity, 177, 369.

From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows

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