AD.01.21 HARRAK

The Syriac Catholic Church of al-Tāhira: The Old and the New Churches; Shrine of the Fraternity of the Immaculate Conception , Qaraqōš

Qaraqōš › Nineveh

ܗܢܐthis (m.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܩܒܪܐthe tombnounroot ܩܒܪ ܕܩܫܝܫܐ.of the priestnounroot ܩܫ
ܡܩܕܫܝܐ ܬܘ݂ܡܐ ܦܪܝ݂ܫܐ: ܕܢܦ݂ܩ
ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܥܠܡܐworldnounroot ܥܠܡ ܬܥܝܫܐ. ܒܫܢܬin the yearphraseroot ܫܢ ܐܦܨܗ
ܕܡܫܝܚܐof Christnounroot ܡܫܚ : ܫܡ݂ܫ ܕܪܓܐthe ranknounroot ܕܪܓ ܕܟܗܢܘ̄:
ܬܠܬܝܢthirtynumeralroot ܬܠܬ ܘܬܡܢܐeightroot ܬܡܢܐ ܫܢܝ̈ܐ.yearsnounroot ܫܢ ܘܐܝ݂ـܬܘܗܝ
ܗ̄ܘܐ ܣ݁ܦܪܐ ܡܗ[ܝܪܐ

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.

(1-6) This is the grave of the Priest and (Jerusalem) Pilgrim the distinguished Tūmō, who left this miserable world in the year 1895 of Christ. He served the rank of priesthood for thirty-eight years, and was a skilled scribe…

Context

Date	1895 AD
Language	Syriac
Script	Serto, partially vocalized
Location Detail	Shrine of the Fraternity of the Immaculate Conception.
Dimensions	0.55m × 0.50m
Poetic Metre	Metrical following the metre of St

Material & Physical

Architecture	Niche

Personal Names

Tūmō

References

Harrak 2010, p.243-244

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