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Aramaic Biblical Terms of "Elders"
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Hi Micah.

Ziknei in Hebrew literally means "beards" as in facial hair, establishing the age of the man. The Aramaic cognate is Diqnei.

The term Qashisha in Aramaic means elder in the same sense, but without the obvious facial hair connotation.
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Aramaic Biblical Terms of "Elders" - by Micah - 04-18-2011, 02:13 AM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 04-18-2011, 03:08 PM
[No subject] - by Paul Younan - 04-18-2011, 03:09 PM
Re: Aramaic Biblical Terms of "Elders" - by Micah - 04-19-2011, 02:41 PM

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