A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g180-pesha-passover-greek

lemma

unvoc ܦܣܚܐ
voc ܦܶܣܚܳܐ
translit pesḥā
pos m.
gloss_en the Passover (glossed only by the Greek, with its article)
root
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frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
greek τὸ πάσχα

primer_note

⭐⭐ THE SAME FEAST, TWICE, UNDER TWO SPELLINGS AND NEVER LINKED. Here it is ܦܶܣܚܳܐ with semkath, glossed 'τὸ πάσχα' — the ὁ νόμος shape, Greek with its article, i.e. marked as a LOAN. On the very next page-half Nestle prints ܦܶܨܚܳܐ with sadhe, glossed 'Passah | Passover', as a sub-lemma of the Semitic root ܦܨܚ 'be cheerful'. Both spellings are in their correct alphabetical slots, which is the only reason they are two entries; nothing tells the reader they are one word.

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 180
leaf n269