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AE.01.43 HARRAK

The Syriac Catholic Monastery of Mār Behnam, the burial chamber, in the right corner of the back wall, above AE.01.42. , Al-Kidr

Al-Kidr › Nineveh
Date
1776
Language
Syriac and Garshuni
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Transcription
ܗܕܐthis (f.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܩܒܪtombnounalso graveroot ܩܒܪ ܐܠܡܪܚܘܡthe lateadjectiveroot ܪܚܡ
ܡܛܪܐܢBishopnoun ܒܗܢܐܡBihnāmproper-noun ܐܠܗܐܪܘܢܝthe Aaroniteadjective
ܐܒܢson ofnounroot ܒܢ ܩܣpriest (qass)nounroot ܩܣ ܥܝܣܐ‛Īsāproper-noun ܐܢܬܩܠdepartedverbroot ܢܩܠ ܦܝinpreposition
ܫܗܪmonth ofnounroot ܫܗܪ ܟܐܢܘܢKānūn (December)proper-noun ܠܘܠfirstadjectiveroot ܐܘܠ ܕofparticlealso that, which, whoroot ܕ ܣܢܗ̈yearnounroot ܣܢܐ ܐܐܦܚ2088numeral
ܐܝthat isparticle ܡܐܪMar (Saint)nounroot ܡܪܐ ܝܘܐܢܝܣYū'annīsproper-noun ܡܝܛܪܐܢBishopnoun ܒܗܢܡBehnamproper-noun
ܓܡܪܐthe perfectadjectiveroot ܓܡܪ ܡܝܩܪܐhonourableadjectiveroot ܝܩܪ ܘܕܗܘܝܘand who ispronoun ܫܒܥsevenadjectiveroot ܫܒܥ
ܘܬܠܬܝܢand thirtynumeralroot ܬܠܬ ܘܣܓܕ̈ܝܢand worshippedverbroot ܣܓܕ ܠܗhimpronoun ܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ
ܘܬܫܥܝܢand ninetynumeralroot ܬܫܥ ܚܘܢܝhave mercyverbroot ܚܢ ܠܐܒܘܢon our Fathernounroot ܐܒ ܒܝܘܡܐon the daynounroot ܝܘܡ ܕܚܡܫof fivenumeralroot ܚܡܫ
ܘܐܫܬܝܢand sixtynumeralroot ܫܬ ܬܠܬܡܐthree hundrednumeralroot ܬܠܬ ܘܬܪܝܢand twonumeralroot ܬܪܝܢ ܘܬܡܢܝܢand eightynumeralroot ܬܡܢ ܫܠܡpeacenounalso well-beingroot ܫܠܡ ܡـxxx ܡܪܢour Lordnounroot ܡܪ ܝܫܘܥJesusproper-noun ܡܫܝܚܐChristproper-nounroot 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.

English Translation

(1-5, Garsh.) This is the grave of the late Bishop Bihnām the Aaronite, son of the Priest ‛Īsā. He departed in the month of First Kānūn (December) the 4th, the year 2088, that is Mōr Yū’annīs Bishop Bihnām, (6-9, Syr.) the perfect (and) the venerable. O you who are thirty-seven (=God) and who is worshipped by the ninety-two (=angels), have mercy on our Father, on the sixty-fifth (Day of Judgment), three hundred and eighty-two. It is completed. x x x our Lord Jesus Christ.

Context
Location Detail Church, the burial chamber, in the right corner of the back wall, above AE.01.42.
Dimensions 0.70m x 0.60m
People & Roles
Bishops Mōr Yū’annīs Bishop Bihnām the Aaronite; last bishop of the diocese of Monastery of Mār Behnam and Bēt-Kudēdā
Professions Priest ‛Īsā
Ecclesiastical Titles Bishop; Priest; Father
Angels Ninety-two (=angels)
Religion & Practice
Christology Our Lord Jesus Christ
Monasteries Monastery of Mār Behnam
Material & Physical
Calendar & Horoscope First Kānūn (December) 4th, year 2088; cryptic numerical references (Day of Judgment)
History & Context
Periods / Eras Year 2088 (Seleucid era)
Countries & Cities (Foreign) Bēt-Kudēdā
Personal Names
Bishop Bihnām the Aaronite Priest ‛Īsā Mōr Yū’annīs Bishop Bihnām
References
Harrak 2010, p.341-342
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