Help! Question about Hebrew vs Aramaic primacy via examples.

[Paul Younan]

Shlama Tauf,

The Aramaic equivalent of ochlosim, ???the people of a locality????

"Akhlose". (same word)

The Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew idiomatic verb karav, ???come near????

"Qarab". (same word)

The Aramaic equivalent for tzedekah, meaning ???righteousness,??? ???salvation,??? and "alms"?

"Zadeqa". (same word)

The two Aramaic words in Matthew 5:42a that mean "ask" for something to be repaid later and "borrow" something that would be returned?

"Shaal" and "Nazep".

The Aramaic word in Matthew 5:10 equivalent to radaf that Zorba mistranslated as "persecute"?

"Radap". (same word)

If I remember correctly, Bivin and Blizzard claimed to have reconstructed the "original" Hebrew by translating the Greek back into Hebrew using a comparison of LXX and Masoretic vocabulary.

Yes, "Hebrew Primacists" are very much into reconstruction - if you know what I mean. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/wink1.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s -->