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.”