10-14-2014, 01:33 AM
It's used in Christian Palestinian Aramaic which is a Western Aramaic dialect closely related to Galilean Aramaic and Samaritan Aramaic, but written in a rather special, distinct form of Estrangela.
It indicates a p sound, as pe on its own came to represent f exclusively in that dialect. You don't come across it very often; only when transliterating Greek words, really.
Peace,
-Steve
It indicates a p sound, as pe on its own came to represent f exclusively in that dialect. You don't come across it very often; only when transliterating Greek words, really.
Peace,
-Steve