Basics of Classical Syriac Video Lectures - The Syriac Alphabet by Steven C. Hallam
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- Basics of Classical Syriac provides 23 easy-to-follow lessons, introducing one of the most important translational languages of the New Testament.
A working knowledge of Syriac provides a lens through which to study early translations of the Greek New Testament, the Peshitta (the Syriac translation of the full Bible), and early church history texts and commentaries.
Basics of Classical Syriac Video Lectures, together with the accompanying grammar and workbook Basics of Classical Syriac, is thus useful for students across a range of disciplines including New Testament studies, Old Testament studies, and church history.
Designed with the student in mind, each lecture is approximately 15-25 minutes in length. Useful for traditional students, students in distance and online courses, and independent learners alike, these lectures provide a full introduction to classical Syriac.
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I from Syria and i am a syriac man and i speak and read syriac very Fluently this language is ancient and modern language in the Middle East with the Armenian . We have suffered more than everyone can image We have suffered great massacres, the Christian people in the Middle East, including Assyrians, Armenians, Assyrians and Chaldeans, where we were subjected to a genocides in which more than 3 million Christians were killed in Turkey, Iran, Greater Armenia, northern Syria and Iraq. There is a lot of people in my city They were Christians before the massacres, where they forced us to convert to Islam or to kill, some of them fled, some of them were killed, and some of them died of starvation .
All this was done by the Ottomans and the Kurds . And there is a lot of things that i can't tell you
My family is from syria too, thank you for writing this
Malk, thank you for sharing this beautiful comment.
As you are a native and fluent writer & speaker of Syriac, I am wondering if you can help me translate the following quote from Syriac to English.
ܠܐ ܡܶܕܶܡ ܡܐܰܒܶܕ܆ ܠܐ ܡܶܕܶܡ ܡܦ݂ܰܣܶܩ܇
I believe I may know what it states, but I want to be 100% certain.
Thank you and Blessings!
@@E-l-i awesome , and where are you now ?
@@peaceonpurpose No worries
The meaning of the phrase is " There is nothing to immortality and nothing to breaks" a
And this is what I can understand and translate it , I am wondering that Where did get this Syriac phrase hopefully tell your friends and your family about the Syriacs and how much they have suffered
Best wishes
Ty Malk! It seems I had it wrong.
I had hoped it would say "Nothing Missing. Nothing Broken". In this phrase "missing" and "broken" are both meant to be adjectives.
Is this more accurate?
ܠܐ ܡܶܕܶܡ ܐܰܒܺܝܕܐ ,
ܠܐ ܡܶܕܶܡ ܡܦܰܣܩܐ.
Or perhaps this?
ܠܐ ܡܶܕܶܡ ܐܰܒܺܝܕܐ ,
ܠܐ ܡܶܕܶܡ ܬܒܺܝܪܐ.
I’m a native Arabic speaker and I just found out a huge number of my Dad’s relatives are Aramaic speaking Christians native to northern Iraq... but when I’m around them I can easily understand them even tho idk Syriac, I can at least understand the subject they’re talking about
And yeah at 9:15 all those words we have similar ones in Arabic so :|
Great video
Eh khelebe tovo
For those of you commenting on pronunciation, keep in mind this is classical Syriac, not modern Syriac. Steven Hallam is not trying to teach the pronunciation of modern Syriac.
Thank You ! So Excited! 🌻🌞🌻
Syrian here 🙋🏻♀️ to learn the Syriac alphabet 💜
Very amazing brother .. thanks for your job ...
kthawa = book & also writing in same pronunciation ...
kthawa ed yoldath I:shoc Mshi:h'a or mshi:kha .....
Mshi:kha or Mshi:h'a here meaning who swept by oil of olive ....
He’s pretty much got the ʕe correct, but he’s not pronouncing any of the other pharyngeal letters correctly here. The pharyngeal letters are ḥeth, ṭeth, ʕe, ṣódhe, and ḳof. These sounds are similar to Arabic. They are pharyngeal, which means they are made in the pharynx by retracting the tongue root, partially constricting the throat channel well below the uvula.
It can be pronounced kheth as well in some neo-aramaic and syriac accents.
He is making an effort to pronoune teth and Sadhe, he is about half way there with correct pronunciation near the end of the video.
There are many variants in Aramaic pronunciation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic#Phonetics_of_Iraqi_Koine
@@isaacder3i121 You’re Right about the different dialects. The videos title says classical Syriac so Kthobyono no alternative pronunciation is allowed here. His is still wrong tho.
This is Assyrian “Syriac “ Aramaic 👍🏽✝️🙏🏼 and u did good job in distinguishing the ܟܟ K sound with the ܩ sound.
