A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g152-unread-heliktosuncertain

lemma

unvoc
voc
translit
pos
gloss_en twisted, coiled (from the Greek)
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
greek ἑλικτός, εἱλικιώδης

primer_note

⭐ A Greek-only entry: Nestle prints NO German and no English, just two Greek equivalents — the same move as ܙܽܘܦܳܐ on p. 150. The English here is ours, from ἑλικτός.

uncertain yes

uncertain_note

⛔ STILL NOT READ, but ONE candidate now RULED OUT, 2026-09-01 (Step-3 follow-up). Four glyph clusters, the last a long left-descender; the slot is between ܚܒܫ and ܚܕ, so the root should begin ܚܒ or ܚܓ. ܚܒܝܟ 'interwoven' would fit ἑλικτός but not the alphabetical slot. High zoom now reads the word (right to left) as: peak (Beth-shaped) — descender-letter — peak (Beth-shaped again) — a diagonal stroke rising to two side-by-side dots. Beth appears TWICE, which ḥbyk (Ḥeth-Beth-Yod-Kaph) does not predict, and Ḥeth in this font is a squarish gate/box shape that isn't present — so ḥbyk should be DROPPED, not adopted. No replacement reading found; still unwritten.

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 152
leaf n241