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AD.04.09 HARRAK

The Syriac Orthodox Church of Mōr Gīwōrgīs, courtyard. , Mōr Gīwōrgīs

Mōr Gīwōrgīs Nineveh
Date
1772
Language
Syriac
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ܒܫܡܐin the namenounroot ܫܡ ܕܐܠܗܐof Godnounroot ܐܠܗ ܚܝܐlifenounalso the livingroot ܚܝܐ ܬܠܝܬܝܐTrinityadjectivealso threefoldroot ܬܠܬ + +
ܘܠܚܘܕܝܐand Single Oneadjectiveroot ܚܕ ܕܟܘܪܣܝܗwhose thronenounroot ܟܘܪܣܝ ܐܝܬܘܗ<ܝ>
ܒܫܡܝܐin heavennounroot ܫܡܝ ܘܡܥܡܪܗand his dwellingnounroot ܥܡܪ ܢܘܗܪܐlightnounroot ܢܗܪ ܓܝܐmagnificentadjectiveroot ܓܐܐ
ܗ݂ܘ ܩܕܡܝܐthe Firstadjectiveroot ܩܕܡ ܘܚܪܝܐand the Lastadjectiveroot ܐܚܪ ܘܠܐܝܬܘܬܗand his beingnounroot ܐܝܬ ܠܝܬthere is noparticleroot ܐܝܬ ܫܘܪܝܐbeginningnounroot ܫܪܐ
ܕܨܒܐas he wishedverbroot ܨܒܐ ܒܚܘܒܗthrough his lovenounroot ܚܒ ܐܝܬܝܝܐܐeverlastingadjectiveroot ܐܝܬ ܫܕܪhe sentverbroot ܫܕܪ ܠܒܪܗhis Sonnounroot ܒܪ ܡܬܘܡܝܐeternaladjectiveroot ܡܬܡ
ܘܠܒܫand put onverbroot ܠܒܫ ܦܓܪܐbodynounroot ܦܓܪ ܐܢܫܝܐhumanadjectiveroot ܐܢܫ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܟܝܢܐNaturenounroot ܟܝܢ ܐܕܡܝܐhuman (Adamic)adjectiveroot ܐܕܡ
ܢܦܩexpensenounalso costroot ܢܦܩ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܥܠܡܐworldnounroot ܥܠܡ ܐܪܥܢܐearthlyadjectiveroot ܐܪܥ ܘܫܢܝand departedverbroot ܫܢܐ <ܠܥܠܡܐ> ܪܘܚܢܐspiritualadjectiveroot ܪܘܚ
ܩܫܝܫܐthe priestnounroot ܩܫ ܢܟܦܐchasteadjectiveroot ܢܟܦ ܘܙܗܝܐand venerableadjectiveroot ܙܗܐ ܝܘܚܢܐYūhannā (John)proper-noun ܡܝܬhe diedverbroot ܡܬ
ܒܗܝin thatpronoun ܫܢܬܐyearnounroot ܫܢ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܘܡܫܡ̈ܫܢܐand deaconsnounroot ܫܡܫ ܫܒܥ̈ܝܢseventynumeralroot ܫܒܥ ܘܬܪ̈ܝܢ
ܘܡܝܬand diedverbroot ܡܘܬ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܩܪܝܬܐthe villagenounroot ܩܪܐ ܓܒܪ̈ܐ ܘܢܫ̈ܐand womennounroot ܢܫ ܘܛܠܝ̈ܐand childrennounroot ܛܠܐ ܐܪܒܥܐfournumeralroot ܐܪܒܥ
ܐܠܦܝ̈ܐthousandsnumeralroot ܐܠܦ ܗܘܘwereverbroot ܗܘܐ ܗܠܝܢthesedemonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܒܫܢܬin the yearphraseroot ܫܢ ܒܦܓyear 2083numeral ܕܝܘ̈ܢܝܐof the Greeksadjectiveroot ܝܘܢ
ܟܠalladjectivealso every, eachroot ܟܠ ܕܩܪܐwho readsverbroot ܩܪܐ ܠܗܢthispronoun ܥܘܗܕܢܐepitaphnounalso memorialroot ܥܗܕ ܢܐܡܪlet him sayverbalso may he sayroot ܐܡܪ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܚܣܐpardonverbroot ܚܣܐ
ܢܦܫܗhis soulnounalso himselfroot ܢܦܫ ܕܗܢof thispronoun ܟܗܢܐpriestnounroot ܟܗܢ ܘܠܝܗand to himpronoun ܕܘܟܣܐglorynoun

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 God the Living, Trinity, and Single One, whose throne is in heaven, and whose dwelling is the magnificent light: He is the First and the Last and his being has no beginning. As he wished, through his everlasting love he sent his eternal Son (6-10) who put on himself a human body out of Adam's nature. The virtuous and venerable Priest Yūhannā left this earthly world, departing to the spiritual <world>. In this year seventy-two priests and deacons died, and from the village four thousand men, women and children died. (11-13) These events happened in the year 2083 of the Greeks. He who reads this epitaph let him say: My Lord, pardon the soul of this priest: Glory to God!

Location Detail Courtyard.
Dimensions 0.35m × 0.34m
Poetic Metre Metre of St. Ephrem (first part)
Ecclesiastical Titles Priest; deacons
Christology Eternal Son who put on a human body out of Adam's nature
Prayer Pardon the soul of this priest
Trinity God the Living, Trinity, and Single One
Cross Two crosses at the top corner
Periods / Eras Year 2083 of the Greeks
Diseases Epidemic/pestilence killing priests, deacons and four thousand villagers
Yūhannā
Harrak 2010, p.276-277
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