ܢܘܗܪܐ
nuhra
The Aramaic word for "light" is ܢܘܗܪܐ (nuhra).
ܢܘܗܪܐ is the ordinary word for light, both daylight and the light of a lamp. It is the word the Syriac Bible (the Peshitta) uses for the light of creation.
Meaning: visible light, brightness (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
ܢܘܗܪܐ is a masculine noun. The final ܐ (-a) is the emphatic ending that Aramaic nouns usually carry in their dictionary form.
How do you pronounce it?
nuhra
Did you know?
- In the Syriac Bible, Genesis 1:3 reads ܢܗܘܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܗܘܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ, "Let there be light, and there was light", with the same word used twice.
- The same root n-h-r gives Biblical Hebrew נְהָרָה (nehara), "daylight", which appears once, in the Book of Job.
Examples in context
- ܢܗܘܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܗܘܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ.nehwe nuhra wa-hwa nuhra.Let there be light, and there was light. (Genesis 1:3)
- ܐܢܐ ܐܢܐ ܢܘܗܪܗ ܕܥܠܡܐ.ena na nuhreh d-alma.I am the light of the world. (John 8:12)
