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AA.04.18 HARRAK

Chaldean Church of Šim‛ūn al-Safā (Simon the Elect); Seminary of Šim‛ūn al-Safā, near the church of this name , Southwest of Old Mosul

Southwest of Old Mosul › Nineveh
Date
1912
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܐܬܬܪܘܚwas expandedverbroot ܪܘܚ ܘܐܫܬܡܠܝand was completedverbroot ܡܠܐ ܒܝܬhousenounalso home, Beth-root ܒܝܬ ܕܪܫܐschoolnounroot ܕܪܫ ܗܢܐthis (m.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܟܗܢܝܐpriestlyadjectiveroot ܟܗܢ
ܒܢܦܩ̈ܬܐat the expensenounroot ܢܦܩ ܕܛܘܒܬܢܘܬof the Beatitude ofnounroot ܛܘܒ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܝܘܣܦYawsep (Joseph)proper-noun ܥܡܢܘܐܝܠ‛Ammānū’ēlproper-noun :ܒ:inprepositionalso with, byroot ܒ
ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐPatriarchnoun ܕܒܒܠof Babylonproper-noun ܕܟܠܕܝ̈ܐof the Chaldeansnoun ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܨܝ̈̇ܒ ܡܪܢܝܬܐof the Lordadjectiveroot ܡܪܐ

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) This priestly school was expanded and completed (2) thanks to the expenses of his Beatitude Mār Yawsep ‛Ammānū’ēl II, (3) Patriarch of Babylon over the Chaldeans: The year 1912 of the Lord. B ‫ﺘﻭﺴﻌﺕ ﻭﺘﻜﻤﻠﺕ ﻫﺫﻩ ﺍﻝﻤﺩﺭﺴﺔ ﺍﻝﻜﻬﻨﻭﺘﻴﺔ ﺒﻨﻔﻘﺔ ﻏﺒﻁﺔ ﻤﺎﺭ ﻴﻭﺴﻑ ﻋﻤﺎﻨﻭﺌﻴل ﺍﻝﺜﺎﻨﻲ ﺒﻁﺭﻴﺭﻙ‬ ‫ ﻤﺴﻴﺤﻴﺔ‬١٩١٢ ‫ﺒﺎﺒل ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻝﻜﻠﺩﺍﻥ ﺴﻨﺔ‬ (For the translation see A1-3 above). C Le Séminaire a été achevé par S. B. Mgr Joseph Emmanuel II Patriarche Chaldéen de Babylone. The Seminary was completed by his Beatitude Mgr Joseph Emmanuel, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon.

Context
Location Detail The Seminary of Šim‛ūn al-Safā, near the church of this name.
Dimensions 1.75m × 0.77m
Patriarch Mār Yawsep ‛Ammānū’ēl II (Joseph Emmanuel), Patriarch of Babylon over the Chaldeans
People & Roles
Peoples Chaldean
Personal Names
Mār Yawsep ‛Ammānū’ēl II Joseph Emmanuel
References
Harrak 2010, p. 113; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 148
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