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work peshitta:matt:6:9-13

work_note

Nestle's heading says 10-13; the text as printed BEGINS at ܐܰܒܽܘܢ ܕܒܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ, which is v. 9. The heading is off by one verse. Recorded as printed, cited as 6:9-13.

layer vocalized Serto

diff_target

THE NEW TESTAMENT IN SYRIAC, BFBS London 1905-1920 — archive.org newtestamentinsy00unse, title page verified at n6. PD. Critical edition behind it: Pusey & Gwilliam, Tetraeuangelium sanctum, Clarendon 1901 (tetraeuangeliums00puseuoft). See research/syriac-peshitta-editions.md

layer_source read from the plate
seyame no
punctuation as printed

text_syr_voc

ܐܰܒܽܘܢ ܕܒܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ ܢܶܬܩܰܕܰܫ ܫܡܳܟ ܬܺܐܬܶܐ ܡܰܠܟܽܘܬܳܟ ܢܶܗܘܶܐ ܨܶܒܝܳܢܳܟ ܐܰܝܟܰܢܳܐ ܕܒܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ ܐܳܦ ܒܰܐܪܥܳܐ ܗܰܒ ܠܰܢ ܠܰܚܡܳܐ ܕܣܽܘܢܩܳܢܰܢ ܝܰܘܡܳܢܳܐ ܘܰܫܒܽܘܩ ܠܰܢ ܚܰܘܒܰܝܢ ܐܰܝܟܰܢܳܐ ܕܳܐܦ ܚܢܰܢ ܫܒܰܩܢ ܠܚܰܝܳܒܰܝܢ ܘܠܳܐ ܬܰܥܠܰܢ ܠܢܶܣܝܽܘܢܳܐ ܐܶܠܳܐ ܦܰܨܳܢ ܡܶܢ ܒܺܝܫܳܐ ܡܶܛܽܠ ܕܕܺܝܠܳܟ ܗܺܝ ܡܰܠܟܽܘܬܳܐ ܘܚܰܝܠܳܐ ܘܬܶܫܒܽܘܚܬܳܐ ܠܥܳܠܰܡ ܥܳܠܡܺܝܢ ܐܰܡܺܝܢ

transliteration_primer

Aβūn deβašmáyå, neϑqáddaš šemåχ. tiϑē malkuϑåχ; nehveh ṣeβyånåχ, aikánnå deβašmáyå aφ b'ár‛å. háβ-lan láḥmå desunqu̇nan yaumånå; vašeβóq-lan ḥaubain aikánnå d'aφ ḥnan šeβaqn leḥayyåβain. velå ϑálan lenesyónå, éllå φáṣṣån men bíšå; meṭṭul dedílåχ-hī malkuϑå veḥáilå veϑešbóḥtå le‛ålam ‛ålemín, amén.

transliteration_note

Diacritic detail of the Greek-letter transliteration is approximate in this calibration pass; it is a second plate-read problem in its own right.

primer_notes

Followed on pp. 70-72 by 'AIDS TO TRANSLATION': a running, WORD-BY-WORD grammatical commentary keyed to this passage (e.g. ܐܰܒܽܘܢ § 32 — ܕܒܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ = ܕ § 22 + ܒ § 49 b + ܫܡܰܝܳܐ, 'heaven, which though always plural in form is also construed as singular (§ 28 c); st. abs. ܫܡܶܝܢ, cstr. ܫܡܰܝ' …), with § cross-references into Nestle's own grammar throughout.

schema_gap

RESOLVED. Kept below as the reasoning that produced the ruling.

The Aids to Translation are a FIFTH shape the schema has no home for: a per-word note keyed to a position in a passage, carrying grammar cross-references. Dropped into primer_notes (as above) they become an unstructured blob and lose the per-word keying — which is precisely what the reading-first curriculum needs, since it is a ready-made gloss layer of exactly the kind the hand-trainer already ships per line. Proposal for SYRIAC-LANGUAGE-PILOT.md §4: R3 gains word_notes = [{ index, form_voc, note, noldeke }], or a record type R5. Ruling owed BEFORE the run — it changes what the run extracts, not just how it files it.

