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BK.01.03 HARRAK

The Chaldean Churhc of Our Lady of Rosary, inside the church , ´Aqrā

´Aqrā › Dehōk
Date
1908 or shortly thereafter
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܗܪܟܐhereadverb ܫܟܝܒis laidverbroot ܫܟܒ
ܚܣܐpardonverbroot ܚܣܐ ܕܘܟܪܢܐthe memorialnounroot ܕܟܪ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܝܘܚܢܢYohannan (John)proper-noun
ܣܚܐܪ:Saḥḥārproper-noun ܐܬܝܠܕwas bornverbroot ܝܠܕ ܒܡܘܨܠin Mosulproper-noun ܗ ܐܕܪĀdār (March)noun
ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܦܢ݅ܓ: ܐܬܬܩܝܡwas erectedverbroot ܩܘܡ ܟܘܪchor- (rural)noun
ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐbishopnoun ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐfor the citynounroot ܡܕܝܢ ܕܒܨܪܐof Baṣraproper-noun [ܫܢܬ]year (construct)nounroot ܫܢ
ܐܦܦ݅ܓ! ܘܐܬܬܩܝܡand was establishedverbroot ܩܘܡ [ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ]bishopnoun

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

(1-3) Here is laid the virtuous of memory Mār Yōḥannān Saḥḥār. He was born in Mosul the 5th of Ādār (March) (4-6) the year 1853. He was made chorepiscopos for the city of Baṣra [the year] 1883. And he was established [bishop]
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(1) of ‛Aqrā and Zībār the 25th of Iyyār (May) 1892, and in the month of (2) Second Tišrīn (November) 1894, he was also proclaimed (bishop) over the diocese of ‛Imādiyya. He departed to the eternal life in the month of Šbāṭ (February), 1910.

Context
Location Detail Inside the church.
People & Roles
Bishops Mār Yōḥannān Saḥḥār, bishop of ‛Aqrā and Zībār, also over ‛Imādiyya
Ecclesiastical Titles Chorepiscopos; bishop
Religion & Practice
Relics Tombstone of the deceased bishop laid here
Churches & Shrines Named After Funerary inscription set inside the church
Material & Physical
Calendar & Horoscope Dated days/months/years of birth and offices
History & Context
Countries & Cities (Foreign) Mosul; Baṣra; ‛Aqrā; Zībār; ‛Imādiyya
Personal Names
Mār Yōḥannān Saḥḥār
References
Harrak 2010, p.562-563
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