ܨܠܘܬܐ ܡܪܢܝܬܐ
Slotha Maranyatha
The lord's prayer in Aramaic is ܨܠܘܬܐ ܡܪܢܝܬܐ (Slotha Maranyatha).
This phrase refers to the central Christian prayer taught by Jesus to his disciples. Within the prayer, the phrase Nethqadash shmakh is used to mean "Hallowed be Your name" and Wela tahlan l'nesyuna translates to "And do not bring us to the time of trial".
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the noun ܨܠܘܬܐ (Slotha), meaning 'prayer' and the adjective ܡܪܢܝܬܐ (Maranyatha), meaning 'our Lord's'.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective ܡܪܢܝܬܐ (Maranyatha) is in the feminine singular form to agree with the feminine noun ܨܠܘܬܐ (Slotha).
How do you pronounce it?
Slotha Maranyatha
Did you know?
- The term ܨܠܘܬܐ (Slotha) is a linguistic relative to the word 'Salat', which is used to describe the ritual prayer in Arabic.
- The word ܨܠܘܬܐ (Slotha) comes from a root meaning 'to bow' or 'to bend', reflecting a time when prayer was defined by physical posture rather than just spoken words.
- Because Aramaic is a Semitic language, the 'S' sound in ܨܠܘܬܐ is actually a heavy, emphatic 'S' that requires a different part of the mouth to pronounce than the English 'S'.
Examples in context
- ܗܠܝܢ ܐܝܬ ܠܗܘܢ ܨܠܘܬܐ ܡܪܢܝܬܐ.halen it lehun ṣlūṯā mārnāytā.They have the Lord's Prayer.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about their morning prayer routine.
- ܓܒܪܐܝܠ Gabrielܣܪܓܝ, ܐܢܬܝ ܡܨܠܝܬܝ ܨܠܘܬܐ ܡܪܢܝܬܐ?Sargi, anti mṣalyiti ṣloutā marnitā?Sargi, did you pray the Lord's Prayer?
- ܣܪܓܝ Sargiܐܝܢ ܓܒܪܐܝܠ, ܐܢܐ ܡܨܠܝܬܝ.ēn Gabrail, ana mṣalyiti.Yes Gabrail, I prayed.
- ܓܒܪܐܝܠ Gabrielܨܠܘܬܐ ܡܪܢܝܬܐ ܡܣܒܚܬ ܠܐܠܗܐ.ṣloutā marnitā msabaht l-alāhā.The Lord's Prayer glorifies God.
- ܣܪܓܝ Sargiܐܝܢ, ܗܝ ܗܝ ܨܠܘܬܐ.ēn, hi hi ṣloutā.Yes, that is the prayer.