Unlike modern Israeli Hebrew speakers who are mostly Europeans from East Europe, etc and don’t know that Hebrew is in Middle Eastern language and pronounce everything like English soft K. Wrong !
Woah just happened upon your ch. Awesome Aramaic is "dope" lol peace.
If you speak Arabic: Add the Syriac language to your input languages | Open Word or some text editor and type out the "abjad hawaz" text | Go to the next line, switch to Syriac and type it again as if you're typing it in Arabic. The letters that make the same sounds are mapped to the same keys. Now you can compare the letters and add spaces to see their isolated forms.
Also, yeah the pronunciation is kind of weird in this video, especially the ܥ (ع) , the ܨ (ص) , and the ܩ (ق).
Are there any books or online teachings that I can learn this specific Biblical Aramaic any body
According to the Book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzer, King of Babylon, beseiged Jerusalem and took Jews captive to Babylon, to teach them the language of the Babylonians.
Daniel 2:4 "Then spake the Chaldeans to the king In SYRIACK, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation."
Can you do a breakdown for Matthew 1:16 please. I would like to know specifically about Begat and Virgin. thx
I speak arabic and Syriaic alphabet Have the same idea To Writing
When Arabic speaker see the alphabet of syratic he would think it s familiar to arabic alphabet ( the litters Connect together)
The Vocalization isn't Right for the letter ܚ we didn't say like you say
the "meshicha" at 17:39 is suppose to be pronounced "msiyhå"/"mshihoo"
In Eastern Syriac/Assyrian we say "Eesho Msheekha" (so khet in Eastern, Het in Western)
I write and read fluent Syriac script the image and text old version and the new version Syriac Aramaic as a Chaldean I understand 65% of what I'm reading
because as a Chaldean speaker does not sound the same as I read the Syriac script
Lots words been changed when I communicate in Chaldean different than I read it
I have a question why is important to learn this???
I remember when I was 10 my mother took me to Assyrian church in Baghdad in Iraq to readit it and write it.
But what is the point of learning to read and write it without understanding what is saying???
Thank you and God bless you
Can you help me understand this correctly dear friend ?
Is it not Avrohom ? "v" because of the lower dot underneath "Beth". "Oh" because of those vowels on top of "Dalat" and "Resh", therefore making them sound "voh" and "Rho". Thus, should it be pronounced "Avrohom" ?
And David, D.W.Y.D. [Soft D = Dtha or thza with vowel "ayh"] + [Waw with vowel "EE"] + [Yud or Yeud with no vowel] + [Soft "d" for final] Would this not sound similar to; Thzay-wee-yeu-d, but a little more fluent and faster like; ....... Thzᾰwiūd ?
It would be great to hear your input.
Blessings.
Alain if a dot comes below a letter, it's sort. Ex "[b] -> [v], [d] -> [dh] etc. The vowel that looks like an arabic dammah, or an English “o” is pronounced [o] in western Syriac dileact, and [a:] in Eastern Syriac dileact. Don't look to him for pronunciation.
Abraham is Awraham or Awrohom. The 'V' becomes a 'O' (waw)
Yeah
This is the first language?
Are there any numbers in Aramic?
In Syriac, originally the alphabet is used for numbers. Today English numbers are used mostly.
Yes there are
Ha 1
Tre 2
Tlotho 3
Arbo 4
Hamsho 5
Ishto 6
Shovgho 7
Tminyo8
Tisgho 9
Asro 10
@@gabriellaaltundag uP
@@gabriellaaltundag thanks
@@gabriellaaltundag moe 100
I speak Arabic and Hebrew equally, but trying to learn this way the Syriac is not easy for me, Sorry
I feel its more similar with Arabic!
Because the Arabic came from Syriac
@@mlks4265 arabic came from the southern semetic tree between Syriac came from central . also Arabic has to many words even more than other Semitic languages .
@@chhhyu stop making fun of yourself man
@@chhhyu well I'm just asking you to learn before u talk and do some research before saying simply : that arabic came from syriac
please don't tell me that you mean that because arabic has words which are similar to syriac ones
many who criticism this video don't distinguish between Aramaic & Syrianaic pronunciation & languages ... Although many who still speaking the mixture of Aramaic & Syrianaic but only those had a roots from the Origins of Badiya of Iraq & Sha:m can ....
Is this East as opposed to West Syriac?
The Sa'pas is a 3in you need to pronounce it from the back of the throat as if you're puking that's the only way to describe lol (sorry), which is also found in Arabic but not in Hebrew.
I am Aramaic Syriac I live in France if you have any questions
Do you know any syriac songs with subtitles? that would really helpful...
@@mustafaalotbah1855 liturgical songs ?
@@josephphilip6022 I am okay with any of kind of them, just want to learn the language.
