There is a Hebrew of the gospel of Matthew, what word does the Hebrew use for “stars” in the verse saying “the stars will fall out of heaven” please check??
There are two early references to Matthew having written something in the native tongue of the Jews, which is more likely to be Aramaic than biblical Hebrew. Unfortunately, there is no existing copy of that writing. The oldest manuscripts in a Semitic language are those in Syriac, most notably the Peshitta. The Peshitta dates to no earlier than the 4th century, which puts it among the oldest in that language family. There are no manuscripts in a language other than Greek that are dated older than the 4th century. By contrast, there are fragments of manuscripts in Greek that date back to the late 2nd century. The preponderance of evidence is that all the New Testament, including the gospel of Matthew as we have it, was composed in Koine Greek. Jesus may well have spoken in Aramaic. I believe He probably did. But there is no written record of what He said in that language. The Greek is the closest we have.
I just today acquired a book in a bundle from Logos Bible Software. The book is 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦. I figured if any book would have something relevant in it to your question, this one would. Unfortunately, it does not directly cite any of the verses from Matthew, Mark, or Luke that deal with the stars, and the index of Greek terms examined does not include aster, the Greek term that is translated as stars. It was a dead end for research. That implies that there would not be new insights suggested by considering the Aramaic wording for "stars." I will keep my eyes open for any references in this regard I run across later. Thanks for the question.
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There is a Hebrew of the gospel of Matthew, what word does the Hebrew use for “stars” in the verse saying “the stars will fall out of heaven” please check??
There are two early references to Matthew having written something in the native tongue of the Jews, which is more likely to be Aramaic than biblical Hebrew. Unfortunately, there is no existing copy of that writing. The oldest manuscripts in a Semitic language are those in Syriac, most notably the Peshitta. The Peshitta dates to no earlier than the 4th century, which puts it among the oldest in that language family. There are no manuscripts in a language other than Greek that are dated older than the 4th century. By contrast, there are fragments of manuscripts in Greek that date back to the late 2nd century. The preponderance of evidence is that all the New Testament, including the gospel of Matthew as we have it, was composed in Koine Greek.
Jesus may well have spoken in Aramaic. I believe He probably did. But there is no written record of what He said in that language. The Greek is the closest we have.
I just today acquired a book in a bundle from Logos Bible Software. The book is 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦. I figured if any book would have something relevant in it to your question, this one would. Unfortunately, it does not directly cite any of the verses from Matthew, Mark, or Luke that deal with the stars, and the index of Greek terms examined does not include aster, the Greek term that is translated as stars. It was a dead end for research. That implies that there would not be new insights suggested by considering the Aramaic wording for "stars." I will keep my eyes open for any references in this regard I run across later. Thanks for the question.