| About this Book | p. ix |
| Abbreviations | p. xi |
| What is "Biblical Aramaic"? | p. 1 |
| From The Phoenician to the Aramaic Writing System | p. 3 |
| Consonants and Syllables | p. 3 |
| The Development of Specific Phonemes in Aramaic and Hebrew | p. 5 |
| Masoretic Vowel Signs | p. 10 |
| Vowels and Vowel Signs | p. 11 |
| Syllabic Structure of BA Words | p. 14 |
| Differences between Aramaic and Hebrew Vowels | p. 15 |
| Aramaic and Hebrew Word Comparisons | p. 17 |
| Ketib and Qere | p. 17 |
| The Noun | p. 19 |
| Gender | p. 19 |
| Absolute and Construct States | p. 20 |
| The Determinate (Emphatic) State | p. 21 |
| Basic noun parsings | p. 22 |
| Particular Groups of Nouns | p. 22 |
| Nouns Ending in &cgpK;- (-û) and &cgpL;- (-î) | p. 22 |
| Nouns Ending in &cgpA;- | p. 24 |
| Important Individual Nouns | p. 24 |
| &cgpB;&cgpIbbar; "father" | p. 24 |
| &cgpD;&cgpBcdotbbarfn; "son" | p. 24 |
| &cgpH;&cgpJbT;&cgpEEcddot; "associate, partner" | p. 24 |
| &cgpA;&cgpNcdotvtwodot;&cgpSbdot; "word, matter" | p. 24 |
| &cgpC;&cgpRbdiahellip; "name" | p. 25 |
| Nouns with Suffixes | p. 25 |
| Nouns with suffixes | p. 27 |
| Adjectives | p. 27 |
| Numerals | p. 28 |
| Ordinal Numbers | p. 28 |
| Cardinal Numbers | p. 29 |
| Gentilics | p. 30 |
| Prepositions | p. 30 |
| Pronouns | p. 32 |
| Personal Pronouns | p. 32 |
| Demonstrative Pronouns ("This," "These/Those") | p. 33 |
| The Verb | p. 35 |
| The Perfect | p. 35 |
| Perfect forms (base conjugation) | p. 36 |
| The Imperfect | p. 37 |
| Imperfect forms (base conjugation) | p. 38 |
| The Imperative | p. 33 |
| Imperative forms (base conjugation) | p. 39 |
| The Jussive | p. 39 |
| The Conjugations | p. 40 |
| Basic Verbal Patterns | p. 41 |
| Perfect forms in various conjugations | p. 46 |
| Imperfect forms in various conjugations | p. 46 |
| The Participle | p. 47 |
| Participle forms in various conjugations | p. 49 |
| The Infinitive | p. 50 |
| Infinitive forms in various conjugations | p. 51 |
| Mixed forms | p. 51 |
| Verbs with Suffixes | p. 52 |
| Imperfect Forms with Suffixes and Energic Nun (-inn/-in) | p. 53 |
| Verbs with suffixes | p. 54 |
| Weak Verbs | p. 54 |
| Roots Beginning with &cgpJ; (I n) | p. 55 |
| Roots Beginning with &cgpL; (I y/w) | p. 55 |
| Roots Beginning with &cgpI; (I&rhookipa;) | p. 55 |
| Roots with a Long Vowel in Middle Position (Hollow Roots; II î/û) | p. 56 |
| Roots Ending in &cgpA; (III y) | p. 56 |
| &cgpA;&cgpH;&cgpI;/&cgpIbT;&cgpH;&cgpI; | p. 57 |
| Roots with Identical Second and Third Consonants (Geminate Roots; II=III) | p. 57 |
| Verbs with &cgpH;, &cgpM;, or &cgpD; | p. 58 |
| Weak verbs | p. 58 |
| Special Verbs | p. 59 |
| &cgpT;&cgpN;&cgpA; "go" | p. 59 |
| &cgpF;&cgpN;&cgpA; "go up" | p. 59 |
| &cgpM;&cgpE;&cgpL; "know" | p. 60 |
| &cgpA;&cgpK;&cgpA; "be" | p. 60 |
| &cgpD;&cgpB;&cgpI; "perish" | p. 60 |
| Weak verbs/special verbs with suffixes | p. 61 |
| Mixed forms (II) | p. 61 |
| Syntax | p. 63 |
| Morphosyntax | p. 63 |
| Genitive Chains | p. 63 |
| Genitive chains | p. 64 |
| The Particle of Existence &cgpL;&cgpHbbar;&cgpIbtwodot; / &cgpL;&cgpHbbar; &cgpL;&cgpIbtwodot; | p. 65 |
| The Accusative Particle &cgpH;&cgpL; | p. 66 |
| &cgpN; as Accusative Particle | p. 66 |
| The Interrogative Particle &cgpA; | p. 66 |
| The Particles &cgpA;&cgpSbtwodot; and &cgpY;&cgpSbbar; | p. 67 |
| Tenses and Aspects | p. 67 |
| The Perfect | p. 68 |
| The Participle | p. 68 |
| Participle and Perfect as a Combined Tense | p. 69 |
| The Phrase &cgpD;&cgpS;&cgpI;&cgpK; &cgpA;&cgpJ;&cgpM; | p. 70 |
| Participle and Imperative as a Combined Tense | p. 70 |
| The Imperfect | p. 70 |
| Impersonal Speech | p. 71 |
| Impersonal speech | p. 72 |
| Word Order | p. 72 |
| Word order | p. 74 |
| Narrative Syntax | p. 74 |
| Perfect and Participle as Narrative Tenses | p. 75 |
| Circumstantial Clauses | p. 76 |
| Changing Word Order between Predicate and Subject | p. 76 |
| Analytic and Synthetic Syntax | p. 77 |
| Analytic Elements | p. 78 |
| The Particle &cgpL;&cgpEcdotbdot; | p. 78 |
| The Use of &cgpL;&cgpEcdotbdot; | p. 79 |
| &cgpL;&cgpEcdotbdot; Compound Conjunctions | p. 79 |
| Other Conjunctions | p. 80 |
| Conjunctions | p. 81 |
| Synthetic Syntax | p. 82 |
| Implicit Subjugation | p. 82 |
| Implicit Attributive Clauses | p. 83 |
| Word List | p. 84 |
| Persian and Greek Loanwords | p. 91 |
| Comparative Word List (Aramaic/Hebrew) | p. 93 |
| Idiomatic Expressions | p. 95 |
| The Zakkur Inscription | p. 98 |
| Aramaic Samples from Qumran | p. 101 |
| Abram's Prayer for God's Help | p. 101 |
| Levi's Farewell Speech: A Praise of Wisdom | p. 102 |
| King Nabonidus's Prayer | p. 103 |
| Two Sayings from the Wisdom of Ahiqar | p. 105 |
| Answers to Exercises | p. 107 |
| Paradigms | p. 120 |
| The Perfect | p. 120 |
| The Imperfect | p. 129 |
| The Imperative | p. 135 |
| The Jussive | p. 137 |
| The Participle | p. 139 |
| The Infinitive | p. 144 |
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