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AA.09.01 HARRAK

The Syriac Catholic ‘New Church of al-Tāhira’; At the rear part of the church , Mosul

Mosul › Nineveh
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ܒܫܡin the name ofnounroot ܫܡ ܐܠܗܐthe Godnounalso Godroot ܐܠܗ ܚܝܐlifenounalso the livingroot ܚܝܐ
ܐܬܒܢܝܬwas builtverbroot ܒܢܐ ܘܐܫܬܟܠܠܬ݀and was completedverbroot ܟܠܠ ܗܕܐthis (f.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܥܕܬܐthe churchnounroot ܥܕܬ ܕܝܠܕܬof the Bearer ofnounroot ܝܠܕ
ܐܠܗܐthe Godnounalso Godroot ܐܠܗ ܡܪܝܡMaryproper-noun ܕܠܐwithoutparticle ܡܘܡܐsinnounalso blemishroot ܡܘܡ ܒܛܝ݂ܢܬܐ
ܒܫܢܬin the yearphraseroot ܫܢ ܏܏ܐܦܣܒ ܡܫܝܚܝܬܐof Christadjectiveroot ܡܫܚ
ܒܝܘ̈ܡܝ ܪ̈ܥܘܬܐthe shepherdsnounroot ܪܥܐ ܕܥܕܬܐof the churchnounroot ܥܕܬ ܩܕܝܫܬܐholyadjectiveroot ܩܕܫ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ ܡܕܒܪ̈ܢܐ ܕܝܠܢourpronoun
ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܦܝܘܣPiusproper-noun ܬܫܝܥܝܐthe Ninthnumeralroot ܬܫܥ ܦܐܦܐPopenoun ܕܪܘܡܝ ܟܘܡܪܐpontiffnounalso priestroot ܟܡܪ ܪܒܐthe greatnounalso the elderroot ܪܒ
ܘܡܪܝand Mār/Saintnounroot ܡܪ ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣIgnatius (Īġnātiōs)proper-noun ܐܢܛܘܢܝܘܣAntōniōsproper-noun ܣܡܚܝܪܝ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐPatriarchnoun ܕܐܢܛܘܟܝܐ
ܘܡܪܝand Mār/Saintnounroot ܡܪ ܩܘܪܝܠܠܘܣQūrillōs (Cyril)proper-noun ܒܗܢܡBehnamproper-noun ܒܢܝsons ofnounroot ܒܪ ܡܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܐ ܕܡܘܨܠof Mosulproper-noun ܘܕܚܕܪ̈ܝܗܿ

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 the Living God. This church of Mary Mother of God and the Immaculate Conception was built and completed in the year 1862 of Christ during the time of the shepherds of the holy and Catholic church, our leaders (68) Mōr Pius the Ninth, Pope of Rome and High Priest, Mōr Iġnātiōs Antōniōs Samhērī, Patriarch of Antioch, and Mōr Qūrillōs Bihnām Binnī, Archbishop of Mosul and its suburbs. (ll. 10-15 Arabic translation of the Syriac).

Context
Date 1862 AD
Language Syriac, Arabic
Script Estrangela, Serto and Arabic
Pope Pius the Ninth, Pope of Rome
Location Detail At the rear part of the church.
Patriarch Iġnāṭiōs Anṭōniōs Samḥērī, Patriarch of Antioch
People & Roles
Bishops Of Mosul and
Personal Names
Pius the Ninth Iġnāṭiōs Anṭōniōs Samḥērī Qūrillōs Bihnām Binnī ‛Ammānū’ēl Binnī (notes)
References
Harrak 2010, p.136-138; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 165
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