APOSTLE
One detail of Aramaic spelling that might be useful. The masc. def. suffix and the fem indefinite suffix were originally written with HE, but in the first c. A.D. a spelling with ALEF was much commoner, and this became standard in all dialects soon after. The only exception is Samaritan Aramaic. Thus “the Apostle” masc. def. would originally have been written שליחה but was later written שליחא except in Samaritan Aramaic.
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