How to Pronounce Aramaic

Air-ah-MAY-ick

Aramaic is pronounced Air-ah-MAY-ick: four syllables, stress on the third. Also heard: air-uh-MAY-ick.

What is Aramaic?

Aramaic is a Semitic language closely related to Hebrew. Portions of the Old Testament were written in it, and it was widely spoken in the land of Israel by the time of the New Testament. The word does not appear as a proper name in the KJV text.

Also pronounced

air-uh-MAY-ick

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