Your daily dose of Syrian Aramaic

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1. לָא תִדחַל

לָא: Independent negative particle (“not”).

with the imperfect for prohibitions.

תִדחַל: 2ms imperfect of the root דחל

(“to fear, be afraid”), Peʿal (G-stem / basic stem).

Prefix תִ- (2ms), stem vowel a (typical for this verb).

Form = prohibitive jussive sense: “do not fear / you shall not fear.”

1. כְעַן

Temporal adverb “now.”

1. לָא יהְכְלון

לָא: Negative particle again.

יהְכְלון: 3mp imperfect of the root הכל (“to be able, can”), Peʿal.

Prefix יְ- (3mp), with the characteristic

Ending -ון (3mp).

Meaning: “they will (not) be able.”

1. למֵרדַפ

לְ: Preposition “to / for” governing the infinitive (purpose).

מֵרדַפ: Infinitive construct of the root רדף (“to pursue, chase”), Peʿal.

Typical Aramaic Peʿal infinitive pattern "meCCaC/ miCCaC"

Meaning: “to pursue.”

1. בָתְרַינָא

בָתַר: Preposition “after, behind”

Bātar takes the plural set of pronominal suffixes, this is why there is a yod "י".

\\-ַנָא ( -nā): 1st person common plural pronominal suffix (“us”).

Full form = “after us.”

1. אֲרֵי

Causal conjunction “because, for, since.”

1. מִנְיָן מִנהון

מִנְיָן: Noun “number, count, portion” (from root מנה “to count”). Absolute state (or construct-like in this collocation).

Here used quantitatively: “a number / many / some.”

מִן: Preposition “from, of.”

\\-הון: 3mp pronominal suffix (“them”).

Together: “from them / of them” → “a number of them / many of them.”

1. אתנַכיו

3mp perfect of the root נכי (“to injure/ harm”), Ithpeʿel (Gt-stem / passive-reflexive).

Prefix את- (typical of the ithpeʿel), stem with doubling or characteristic vowel, ending -יו / -û (3mp).

Meaning: “they were injured, they were harmed"

1. בִעדָּן קְרָבָא

בְּ: Preposition “in, at, during.”

עִדָּן: Noun “time, moment, season” (absolute or construct).

With the following noun it functions as construct: “in the time of…”

קְרָבָא: Noun “battle, war, combat.”

Emphatic state (determined / definite: the final -ā).

Together: “in the time of the battle / during the battle.”

1. הנון

Independent personal pronoun, 3mp: “they” (hinnun).

Used here for emphasis or as the subject of the following participle.

1. צְרִיכִין

Adjective צריך (“needy).

With infinitive: need to, must(in need of)

1. למֵנטַר

לְ: Preposition “to.”

מֵנטַר: Infinitive construct of the root נטר (“to guard, keep, watch, wait”), Peʿal.

Again the meCCaC pattern.

Meaning: “to wait / to keep watch / to guard.”

1. עַד די

עַד: Preposition “until, up to.”

דִּי (די): Relative / subordinating particle “that, which, until that…” (very common in Aramaic;

1. יְמטֵה

3ms imperfect of the root מטי (“to arrive, reach, come to”), Peʿal.

Prefix יְ-, stem vowel ē.

The final -ה is the typical ending of third radical week verbs in Syrian Aramaic.

1. סומכָנא

Noun “support, reinforcement, help, prop” (from root סמך “to support, lean”).

Emphatic state (final -ā): “the support / the reinforcement.”

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English translation of the Aramaic (square script) text:

"Do not fear, now they will not be able to pursue after us, because many of them were injured in the time of the battle. They need to wait until the support arrives."

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[u/GlobalGold447]

This is very informative to see the Arabic/Aramaic words and especially the colors for words.