I have no problem viewing post-Esilic Hebrew as post-Exilic Jewish
Latin. As such, one cannot rule out the possibility that GDD in the
Damascus Document as an Aramaic loan word or backwards development
from a noun.
The view that Aramaic was the language of conversation in
first-century Israel seems to be supported by the Aramaic words found
in the New Testament. Many scholars have seen Jesus' words to Jairus'
twelve-year-old daughter, "Talitha kumi" (Mk. 5:41), as proof that he
spoke Aramaic. Yet, even if Jesus spoke to her in Hebrew, he could
have said "Talitha kumi." One must not forget that many Aramaic words
in various forms found their way into Hebrew in the Second Temple
period. The command to "get up" kumi is the same word in Hebrew and
Aramaic.