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English
Arabic
Hebrew
Aramaic (Syriac)
Mandaic
Peace be upon yous-l-m / š-l-m
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ
as-sa-laa-mu a-lay-kum
as-salāmu ʿalaykum
שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם
sha-lom a-lay-khem
šālôm ʿălêḵem
later Jewish idiom
ܫܠܡܐ ܥܡܟܘܢ
shla-ma am-khon
šlāmā ʿamḵōn
“peace with you”
Peshitta Luke 24:36
script not verified
shla-ma al-ak
šlama ʿlak
“peace be with thee”
Repeated from the Greetings page, since it is the best-known phrase.
In the name of ...b- + s-m / š-m
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ
bis-mi l-laah
bismi llāh
in the name of God
בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה
be-shem Adonai
bĕšēm YHWH
in the name of the LORD (Ps 118:26)
ܒܫܡܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ
b-shem-eh d-mar-ya
bšemeh d-māryā
“in the name of the Lord” (literally “in his name, of the Lord”)
Peshitta Matt 21:9
script not verified
b-shoom hee-ya
bšum hiia
“in the name of Life” (a Mandaean opening formula)
The pattern “in the name of” is shared. The word for the divine name differs by tradition, and we give each as written.
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
hu-wa l-laa-hu a-had
huwa llāhu aḥad
“He is God, One” (Quran 112:1)
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד
Adonai e-lo-hey-noo Adonai e-khad
YHWH ʾĕlōhênû YHWH ʾeḥāḏ
Deuteronomy 6:4
ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܚܕ ܗܘ
mar-ya a-la-han mar-ya khad hu
māryā ʾalāhan māryā ḥaḏ hū
Mark 12:29, quoting Deuteronomy 6:4
Peshitta Mark 12:29
not verified
The shared word is “one” (aḥad / ʾeḥāḏ / ḥaḏ). The Hebrew divine name is written as in the text and is read aloud as Adonai.
إِلَٰهُنَا
i-laa-hu-naa
ilāhunā
cf. Quran 29:46
אֱלֹהֵינוּ
e-lo-hey-noo
ʾĕlōhênû
ܐܠܗܢ
a-la-han
ʾalāhan
Peshitta Mark 12:29
not verified
ܐܠܗܝ
a-la-hi
ʾalāhī
Peshitta Mark 15:34
not verified
تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
ta-baa-ra-ka l-laa-hu rab-bu l-aa-la-meen
tabāraka llāhu rabbu l-ʿālamīn
“Blessed is God, Lord of the worlds” (Quran 7:54)
בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה
ba-rukh Adonai
bārûḵ YHWH
Psalm 28:6
ܡܒܪܟ ܡܪܝܐ
m-bar-rakh mar-ya
mbarraḵ māryā
“Blessed be the Lord” (Luke 1:68)
Peshitta Luke 1:68
not verified
The verb forms differ but all come from b-r-k. We do not claim they are the same grammatical form.
heaven and earths-m-w / š-m-y + ʾ-r-ḍ
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
as-sa-maa-waa-ti wal-ard
as-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ
Quran 29:44
הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ
ha-sha-ma-yim ve-ha-a-rets
haššāmayim wĕhāʾāreṣ
Genesis 1:1
ܫܡܝܐ ܘܐܪܥܐ
shma-ya w-ar-a
šmayyā w-ʾarʿā
assembled from verified words
script not verified
shoo-mee-ya oo-ar-qa
šumia u-arqa
“heavens and earth” (Mandaean text)
The Syriac phrase is assembled from two verified words; the Peshitta text usually attaches a prefix (l- or d-), as in Matthew 11:25.