[Avodah] Hebrew and Aramaic

[Russell Levy]

A quick look at Ezra 5/6 would show that it probably is a genuine word;
AFAIK, the word Rav/Rebbi was not in use in his time, and Zecharia is
Zecharia bar Adu. (And no, I don't know tanach very well, I just happened to
look this up this week).

On 6/6/07, kennethgmiller at juno.com <kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:
>
> Okay, here's one I've wondered about for a long time. It probably
> comes from reading too many matzeivos and yahrzeit plaques:
>
> Is "bar" (=son) a genuine and original Aramaic word, or did it come
> to Aramaic from Hebrew from the rashei teivos of "ben rabi"?
>
> Just curious...
>
> Akiva Miller
>
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