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The word for “corpse” (1)

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11 Language, communication, libraries and education





 		Keywords
Aramaic language
Hebrew language
Mandaic language
naming
Syriac language
Period
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Aramaic culture
Jewish philosophers and scholars
Mandean culture
Syriac texts

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The word for “corpse” in Akkadian šalamtu has borrowed into Aramaic dialects as ašlanda or šlanda in Mandaic, Syriac šǝladdā, in Mishnaic Hebrew šeled.

Bibliography

Drower and Macuch 1963, 41, 467Drower, E. S. and R. Macuch. A Mandaic Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1963.

Amar Annus


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