Biblical Hebrew Forum

["yahua'sef" <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>]

On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Jim West wrote:
> No- the Aramaic word for God is 'Elah, and attached to it is the 1st person

Well, according to what I've learned over studying Mandaen culture(who
still speak Aramaic today), you are wrong. Most of their texts use the
word 'Alaha.' 

Here is one web page I found which says the same: 
http://www.aramaic.org/meditate.html

So who is right?

Shalom.

Wondell M. Rachman