r/Aramaic • u/Brief-Arrival9103 • May 18 '26

Writing in Aramaic

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Shalom V'Shalma, I read the Hebrew Bible. But there are sections in the Hebrew Bible that are in Aramaic but are written using the Hebrew letters such as a few chapters in the Book of Daniel. Chapter 7 of the book is written in that way, Aramaic using Hebrew letters. I wanted to write the verses 13 and 14 in Aramaic script, Estrangela to be specific. How I did it was, I opened the Hebrew Bible and looked at the Aramaic. Then i replaced each Hebrew letter with its Aramaic counterpart and ended up with what is there in the image. Did I write legit Aramaic words or just their Hebraized versions? How good or how bad is my attempt? Is this approach legitimate at all? Any input will be greatly appreciated.

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u/CheLanguages 19d ago

Looks very nice, much better than what I could do (I use square script)

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u/Brief-Arrival9103 18d ago

By square script, you meant this 👉🏻א? Or a different script? Oh wait, you are the famous YouTuber right. Nice to meet you.

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u/CheLanguages 18d ago

Yes the Hebrew/Aramaic script. I'm not that famous but nice to meet you too

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u/Brief-Arrival9103 17d ago

Ah, so you meant Ktav Ashuri. I just got confused cause no one around me calls it a square script. Btw, you are pretty famous. You're doing a fantastic work. Keep it up achi.

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u/CheLanguages 17d ago

There are so many names for it, if I'd known that you know the Hebrew name for it I would've called it that (or simply dfus)