Anyone speaking hebrew?

if so maybe you could help me out
i wanna get iscariot typed out in hebrew
i gathered that יהודה איש קריות stands for judas iscariot
and that יהודה is judas, but is איש קריות iscariot ?
can't get clear on that
halp! ;_;

SaiyaJedi

@kondoriano:

if so maybe you could help me out
i wanna get iscariot typed out in hebrew
i gathered that יהודה איש קריות stands for judas iscariot
and that יהודה is judas, but is איש קריות iscariot ?
can't get clear on that
halp! ;_;

Well, the thing is, Hebrew wasn't being spoken in Roman times. By then, Jews were speaking Aramaic and Greek. Also, I believe there are no known copies of the New Testament in Hebrew or Aramaic that predate the Greek version, so the "original" spelling in Hebrew characters is not known. Nevertheless, the generally accepted Hebrew spelling is יהודה איש־קריות (Yehudah Ish-Qeriyot).

This Hebrew spelling assumes that the latter name is a cognomen marking him either literally as a "Man from Kerioth," or figuratively as a "man from town" to distinguish him from the other disciples, who were rural residents of Galilee. There are other etymologies that suggest the name is an eponym based on the root meaning "to hand over" (especially in early Christian times, "the Jew who handed over Jesus" would have been particularly salient), but they are less accepted by Biblical scholars.

Moreso than anything else, however, I would discourage you from tattooing things on your body. Even if it seems like a good idea at the time, please keep in mind you have to deal with it for the rest of your life. And also, in the Jewish faith, tattooing doesn't have a particularly good reputation, even if you're not doing a string of numbers on your wrist. At the very least, try to put it in a place where it won't be visible while you're wearing nice clothes, okay?

thanks for your time and your explanation
no worries this wasn't supposed to be a tattoo
i like to stencil stuff on t-shirts etc but thank you for caring ;)