[Avodah] R' Akiva

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> In the Y-mi the spelling is (usually? always?) with a hei.
> 
> However, straight grammar... Aqiva is an Aramaic variant of "Ya'aqov".
> Aramaic uses alef for the mater lexionis of a final qamatz. A hei would
> be Hebrew.

However in the time of the Y'mi they spoke Aramaic in EY as well as in
Bavel -- just a different dialect of Aramaic.

Consider that in the Y'mi Yehuda is spelled with an alef at the end
(and there are those who spell it that way today, based on this Y'mi).

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