12-04-2012, 04:24 PM
Shlama Aloukh Qadi$aAlaha,
Actually the word 'El' is an ancient proto-Semitic root and predates both Hebrew and Aramaic (both of which use it), the Aramaic 'Alaha' is the emphatic form of the root 'El/Al' (Aleph-Lamed). It is found in Akkadian as well (Babel/Babylon = "bab-ilu", "gate of god"). Ugaritic, Phoenician, Arabic and all the Semitic languages use this root.
+Shamasha
PS - my great grandfather was a Qasha in the Chaldean Church.
Actually the word 'El' is an ancient proto-Semitic root and predates both Hebrew and Aramaic (both of which use it), the Aramaic 'Alaha' is the emphatic form of the root 'El/Al' (Aleph-Lamed). It is found in Akkadian as well (Babel/Babylon = "bab-ilu", "gate of god"). Ugaritic, Phoenician, Arabic and all the Semitic languages use this root.
+Shamasha
PS - my great grandfather was a Qasha in the Chaldean Church.