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Translate Jewish Aramaic to English or English to Aramaic. Built for the Kaddish, the Talmud, a ketubah and the Haggadah, with a word-by-word breakdown.
Where Aramaic Lives in Jewish Text
Aramaic sits alongside Hebrew through most of Jewish text without most readers noticing the switch. The Kaddish, said in every service, is almost entirely Aramaic. Most of the Talmud's discussion, as opposed to the Hebrew of the Mishnah it discusses, is Aramaic. A ketubah, the traditional Jewish marriage document, is written in Aramaic formulas largely unchanged for centuries. The Passover Haggadah opens its narrative section with Ha Lachma Anya, also Aramaic.
It shares the Hebrew alphabet and a large amount of vocabulary with Hebrew, which is part of why the two are so often read past without noticing which language a given line is in. This translator treats it as its own language, not a Hebrew dialect, because its grammar and a meaningful share of its vocabulary genuinely differ.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the Aramaic spoken in Syria or Iraq today?
No. This translator is built for Jewish Aramaic as it appears in liturgy and rabbinic literature: the Kaddish, the Talmud, a ketubah, the Passover Haggadah. Modern spoken Aramaic dialects are a different, living branch of the same language family.
Why is some of the Kaddish in Aramaic and not Hebrew?
The Kaddish was composed in the everyday spoken language of Jewish communities in Babylonia and the land of Israel in the last centuries BCE and the early centuries CE, which was Aramaic, not Hebrew. Much of the Talmud and its commentary is Aramaic for the same reason.
Does it give a transliteration?
Yes, alongside the translation, plus a word-by-word gloss for study.
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