word_notes

indexform_vocnotenestle_sectionsnoldeke
1ܐܰܒܽܘܢ§ 32.['32'][]
2ܕܒܰܫܡܰܝܳܐ= ܕ § 22 + ܒ § 49 b + ܫܡܰܝܳܐ, heaven, which though always plural in form is also construed as singular (§ 28 c); st. abs. ܫܡܶܝܢ, cstr. ܫܡܰܝ.['22', '49b', '28c'][]
3ܢܶܬܩܰܕܰܫ3 m. sg. impf. Ethpaal from denominative verb ܩܰܕܶܫ (Pael); indicative and jussive are not distinguished.[][]
4ܫܡܳܟfrom ܫܡܳܐ name, with suff. 2 m. sg.; emph. ܫܡܳܐ, with suff. ܫܡܶܗ; in the plural, with inserted ܗ, ܫܡܳܗ̈ܶܐ, ܫܡܳܗ̈ܳܬܳܐ, cf. ܐܰܒܳܐ, ܐܰܒܳܗ̈ܶܐ § 32.['32'][]
5ܬܺܐܬܶܐE. Syr. (a second pointing), 3 f. sg. impf. Peal from ܐܶܬܳܐ come, § 48 d, 2.['48d2'][]
6ܡܰܠܟܽܘܬܳܟabstract feminine ܡܰܠܟܽܘܬ § 30 IV + suff. 2 sg. m.; note Q(ushshaya) of the ܟ as distinguished from Hebr. מַלְכוּת.['30IV'][]
7ܢܶܗܘܶܐ3 m. sg. impf. of ܗܘܳܐ §§ 47, 48 b.['47', '48b'][]
8ܨܶܒܝܳܢܳܟm. subst. in -ܳܢ, -ܳܢܳܐ from ܨܒܳܐ wish, will, with suff., § 25, 4, b, 1.['25.4b1'][]
9ܐܰܝܟܰܢܳܐhow? interrogative adverb used relatively with following ܕ, cf. §§ 21. 22.['21', '22'][]
10ܐܳܦalso, cf. Hebr. and Aram. אַף.[][]
11ܒܰܐܪܥܳܐ(E. Syr. a second pointing) = ܐܰܪܥܳܐ emph. from ܐܪܥ = Hebr. אֶרֶץ, Aram. אֲרַע, אַרְעָא, Arab. أرض (§ 14 a; 26 fem.) + prep. ܒ § 17 b 2.['14a', '26', '17b2'][]
12ܗܰܒ§ 48 g 5.['48g5'][]
13ܠܰܢ§ 49 b; in later Syriac written as one word ܗܰܒܠܰܢ.['49b'][]
14ܠܰܚܡܳܐst. emph. from abs. ܠܚܶܡ, H. לֶחֶם.[][]
15ܕܣܽܘܢܩܳܢܰܢ= ܕ to express the genitive (§ 55 b) + ܣܽܘܢܩܳܢ, ܣܽܘܢܩܳܢܳܐ m. subst., need, necessity, from the stem ܣܢܰܩ need — of Peal only part. pass. in use — + suffix, which in such a combination is almost always appended to the second member, although belonging strictly to the first or to the whole expression (§ 51 c).['55b', '51c'][]
16ܝܰܘܡܳܢܳܐadj. acc. to § 25, 4 b 1 from ܝܰܘܡ, ܝܰܘܡܳܐ § 29, I, e.['25.4b1', '29Ie'][]
17ܘܰܫܒܽܘܩimp. sg. m. of ܫܒܰܩ pardon; for ܘ v. § 6 c; 38 c, e; the prefixing of ܘ does not produce a firmly closed syllable, hence ܒ with R(ukkakha).['6c', '38ce'][]
18ܠܰܢv. supra.[][]
19ܚܰܘܒܰܝܢour debts, from ܚܰܘܒܳܐ, st. cstr. and abs. ܚܰܘܒ § 30, I e, pl. ܚܰܘ̈ܒܶܐ, ܚܰܘ̈ܒܳܬܳܐ + suff. 1 p. pl.; ⭐ the E. Syrians write it otherwise, acc. to § 6 d 1, so ܝܰܘܡܳܢܳܐ above.['30Ie', '6d1'][]
20ܐܰܝܟܰܢܳܐ ܕand ܐܳܦ, v. sup.[][]
21ܚܢܰܢ§ 19.['19'][]
22ܫܒܰܩܢshorter form of the 1 pl. perf., § 36 a.['36a'][]
23ܠܚܰܝ̈ܳܒܰܝܢour debtors; dative particle ܠ + plur. of intensive noun ܚܰܝܳܒ § 25, 3 a, from a root med. ܘ, the ܘ passing into ܝ § 46 b.['25.3a', '46b'][]
24ܘܠܳܐand not; ܠܳܐ = non and ne.[][]
25ܬܰܥܠܰܢlead us, 2 m. sg. impf. Aphel (ܐܰܥܶܠ) from the root ܥܠܠ with suff. of 1 per. pl., § 43. As in Hebr., the imper. cannot stand with the negation.['43'][]
26ܠܢܶܣܝܽܘܢܳܐprepos. ܠ, which also denotes motion and direction, + ܢܶܣܝܽܘܢܳܐ = H. נִסָּיוֹן § 25, 4 b, 1 note, from the root ܢܣܐ, only in Pael.['25.4b1'][]
27ܐܶܠܳܐbut, doubtless contracted from ܐܶܢ if and ܠܳܐ not.[][]
28ܦܰܨܳܢdeliver us, m. sg. imp. Pael of ܦܨܳܐ with suff. 1 p. pl., § 47.['47'][]
29ܡܶܢ ܒܺܝܫܳܐfrom the evil (one); preposition ܡܶܢ § 49 c; ܒܺܝܫܳܐ st. abs. msc. of ܒܺܝܫ (cf. Aram. בִּאֵשׁ); ⭐ if it were to be rendered 'from evil' (neutr.), we should expect ܒܺܝܫܬܳܐ (§ 26).['49c', '26'][]
30ܡܶܛܽܠprep. (from a noun with ܠ, √ ܡܛܳܐ) on account of (§ 49 f); with a following ܕ it becomes a conjunction.['49f'][]
31ܕܕܺܝܠܳܟ§ 23.['23'][]
32ܗܺܝthe fem. pron. (§ 19), as copula more correctly written as enclitic ܗ̱ܝ.['19'][]
33ܚܰܝܠܳܐ§ 28 b; 29, I, f.['28b', '29If'][]
34ܬܶܫܒܽܘܚܬܳܐ(acc. to others with ܬ R(ukkakha)) § 30 A. 2, plur. ܬܶܫܒ̈ܚܳܬܳܐ, of Pael ܫܰܒܰܚ praise.['30A2'][]
35ܠܥܳܠܰܡst. constr., which still appears, especially in a connexion like the present (§ 29, II a).['29IIa'][]
36ܐܰܡܺܝܢ⭐ 'we prefer to derive [it] from the Gk. ἀμήν, rather than from the Hebr. אָמֵן, in spite of Jer. 28, 6.' — an etymological JUDGEMENT, not a fact: Nestle's own view, argued against a counter-example.[][]

