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AC.01.02 HARRAK

Mausoleum, left of the sanctuary , Karamlēs

Karamlēs Nineveh
Date
1797
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac
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ܗܕܐthis (f.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܩܒܪtombnounalso graveroot ܩܒܪ ܐܠܩܕܝܣܗ
ܡܪܬܝLady/Martnounroot ܡܪ ܝܘܠܝܐܢܗ̇
ܒܟwith youpreposition ܢܕܩܪwe will overcomeverbroot ܕܩܪ
ܠܒܥܠܕܒܒܝܢ
ܝܘܠܝܢܐ ܘܚܬܗ݁sisterroot ܐܚܐ ܒܪܒܪܐ سنـ ١٧٩٧ ـة
ܒܗin itpreposition ܒܗܘon thatpronoun ܙܒܢܐthe timenounroot ܙܒܢ
ܡܪܝܪܐ.bitterroot ܡܪ ܗܘܐhe wasverbalso he becameroot ܗܘ ܟܘܠܠܗ̇
ܕܒܪܒܪܐ ܘܕܚܬܗ̇ ܡܠܝܬfull ofadjectiveroot ܡܠܐ
ܣܒܪܐhopenounroot ܣܒܪ ܝܘܠܝܢܐ ܟܠܬܗbridealso daughter-in-lawroot ܟܠ
ܕܒܪܐ(Bd first word)
ܛܘܒܝܟܝ ܣܗܕܬܐ
ܩܕܝܫܬܐholyadjectiveroot ܩܕܫ ܒܪܒܪܐܗ̇
ܛܘܒܢܝܬܐthe blessedadjectiveroot ܛܘܒ ܕܫܡܟܝ ܢܵܨܲܚ
ܒܒܪܝܬܐ ܘ[ܡـ]ܬܪܡܪܡ ܒܓܘinsideprepositionroot ܓܘ
ܥܕ[ܬܐ](Bd last word)
ܗܕܐthis (f.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܩܒܪtombnounalso graveroot ܩܒܪ
ܡܪܬܝLady/Martnounroot ܡܪ ܒܪܒܪܐ
ܒܟwith youpreposition ܢܕܩܪwe will overcomeverbroot ܕܩܪ ܠܒܥܸܠܕܒܒܝܢ
ܚܘܪlook towardverbroot ܚܘܪ ܠܘܬܗtoward Himprepositionroot ܠܘܬ ܘܣܒܪand hopeverbroot ܣܒܪ ܒܗin itpreposition
ܐܬܚܬܬ ܥܕܬܐthe churchnounroot ܥܕܬ ܩܕܝܫܬܐholyadjectiveroot ܩܕܫ <ܕ>ܡܪܬܝ ܒܪܒܪܐ ܒܫܢܬin the yearphraseroot ܫܢ ܐܥܨܙ ܡܫܝܚܝܬܐof Christadjectiveroot ܡܫܚ

Hover a word for its meaning. Glosses draw on Amir Harrak’s translations and the SEDRA 3 Syriac lexicon (Beth Mardutho), used for academic purposes.

(1-2, Garsh.) This is the grave of holy Mārt(y) Yūliānā, (5-6, Arab.) who was martyred with the holy Barbārah. (7, Syr.) Yūliānā and her sister Barbārah: the year 1797. (3-4 around the cross) With you we will overcome our enemies. 204 B Bc Bb Ba Bd Ba and Bd 1 = Bb and Bd f T( 1 2 3 4 Bc ] ^ 1 2 3 4 Bd Ba and Bd (1) At that (2) bitter (1) time (2) was the crowning (3) of Barbārah and her sister full (4) of hope and bride (Bd first word) of the Son. Bb-(Bd) (1) Blessed are you, (2) holy (1) martyr (2) Barbārah (3) the blessed, for your name shone (4) in the universe and is being exalted inside (Bd last word) the Chur[ch]. Bc (Garsh. 1) This is the grave (2) of Mārt(y) Barbārah. (3-4, Syr.) With you (=Cross) we will overcome our enemies. Look at it (=the Cross) and have hope in it. 205 Bd The holy church <of> the holy Mārt(y) Barbārah was renovated in the year 1797 of Christ.

Location Detail Chaldean Church of Mārt(y) Barbārah
Dimensions 0.81m x 1.51m x 0.41m
Poetic Metre Metrical, following the metre of St
Peoples Arab
Architecture Sanctuary
Violence Martyrdom/violence mentioned
Yūliānā Barbārah
Harrak 2010, p.206-208
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