@@mustafaalotbah1855 im syro malabar catholic from kerala,india and this is one of our liturgical songs.....our pronunciations are slightly different from our chaldean cousins czcams.com/video/bJ0ri1IULOM/video.html
@@mustafaalotbah1855 czcams.com/video/yoKxpf9qYiM/video.html and translation thecmsindia.org/slosak-avoon-thehvelan
Hi
The language of adam and hawa (eve)
The pronunciation is way off. Syriac should be taught by a native Syriac / Aramaic speaker. The American accent is too heavy in those videos, and the written vowels are western but the but Steven is trying to pronounce them as if they were eastern vowels.
Thank you I was confused about this.
slomo barekmor me at a Syrian christian at india (Kerala) me also speak and read syric language (suryani) in india Kerala (malankara Syrian christian) to much Syrian christian in different group not for other state in india
Shlomo , im Syrian syriac Christian too from syria
I want Just ask you are you Hindi follow the syriac church or Syrian (suryani) Syrian origin?
@@matthewssah Most of us followed(currently traditions remain)/follows Syriac church (East Syriac and West Syriac), as a source of liturgy. A small part of people have Syriac origin, arrived in olden times, but at present day it is difficult to distinguish.
Same arabic
Because the Arabic came from Syriac
@@mlks4265 stop joking around
@@mlks4265 Are You A Jew or A Zoroastrian
he can't pronounce probably
10:02 ahh yes the 'second masculine singular pronominal suffix'. Tis child's play.
Similar letters as Arabic
Why can't you pronounce it in a right way ?
He’s pronouncing ḥeth incorrectly. It is a voiceless pharyngeal fricative, not a uvular fricative like he’s making.
Actually, some dialects of neo-aramaic pronounce it like a uvular fricative. Syriac is not pronounced the same by all speakers. There are western and eastern forms.
@Gabro Ego I agree there's a lot of confusion. But in Eastern Syriac it's correct, it's khet, in Western it's Het. Go back over 1000 years, this is still true, two Syriac dialects, Eastern and Western. I can't imagine an Eastern Syriac speaker pronouncing it differently 1500 years ago from today.
I was hoping to find some Hebrew & Greek videos on your channel...
Faze rug !!!!!!
This guy looks like Gareth Bale
His English pronunciation is perfect... but the Syriac... not much... Sorry. even so I appreciate his efforts
He's pronouncing most of the letters wrong
Aramaic accents vary greatly. Here is just one example:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic#Phonetics_of_Iraqi_Koine
His purpose is probably just to give as simplified pronunciation as possible, since there are so many variations in Syriac, and he probably wants to make it simple for english speakers in the initial stages of learning the language.
The focus is on reading syriac and getting a hold of the grammar as quickly as possible to facilitate translation. The exact pronunciation of the more emphatic or other unique consonants is not needed when reading the Peshitta.
His intended audience is obviously westerners. There are Hebrew grammarians who can't pronounce the emphatics correctly, yet they are still experts in the language and teach it at seminaries across America.
Isaac Der3i Ehhh... I'm Syriac myself and that's not an accent.. He's pronouncing them in an American accent.. Nobody would understand what he's saying
Gabro Ego It's not classical Syriac.. He doesn't pronnounce them right.. It's not an Syriac accent
Can confirm it’s not a Syriac accent.
It´s correct he's pronouncing is wrong but atleast he tries. For example we Syriac from Turkey say Ölaf, Gomal we dont use A much. To be honest i cant understand why people try to learn a langued that will die out very soon.
Why do you think this language is going to die soon?
because we dont have an own country, my parents speak fluently syriaq, with me and my siblings, i have a hard time to repeat in syriaq i understand almost everything, but i talk back in swedish. my point is, from now on (because of the migration) new generation will know and understand less syriaq. I cant teach my children syriaq an talk to them like my parents talked to me
Sadly it's true, i understand you. I'm syrian from Turkey and live in Sweden. I see that many families in the church or elsewhere speak swedish back. It's wrong because we don't want our language to die out. I'm 16 and is a deacon btw
@@elionbio7977 well I can understand if you have mov4d to a different country you have to expect the native language will prevail. Is Syriac and Syrian the same thing?
it is Assyrian characters not Syriac..
It's not assyrian
Its Assyrian..just Assyrian
No language called assyrian, it's Aramaic (Syriac dialect)
@Sargon no language called assyrian. They speak Aramaic
@Sargon how do you say Hi in Assyrian?
I'm shocked how history is twisted, even it's Arabic they avoid to say so, i can read it easy mate
No arabe can read that. Even allah tge aranic god cant i challenge you
Lol it's not arabic
stupid
What? No Arab can read this, its completely different.
bruh i know arabic and i can't read syriac stop spewing bs
That's Arabic mate
Not arabic
ܪܵܡܵܐ ܣܦܵܥ
or very good in english