Chrestomathia I, Caput III. Lines 4–23; marginal 5, 10, 15, 20. Verse numerals 3–14. Breaks
mid-verse 14. Two square-bracket supplements on this page: [ܝ] at 3:7 (ܘܶܐܬܦܰܬܰܚ̈[ܝ]) and
[ܘ] at 3:8 (ܘܶܐܬܛܰܫܺܝ[ܘ]) — both restore a plural/verbal ending, which suggests Nestle's
exemplar was defective in the same small way twice within two verses.
Barnes, PENTATEUCHUS SYRIACE (post Samuelem Lee), BFBS London 1914 — archive.org ktavadeauritaauk00lees, title page verified at n6. PD. ⭐ PAGINATION CALIBRATED THIS PASS: printed page = leaf − 9 (n10 = p. 1, Gen 1:1–13, signature B; n11 = p. 2, running head ܣܦܪܐ ܕܒܪܝܬܐ + I. 14—28; agreement on two independent pages, per MAP.md's own method). Barnes prints unvocalized Estrangela with seyame and diacritic points, verse numbers in the outer margin against the line on which a verse opens, * as verse divider and ❖ at the close of a paragraph. See research/syriac-peshitta-editions.md
Read from the plate, line by line, off 3.0–5.5x crops cut by horizontal projection (one strip per 2–4 printed lines); the 1.75x half-crops of tools/quarry_fetch.sh are NOT sufficient for pointed Serto and were used only for orientation. Consonantal skeleton, seyame, word division, punctuation, verse numerals, marginal line numerals and square-bracket supplements are read directly. ⚠ HONEST LIMIT, per the never-read-codepoints-by-eye rule: the West-Syriac vowel points are legible AS SHAPES at this resolution (zqofo prints as a small circle, ptoho as an open triangle, and so on — calibrated on ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ, which recurs on every page), but the finest layer — rukkakha/qushshaya bars, the ܗ̇ point, linea occultans — is recorded where seen and is not warranted point-by-point. The vocalisation below is therefore a plate reading at the word level, not a certified diacritic-level edition; a blind control on a sample ([[reference_arabic-control-rule]]) is still owed before this text is shipped.
ܠܚܶܘܝܳܐ. ܡܶܢ ܦܺܐܪ̈ܶܐ ܕܺܐܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܕܦܰܪܕܰܝܣܳܐ ܢܶܐܟܘܠ. ³ ܘܡܶܢ ܦܺܐܪ̈ܶܐ ܕܺܐܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܕܰܒܡܶܨܥܰܬ ܦܰܪܕܰܝܣܳܐ ܐܶܡܰܪ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܕܠܳܐ ܬܶܐܟܠܘܢ ܡܶܢܶܗ. ܘܠܳܐ ܬܶܬܩܰܪܒܘܢ ܠܶܗ ܕܠܳܐ ܬܡܘܬܘܢ.. ⁴ ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܚܶܘܝܳܐ ܠܰܐܢ̱ܬܬܳܐ. ܠܳܐ ܡܡܳܬ ܬܡܘܬܘܢ. ⁵ ܡܶܛܽܠ ܕܝܳܕܰܥ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܕܰܒܝܰܘܡܳܐ ܕܬܶܐܟܠܘܢ ܡܶܢܶܗ. ܡܶܬܦܰܬܚ̈ܳܢ ܥܰܝ̈ܢܰܝܟܘܢ ܘܗܳܘܶܝܢ ܐܢ̱ܬܘܢ ܐܰܝܟ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ. ܝܳܕܥ̈ܰܝ ܛܳܒܬܳܐ ܘܒܺܝܫܬܳܐ. ⁶ ܘܰܚܙܳܬ ܐܰܢ̱ܬܬܳܐ ܕܫܰܦܺܝܪ ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܠܡܶܐܟܘܠܬܳܐ ܘܰܕܪܶܓܬܳܐ ܗܘ ܠܥܰܝ̈ܢܶܐ ܘܪܰܓܺܝܓ ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܠܡܶܣܬܰܟܳܠܘ ܒܶܗ. ܘܢܶܣܒܰܬ ܡܶܢ ܦܺܐܪ̈ܰܘܗܝ ܘܶܐܟܠܰܬ. ܘܝܶܗܒܰܬ ܐܳܦ ܠܒܰܥܠܳܗ̇ ܥܰܡܳܗ̇ ܘܶܐܟܰܠܘ. ⁷ ܘܶܐܬܦܰܬܰܚ̈[ܝ] ܥܰܝ̈ܢܰܝܗܘܢ ܕܬܰܪ̈ܰܝܗܘܢ. ܘܺܝܕܰܥܘ ܕܥܰܪܛܶܠܳܝܺܝܢ ܐܶܢܘܢ.. ܘܰܕܪܰܙܘ ܛܰܪ̈ܦܶܐ ܕܬܺܐܢ̈ܶܐ ܘܰܥܒܰܕܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܦܪ̈ܰܙܘܡܶܐ. ⁸ ܘܰܫܡܰܥܘ ܩܳܠܶܗ ܕܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܕܰܡܗܰܠܶܟ ܒܦܰܪܕܰܝܣܳܐ ܠܦܳܢܝܶܗ ܕܝܰܘܡܳܐ. ܘܶܐܬܛܰܫܺܝ[ܘ] ܐܳܕܳܡ ܘܰܐܢ̱ܬܬܶܗ ܡܶܢ ܩܕܳܡ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܒܶܝܬ ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܕܦܰܪܕܰܝܣܳܐ. ⁹ ܘܰܩܪܳܐ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܠܳܐܕܳܡ ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܠܶܗ. ܐܰܝܟܳܐ ܐܰܢ̱ܬ ܐܳܕܳܡ. ¹⁰ ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܠܶܗ. ܩܳܠܳܟ ܫܶܡܥܶܬ ܒܦܰܪܕܰܝܣܳܐ ܘܕܶܚܠܶܬ ܕܥܰܪܛܶܠܳܝ ܐ̱ܢܳܐ ܘܶܐܬܛܰܫܺܝܬ. ¹¹ ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܠܶܗ. ܡܰܢܘ ܚܰܘܝܳܟ ܕܥܰܪܛܶܠܳܝ ܐܰܢ̱ܬ. ܠܡܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܕܦܰܩܶܕܬܳܟ ܕܠܳܐ ܬܶܐܟܘܠ ܡܶܢܶܗ ܐܶܟܰܠܬ. ¹² ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܐܳܕܳܡ. ܐܰܢ̱ܬܬܳܐ ܕܝܰܗ̱ܒܬ ܠܺܝ ܥܰܡܝ ܗܺܝ ܝܶܗܒܰܬ ܠܺܝ ܡܶܢ ܐܺܝܠܳܢܳܐ ܘܶܐܟܠܶܬ. ¹³ ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܠܰܐܢ̱ܬܬܳܐ. ܡܳܢܰܘ ܗܳܢܳܐ ܕܰܥܒܰܕܬܝ. ܘܶܐܡܪܰܬ ܐܰܢ̱ܬܬܳܐ. ܚܶܘܝܳܐ ܐܰܛܥܝܰܢܝ ܘܶܐܟܠܶܬ. ¹⁴ ܘܶܐܡܰܪ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ
⭐ CHECKED against Barnes pp. 4–5 (leaves n13–n14).
AGREEMENT on the substance of the whole page: ܡܡܬ ܬܡܘܬܘܢ · ܡܬܦܬܚ̈ܢ ܥܝ̈ܢܝܟܘܢ · ܝܕܥ̈ܝ ܛܒܬܐ ܘܒܝܫܬܐ · ܪܓܝܓ ܐܝܠܢܐ ܠܡܣܬܟܠܘ ܒܗ · ܥܪܛܠܝܝܢ · ܛܪ̈ܦܐ ܕܬܐܢ̈ܐ · ܦܪ̈ܙܘܡܐ · ܠܦܢܝܗ ܕܝܘܡܐ · ܐܝܟܐ ܐܢܬ ܐܕܡ · ܡܢܘ ܚܘܝܟ · ܚܘܝܐ ܐܛܥܝܢܝ ܘܐܟܠܬ. Verse numerals 3–14 agree with Barnes's margin.
⚑ ONE WORD FLAGGED, NOT RESOLVED: 3:7, the verb before ܛܰܪ̈ܦܶܐ ܕܬܺܐܢ̈ܶܐ. I read the Nestle plate as ܘܰܕܪܰܙܘ. Barnes's line here was read at page scale only and I did not resolve his verb with confidence. Recorded as read from Nestle; ⚠ flag for a targeted re-read of BOTH witnesses at high magnification — this is a real lexical divergence candidate, not a pointing question, and it is the one place in the slice where I could not close the loop.
⚑ Nestle's [ܝ] and [ܘ] at 3:7 and 3:8: Barnes prints both verbs full and unbracketed —
consistent with every other bracket in this piece marking a defect in Nestle's exemplar.
⚠ Barnes cannot check the pointing.