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AD.01.02 HARRAK

From the Old Church, probably in its courtyard, but now in the storeroom of the New Church , Qaraqōš

Qaraqōš Nineveh
Date
1219
Language
Syriac, Arabic
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ܒܫܡin the name ofnounroot ܫܡ ܚܝܐlifenounalso the livingroot ܚܝܐ ܕܠܐwithoutparticle ܡܐܬdiesverbroot ܡܘܬ
ܒܝܬhousenounalso home, Beth-root ܒܝܬ ܢܘܚܗ ܕܡܗܝܡܢܐ
ܙܗܝܐvenerableadjectiveroot ܙܗܐ ܣܥܝܕ ܒܪson ofnounroot ܒܪ ܝܘܚܢܢYohannan (John)proper-noun
ܕܫܢܝ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܥܠܡܐworldnounroot ܥܠܡ ܗܢܐthis (m.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܕܥܩܬܐ
ܒܐܪܒܥon Wednesday (fourth)numeralroot ܐܪܒܥ ܒܫܒܐin the weeknounroot ܫܒ ܒܥܣܪܝܢtwentyroot ܥܣܪ
ܒܝܪܚܐin the monthnounroot ܝܪܚ ܕܪܓܒ ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܫܬܡܐܐsix hundrednumeralroot ܫܬ
ܘܫܬܥܣܪ ܕܛܝܝܐ ܒܪܝܟܐblessedadjectiveroot ܒܪܟ ܡܪܝܐthe Lordnounalso Lordroot ܡܪ
ܢܒܣܡܝܘܗܝmay give him delightverbroot ܒܣܡ ܒܡܠܟܘܬܗin his kingdomnounroot ܡܠܟ ܥܡwithprepositionalso together withroot ܥܡ
ܩܕܝܫ̈ܘܗܝ ܐܡܝܢamenparticleroot ܐܡܢ

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.

(1-5) In the name of the Living One who does not die: The grave of the honourable believer Sa‛īd son of Yūhanōn who departed from this world of misery on Wednesday the 20th (6-10) of the month of Rajab the year 616 of the blessed Arabs. May the Lord make him take delight in his Kingdom along with his holy ones, amen. (Arab.) This is the grave of the believer who departed from the temporary world (11-15) to the eternal one, Sa‛īd son of Yahiā al-‛Āmūrī— may God have mercy on he who wishes him mercy—on Wednesday the 20th of Rajab the year 616. He who opens this grave in violation of his occupant is accursed and he is the son of an accursed one. Praise be to God alon[e].

Location Detail Syriac Catholic Church of al-Tāhira: Old and New Churches;
Dimensions 0.57m × 0.26m
Peoples Arab
Sa‛īd Yūh∗anōn Yah#iā al-‛Āmūrī
Harrak 2010, p.224-225
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