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AD.01.25 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
ܝܘܚܐܢܐ ܒܪson ofnounroot ܒܪ ܟܪܘܡܝ
ܟܗܢܐpriestnounroot ܟܗܢ ܓܒܝܐchosenadjectiveroot ܓܒܐ ܓܢܐwithdrawalso reprimandroot ܓܢܐ ܫܡܫܗsunroot ܫܡܫ
ܕܗܿܘ ܚܘܪܐan examplenounroot ܚܘܪ ܕܟܠof allnounroot ܟܠ ܡܝܬܪ̈ܬܐ
ܒܟܘܣ ܡܝܟܐMīkāproper-noun ܒܒܐ
ܥܠܝܡܐyouthnounroot ܥܠܡ ܪܓܝܓܐattractiveadjectiveroot ܪܓ ܘܗܕܝܪܐand magnificentadjectiveroot ܗܕܪ
ܕܐܬܚܘܝ ܒܟܠin allnounroot ܟܠ ܕܘܒܪ̈ܘܗܝ
ܢܟܦܐchasteadjectiveroot ܢܟܦ ܟܚܝܕܐ ܘܡܟܝܟܐhumblealso lowly, mild, gentleroot ܡܟ
ܒܐܘ݂̈ܠܝܬܐ ܡܪܝܪ̈ܬܐ
ܥܦܝܘܗܝ ܟܠܗܘܢall of thempronounroot ܟܠ ܝܕܘܥ̈ܘܗܝ
ܒܥܣܪܐtenroot ܥܣܪ ܒܬܡܘܙin Tammūznoun ܫܢܝdepartedverbroot ܫܢܐ ܠܗhimpronoun
ܟܕwhenconjunctionalso while, asroot ܟܕ ܠܡܚܣܢscarcelyalso hardlyroot ܚܣܢ ܐܝܬthere isparticleroot ܐܝܬ ܠܗhimpronoun ܐܪܒܥܝܢfortyroot ܪܒܥ
ܡܪܝܐthe Lordnounalso Lordroot ܡܪ ܕܙܡܢܗ ܠܦܪܕܝܣܐinto Paradisenoun
ܢܡܢܝܘܗܝ ܒܣܕܪܐamong the ranksnounroot ܣܕܪ ܕܩܕܝ̈ܫܘ̄
ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܨܝ

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.

(1-3) Yūhānā son of Karrōmī is a chosen priest. The sun of the one who was a role model of all virtues was set. (9b) All the acquaintances of (4-9a) Bākōs Mīkā Bābā, a delightful and handsome young man, who showed himself through his whole behaviour as a virtuous man, modest and humble, buried him with bitter laments. (10-14) He died on the 10th of Tammūz (July) while he was barely forty years old. May the Lord who invited him into Paradise count him in the rank of his holy ones; the year 1910.

Context
Date 1910 AD
Language Syriac
Script Serto, partially vocalized
Location Detail Shrine of the Fraternity of the Immaculate Conception.
Dimensions 1m × 0.50m
Poetic Metre Metrical following the metre of St
People & Roles
Ecclesiastical Titles Commemorates a chosen priest
Material & Physical
Cross Three crosses surmount the inscribed slab
Personal Names
Yūḥānā Karrōmī Bākōs Mīkā Bābā
References
Harrak 2010, p.246-247
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