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"Gemara De-Lesana Armaya" – Textbook for Learning Syrian Aramaic, by Heinrich Opitz – Germany, 1678 – With Words in Hebrew

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Syriasmus Facilitati & Integritati suae Restitutus [Gemara De-Lesana Armaya], by Heinrich Opitz. Leipzig and Frankfurt-Am-Main: Bartholomaeum Mola, 1678. Latin, Syrian Aramaic, and some Hebrew.
A textbook on the subject of Syrian Aramaic grammar by the Orientalist and philologist Heinrich Opitz (1642-1712). At the beginning of the book is a table listing the letters of the Aramaic alphabet alongside the corresponding letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In some chapters, Hebrew words bearing a resemblance to the Aramaic words in question are given. The end of the book contains Aramaic translations of a selected number of chapters from the biblical Book of Psalms, with Latin translations and commentary appearing as footnotes. The main title on the title page is printed in Aramaic letters.
Includes a folding table of verbs.
[4] ff., 200 pp., [10] ff. + [1] folding table, 19 cm. Good condition. Selected passages in body of text underlined in (old) ink. No binding.
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