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Raca Ῥακά raca

Aramaic rēqa, 'empty-head' — the insult Matthew 5:22 makes actionable, transliterated (not translated) by Matthew himself and left standing by nearly every version since. One of the New Testament's little windows into the Aramaic Jesus actually spoke. → first discussed at Matt 5:22