To avoid the risk of employing the divine name irreverently, the sages ruled that one should not utter it at all.
Hebrew Nuggets, Lesson 5: Abba (Part 1)
Abba is an Aramaic word meaning “the father.” This word was borrowed by Hebrew speakers and used in the sense of “Daddy.” In lesson five, the word Abba is used to teach another Hebrew letter.
The Syndicated Donkey
Randall Buth may have discovered a significant idiom in the Greek text of Luke. This idiom could help us in determining the original language of Jesus’ biography. In Luke 19:33, did the donkey that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday have more that one owner as the Greek text states?