Subject and Object in Biblical Aramaic

Traditional analyses of case in Biblical Aramaic cannot explain how people used the language to communicate because– among other reasons–one signal indicates both dative and accusative. In this new Form-Content analysis of BA case, la–like all signa1s–is associated with only one meaning: MID importance in precipitating the occurrence the paper, the objective pronominal suffix is also redefined, in a way that can account for the hitherto inexplicable occurrence in Daniel 5:6. Finally, comparison is made with recent transformational approaches to case, showing that they share many of the failings of the traditional approaches.