Wp/kri/Amonayt

Amɔnayt na di Kenanayt langwej we dɔnawe wit di Amɔnayt pipul dɛn we di Baybul tɔk bɔt, we bin de na Jɔdan tide, ɛn na in dɛn gi in kapital nem Aman. Na smɔl pat dɛn nɔmɔ pan dɛn langwej stil de—mɔ di 9th sɛntinari BC Amman Citadel Inscription,[1] di 7th–6th sɛntinari BC Tel Siran bronz bɔtul, ɛn sɔm ostraca. As fa as yu kin no frɔm di smɔl kɔpɔs, i bin rili fiba di Baybul Ibru, wit sɔm pɔsibul Arameik inflɔɛns inklud di yus fɔ di verb ‘bd (עבד) instead ɔf di mɔ kɔmɔn Baybul Ibru ‘śh (עשה) fɔ ‘mek '. Di wangren ɔda notis difrɛns wit di Baybul Ibru na di sporadik ritenshɔn fɔ feminine singul -t (‘šħt ‘cistern’, bɔt ‘lyh ‘high [fem.]’.) I tan lɛk bak se Amɔnayt bin gɛt bɔku pan di tipik kɔrɛspɔndɛns dɛn fɔ diftɔng dɛn, wit wɔd dɛn lɛk ywmt (יומת *yawmōt, ‘de’) ɔl tu de kip /aw/ ɛn sho wan shift to /o/, ɛn ɔda wɔd dɛn lɛk yn (ין ‘wayn’) we de sho wan shift pan /ay/ to ē (yēn < *yayn) bɔku lɛk Ibru.[2]

Di fɔstɛm we dɛn tɔk bɔt am as wan sɛpret langwej insay 1970 bay wan Italiyan Orientalist Giovanni Garbini.[3] Afta dat, dɛn bin chenj bɔku pan di tin dɛn we dɛn bin dɔn rayt bifo tɛm se na Ibru, Fonishian, ɔ Arameik, bikɔs dɛn bin gri pan di tin dɛn we dɛn rayt na di Amman Tiatri Inskripshɔn, Aman Sitadel Inskripshɔn, Tɛl Sayrin Bɔtul, Ɛshbɔn Ɔstraka, ɛn Tɛl ɛl-Mazer Ɔstraka, fiba. [4] .