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CC.01.01 HARRAK

The Chaldean Church of the Virgin Mary Our Lady of Seeds, inside the church , Armōtā

Armōtā Erbil
Date
1952
Language
Syriac
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ܗܪܟܐhereadverb ܫܟܝܒis laidverbroot ܫܟܒ ܐܚܐbrother (emphatic)nounroot ܐܚ ܕܝܪܝܐthe monknounroot ܕܝܪ
ܐܬܢܩܪwas hollowed outverbroot ܢܩܪ ܐܨ̈̇ܢܒ
ܥܡܢܘܐܝܠ‛Ammānū’ēlproper-noun ܒܪson ofnounroot ܒܪ ܩܫܝܫܐthe priestnounroot ܩܫ
ܐܢܛܘܢAntūnproper-noun ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܐܪܡܘܬܐ:Armōtāproper-noun
ܘܗܘܐand becameverbroot ܗܘܐ ܕܝܪܝܐthe monknounroot ܕܝܪ ܒܕܝܪܐin the monasterynounroot ܕܝܪ
ܕܒܬܘܠܬܐof the Virginnounroot ܒܬܠ ܥܠuponprepositionalso over, aboutroot ܥܠ ܓܢ̄ܒthe side of (nearby)nounroot ܓܢܒ
ܐܠܩܘܫ:Alqōšproper-noun ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܨ̈̇ܟܚ
ܘܚܝܐ ܚܝ̈ܐ ܕܡܠܝܢfull ofverbroot ܡܠܐ
ܩܕܝܫܘܬܐholinessnounroot ܩܕܫ ܘܡܝܬand diedverbroot ܡܘܬ ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ
ܐܨ̈̇ܡܐ:1941numeral ܫܒܛ:Šbāṭ (February)noun ܐ: ܒܗ:in itpreposition

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) Here is laid the monastic Brother—(the epitaph) was inscribed in 1952—‛Ammānū’ēl son of the priest Anṭūn of Armōtā. He became a monk in the Monastery (6-10) of the Virgin near Alqōš in the year 1928 and lived a life full of holiness. He died in the year 1941, the 1st of Šbāṭ (February).

Location Detail Inside the church.
Professions Monk
Ecclesiastical Titles Monastic Brother; priest
Monasteries Monastery of the Virgin / our Lady of Seeds near Alqōš
Calendar & Horoscope Died 1st of Šbāṭ (February) 1941
‛Ammānū’ēl Anṭūn
Harrak 2010, p.595
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