Pentecost: Wordplay in the Syriac Edition of the Book of Acts - Aramaic Bible Study Acts 2:1-6

What is an example of Aramaic wordplay in the Bible? Let us look at the way in which the Aramaic of Acts 2:1-6 portrays the day of Pentecost through the use of equivocality.
I read the passage in both the Western accent written in the Serto script and commonly found among the Syriac Orthodox, Maronite Catholic, and Syrian Catholic communities (and historically the Antiochian Orthodox). I also read the text in the Eastern accent found among the Ancient/Assyrian Church of the East, the Chaldean Catholics, and the Syriac Orthodox and Syriac Catholic communities of Northern Iraq.
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[@emmanuelalbazi8560]

Quick Note:-
In various dialact of neo-aramaic we use the word (ܦܘܚܐ-paokha) for the wind or air.

[@ProfessorMichaelWingert]

Haha yes... I'm singing "kha pokha d'sitwa mkheeleh, taqtooqeh l'tarra d'beta, khshoolee at ewat dirta, mleeta m'khobba o makhneta, kha pokha d'sitwa mkheeleh, taqtooqeh l'tarra d'beta, khshoolee at ewat dirta, mleeta m'khobba o makhneta..."

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@@ProfessorMichaelWingert
Hhh is this song by juliana jendo or ashur bet sargis?

[@ProfessorMichaelWingert]

Ashur Bet Sargis! @@emmanuelalbazi8560

[@silusmkhwananzi3121]

Hello Professor, I'm sorry if this is out of field but I was wondering if you know about the Old South Arabian languages( Sabaic, Qatabanic, Minean, Hadhramitic) and if you could talk about them in future videos.
I fell in love with these languages when I heard about them.

[@ProfessorMichaelWingert]

I don't know too much. I do have an old Sabaic grammar somewhere in my library. I'd like to learn more about them.

[@hosannaaaaaaaa]

hi professor! just found your channel and i'm filled with joy and curiosity! i am a brazilian student of languages with an enormous amount of interest for theology. what a blessing!

[@ProfessorMichaelWingert]

Thank you for your kind words! One day I would like to go to Brazil (and maybe learn Portuguese).

[@jperez7893]

hi prof. wingert. are you aware of the existence of an almost complete copy of the gospels in aramaic (minus 10 pages from matthew) vatican folio #140 from edessa made under the order of the third bishop of edessa with a scibal colophon from december 15 in the 389th year of the greeks (78 ad). this was found by joseph assemani in the chaldean patriarchate in baghdad and transported to rome in the early 1700s. does this manuscript still exist? or is it in the louvre, bibliotheque nationale, french archives or lost forever because of the transfer of the vatican library to france during the napoleonic era?

[@aphremdanha5158]

Excellent, tawdi sagi. Keep them coming.

[@ProfessorMichaelWingert]

Thank you for the feedback!