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AA.04.03 HARRAK

Men’s gate , Southwest of Old Mosul

Southwest of Old Mosul › Nineveh
Date
1847 on the basis of inscription AA.04.02
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܗܢܘthis ispronoun
ܬܪܥgatenounalso doorroot ܬܪܥ ܕofparticlealso that, which, whoroot ܕ ܒܝܬܗhis housenounroot ܒܝܬ
ܡܪܝܐthe Lordnounalso Lordroot ܡܪ
ܪܘܚܩܘSpirit (Holy)nounroot ܪܘܚ
ܕܫܐholyadjectiveroot ܩܕܫ
ܒܓܘܗinside itprepositionroot ܓܘ
ܫܪܝܐis settledverbroot ܫܪ ܥܘܠܘgo inverbroot ܥܠ
ܠܗhimpronoun ܟܕwhenconjunctionalso while, asroot ܟܕ
ܐܬܘܢyou areverbroot ܐܬܐ
ܕܟܝ̈ܐ
ܕܬܫܬܘܘܢthat you may be worthyverbroot ܫܘܐ
ܠܗܘof thepronoun
ܛܘܒܐblessingnounroot ܛܘܒ
ܡܥܠܝܐloftyadjectiveroot ܥܠܐ

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

(a) This is the gate of the house of the (b) Lord. The Holy Spirit (c) is settled inside it. Go in, (d) while purified, (e) so that you may be worthy of the (f) lofty (e) blessing.

Context
Location Detail Chaldean Church of Šim‛ūn al-Safā (Simon the Elect)
Material & Physical
Architecture Gate
References
Harrak 2010, p. 100; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 140
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