ארמי

ארמי

Hebrew

Etymology

אֲרַם‎ ('arám) +‎ ־ִי‎ (-í)

Adjective

אֲרַמִּי • ('aramí) (feminine אֲרַמִּית‎, masculine plural אֲרַמִּים‎ or אֲרַמִּיִּים‎, feminine plural אֲרַמִּיּוֹת‎)

1. Aramean, Aramaic
   • Deuteronomy 26:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וְעָנִיתָ וְאָמַרְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי וַיֵּרֶד מִצְרַיְמָה וַיָּגָר שָׁם בִּמְתֵי מְעָט וַיְהִי־שָׁם לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל עָצוּם וָרָב׃‎‎

     v'aníta lif'néi YHVH 'elohékha 'aramí 'ovéd 'aví vayéred mitsráyma vayágor shám bim'téi m'át vay'hi-shám l'góy gadól 'atsúm varáv.

     And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.