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AE.01.03 HARRAK

The Syriac Catholic Monastery of Mār Behnam, outer gallery. , Al-Kidr

Al-Kidr Nineveh
Date
1581
Language
Syriac
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ܒܫܡin the name ofnounroot ܫܡ ܚܝܐlifenounalso the livingroot ܚܝܐ
ܘܡܚܝܢܐand life-givingadjectiveroot ܚܝܐ ܕܡܝܬܐof the deadnounroot ܡܘܬ
ܢܦܩexpensenounalso costroot ܢܦܩ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܥܠܡܐworldnounroot ܥܠܡ ܐܪܥܢܐearthlyadjectiveroot ܐܪܥ ܘܫܢܝand departedverbroot ܫܢܐ
ܠܥܠܡܐto the worldnounroot ܥܠܡ ܪܘܚܢܐspiritualadjectiveroot ܪܘܚ ܐܚܘܢour Brothernounroot ܐܚ ܙܗܝܐvenerableadjectiveroot ܙܗܐ ܪܒܢܐour Lordnounroot ܪܒ
ܕܢܝܐܠDaniel (Doniel)proper-noun ܒܬܘܠܐchaste mannounroot ܒܬܠ ܕܟܝܐpureadjectiveroot ܕܟܐ ܘܐܝܬܘܗܝand he wasverbroot ܐܝܬ
ܡܫܡܫܢܐthe deaconnounroot ܫܡܫ ܘܟܗܢܐand priestnounroot ܟܗܢ ܐܦalsoparticlealso evenroot ܐܦ ܐܫܬܢܝdepartedverbroot ܫܢܐ
ܒܡܘܬܢܐby the pestilencenounroot ܡܘܬ ܒܫܢܬin the yearphraseroot ܫܢ ܐܦܨܒ1892numeral
ܒܡܢܝܢܐin numbernounroot ܡܢܐ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܘܣof Alexanderproper-noun ܗܘhepronounalso itroot ܗܘ
ܩܪܢܢܐ.the (Two-)Hornedadjectiveroot ܩܪܢ ܟܠalladjectivealso every, eachroot ܟܠ ܕܩܪܐwho readsverbroot ܩܪܐ ܠܗܢthispronoun
ܥܘܗܕܢܐepitaphnounalso memorialroot ܥܗܕ ܢܚܣܐmay pardonverbroot ܚܣܐ ܠܕܝܪܝܐthis monknounroot ܕܝܪ
ܗܢܐthis (m.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܘܢܐܡܪand let him sayverbroot ܐܡܪ ܡܪܝܐthe Lordnounalso Lordroot ܡܪ
ܡܚܣܝܢܐForgivernounroot ܚܣܐ ܚܣܐpardonverbroot ܚܣܐ ܠܥܒܕܟyour servantnounroot ܥܒܕ ܒܝܘܡon the dayphraseroot ܝܘܡ
ܟܠalladjectivealso every, eachroot ܟܠ ܕܡـ[ܚܣܐ ܢܘܚܡܐ:resurrectionnounroot ܢܚܡ
ܗܘ݁hepronounalso itroot ܗܘ ܢܬܚܣܐwill be pardonedverbroot ܚܣܐ ... ]

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 Ever-Living One, who gives life to the dead: Our virtuous Brother rabbōnō Dōniēl, a chaste and virtuous man, left this earthly world, departing to the spiritual one: He was (6-10) a deacon and a priest. He was carried away by the pestilence in the year 1892 according to the reckoning of Alexander the (Two)-Horned. Let he who reads this memorial (pray that God may) pardon this monk, (11-14) saying: O Lord Forgiver, pardon your servant on the Day of Resurrection. He who (says: may God) par[don (him), he will be pardoned …].

Location Detail Outer gallery.
Dimensions 0.35m x 0.24m
Poetic Metre Metre of St Ephrem
Professions Deacon and priest
Ecclesiastical Titles Rabbōnō; deacon and priest
Christology The Ever-Living One who gives life to the dead; Day of Resurrection
Prayer Appeal that God pardon the deceased on the Day of Resurrection
Calendar & Horoscope Year 1892 of Alexander (Seleucid reckoning)
Diseases Carried away by the pestilence
Dōniēl
Harrak 2010, p.310-311
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