alignment

status keyed from Nestle; checked against BFBS 1905-1920 (newtestamentinsy00unse)

diff

Leaf offset for the BFBS scan calibrated (not assumed): leaf = printed page + 11, fixed on four agreeing pages — n12 = p.1, Cap. i; n14 = p.3, head ܡܬܝ ܓ; n15 = p.4, rubric Cap. v.; n18 = p.7, head ܡܬܝ ܘ, carrying Matt 6:9-15.

Consonantal agreement word-for-word across 6:9-13, with one divergence: Nestle prints the closing ܐܡܝܢ; the BFBS text ends at ܥܠܡܝܢ ܀ and goes straight to v.14 without it. (Nestle's own word_notes entry 36 above argues at length for the Greek derivation of this very word, so he held a settled view on it — the divergence reads as an edition difference, not a slip; kept as printed in text_syr_voc regardless.)

⚠ Pointing was NOT compared mark-for-mark: Nestle prints this passage in vocalized Serto, the BFBS scan uses a different vowel system, and reconciling the two is a second plate-read problem in its own right, not attempted here.

method

Keyed from Nestle (itself a PD 1889 printed Peshitta); checked against the BFBS 1905-1920 scan, not shipped from it. See research/syriac-peshitta-editions.md.

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 70
leaf n87
printed_heading READING EXERCISE. Matt. 6, 10—13.
note Sits at the end of the GRAMMAR's pagination (leaf = page + 17), not the chrestomathy's.