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AP.02.06 HARRAK

Chaldean Monastery of Our Lady of Seeds, the gate leading to the inner courtyard , Jabal Alqōš

Jabal Alqōš › Nineveh
Date
1858
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܟܠalladjectivealso every, eachroot ܟܠ ܠܡnamely (quotative)particleroot ܡܪ ܕܫܒܩwho leavesverbroot ܫܒܩ ܐܒܐthe Fathernounroot ܐܒ ܘܐܡܐand a mothernounroot ܐܡ ܏ܘܚܘ܏ܒ ܐܚܝܢܘ̇ܬ݂ܐ
ܘܟܦܪand gives upverbroot ܟܦܪ ܒܢܦܫܗhimselfnounroot ܢܦܫ ܘܛܥܢand carriesverbroot ܛܥܢ ܨܠܝ̣ܒܗ ܒܦܨܝܚܘ̇ܬܐ
ܒܥܠܡin the worldnounroot ܥܠܡ ܙܒܢܐthe timenounroot ܙܒܢ ܡܩܒܠhe would receiveverbroot ܩܒܠ ܐܥܦܐmanifold/doubledadjectiveroot ܥܦ ܣܓܝܐܬܐmanyadjectiveroot ܣܓܐ
ܘܒܗܘand on thatpronoun ܕܥܬܝ̣ܕ ܢܩܕܐhe will acquireverbroot ܩܢܐ ܒܘ̣ܣܡ ܥܡwithprepositionalso together withroot ܥܡ ܫܠܝܚܘܬܐthe Apostlesnounroot ܫܠܚ

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) He who leaves a father, mother, and the love of relatives, (2) and gives up himself, carrying his cross in joy, (3) he would receive manifold (blessings) in this life, (4) and in the world after, he will acquire pleasure with the Apostles.

Context
Location Detail The gate leading to the inner courtyard.
Dimensions 1.15m x 0.50m
Poetic Metre Dodecasyllabic (12 × 12 syllables)
Religion & Practice
Christology Leaving family and carrying one's cross to receive blessings
Material & Physical
Cross Carrying his cross in joy
References
Harrak 2010, p.507; Ḥaddād 1977, p. 225
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