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Analysis of Peshitta verse John 15:13

John 15:13 - ܚܽܘܒ݁ܳܐ ܕ݁ܪܰܒ݁ ܡܶܢ ܗܳܢܳܐ ܠܰܝܬ݁ ܕ݁ܐ݈ܢܳܫ ܢܰܦ݂ܫܶܗ ܢܣܺܝܡ ܚܠܳܦ݂ ܪܳܚܡܰܘܗ݈ܝ ܀

Translations

(Etheridge) Love which is greater than this is not, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

(Murdock) There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

(Lamsa) There is no greater love than this, when a man lays down his life for the sake of his friends.

(KJV) Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Grammatical analysis

General Morphological information Suffix information
Word Vocalised ID Root Category Meaning PS JEN CAL Person Gender Number State Tense Form Enclitic Person Gender Number
ܚܘܒܐ ܚܽܘܒ݁ܳܐ 2:6108 ܚܒ Noun love, lovingkindness 129 71 62043-15130 - Masculine Singular Emphatic - - No - - -
ܕܪܒ ܕ݁ܪܰܒ݁ 2:19185 ܪܒ Adjective great, chief, master 525 200 62043-15131 - Masculine Singular Absolute - - No - - -
ܡܢ ܡܶܢ 2:12182 ܡܢ Particle from 281 125 62043-15132 - - - - - - No - - -
ܗܢܐ ܗܳܢܳܐ 2:5252 ܗܢ Pronoun this, these 104 61 62043-15133 - Masculine Singular - - - No - - -
ܠܝܬ ܠܰܝܬ݁ 2:757 ܐܝܬ Substantive is not 241 111 62043-15134 - - - - - - No - - -
ܕܐܢܫ ܕ݁ܐ݈ܢܳܫ 2:1443 ܐܢܫ Noun man, mankind 22 25 62043-15135 - Common Singular Absolute - - No - - -
ܢܦܫܗ ܢܰܦ݂ܫܶܗ 2:13485 ܢܦܫ Noun soul, breath of life, self 346 142 62043-15136 - Feminine Singular Emphatic - - No Third Masculine Singular
ܢܣܝܡ ܢܣܺܝܡ 2:14262 ܣܡ Verb put, place 379 152 62043-15137 Third Masculine Singular - Imperfect PEAL No - - -
ܚܠܦ ܚܠܳܦ݂ 2:7196 ܚܠܦ Particle for, instead 144 76 62043-15138 - - - - - - No - - -
ܪܚܡܘܗܝ ܪܳܚܡܰܘܗ݈ܝ 2:19839 ܪܚܡ Noun friend 537 207 62043-15139 - Masculine Plural Emphatic - - No Third Masculine Singular

This work makes use of the Syriac Electronic Data Retrieval Archive (SEDRA) by Dr. George A. Kiraz, distributed by the Syriac Computing Institute.
Peshitta verses are taken from the Peshitta NT published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
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