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AP.02.07 HARRAK

Chaldean Monastery of Our Lady of Seeds, the gate leading to the inner courtyard , Jabal Alqōš

Jabal Alqōš › Nineveh
Date
1858
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܐܘOparticle ܒܬܘܠܬܐthe Virginnounroot ܒܬܠ ܡܪܬMistress ofnounroot ܡܪ ܙܪ̈ܥܐSeedsnounroot ܙܪܥ ܛܪܝguardverbroot ܢܛܪ ܕܝܪܟܝyour monasterynounroot ܕܝܪ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܟܠalladjectivealso every, eachroot ܟܠ ܦܓܥ̈ܐ܀ ܒܫܢܬin the yearphraseroot ܫܢ
ܘܒܝܬܓܘܣܐand a shelternounroot ܓܘܣ ܥܒܕܝܗ̇ ܠܡܪ̈ܥܐ ܕܩܪܝܢwho callverbroot ܩܪܐ ܠܟܝupon youpronoun ܒܚܫܐwith painnounroot ܚܫ ܘܕܡܥ̈ܐ܀ ܐܦܢܚyear 1858numeral

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) O Virgin, Mistress of Seeds, guard your monastery from all hostilities. (2) Turn it into a shelter for the sick, who call upon you with pain and tears.
B
The year 1858.

Context
Location Detail The gate leading to the inner courtyard.
Dimensions Lintel is 1.75m x 0.75m, 0.50m high from the middle of the lower curve to its straight top
Poetic Metre Metre of St. Ephrem
Religion & Practice
Healing Shelter for the sick who call upon you
Prayer Invocation to the Virgin to protect the monastery and shelter the sick
Monasteries Guard your monastery from all hostilities
Material & Physical
Reliefs Syriac inscription in relief with floral motifs
References
Harrak 2010, p.507-508; Ḥaddād 1977, p. 225
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