ארמי

Hebrew

Etymology

אֲרַם (arám) +‎ ־ִי (-í)

Adjective

אֲרַמִּי • (aramí) (feminine אֲרַמִּית, masculine plural אֲרַמִּים or אֲרַמִּיִּים, feminine plural אֲרַמִּיּוֹת)

1. Aramean, Aramaic
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 26:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְעָנִיתָ וְאָמַרְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי וַיֵּרֶד מִצְרַיְמָה וַיָּגָר שָׁם בִּמְתֵי מְעָט וַיְהִי־שָׁם לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל עָצוּם וָרָב׃

     v'aníta lif'né YHVH elohékha aramí ovéd aví vayéred mitsráyma vayágor shám bim'té m'át vay'hi-shám l'góy gadól atsúm varáv.

     And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.