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Analysis of Peshitta verse John 1:4

John 1:4 - ܒ݁ܶܗ ܚܰܝܶܐ ܗܘܳܐ ܘܚܰܝܶܐ ܐܺܝܬ݂ܰܝܗܽܘܢ ܢܽܘܗܪܳܐ ܕ݁ܰܒ݂ܢܰܝܢܳܫܳܐ ܀

Translations

(Etheridge) In him was life, and the life is the light of the sons of man;

(Murdock) In him was life ; and the life was the light of man.

(Lamsa) The life was in him, and the life is the light of men.

(KJV) In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

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
ܒܗ ܒ݁ܶܗ 2:2239 ܒ Particle in, by, into, among, at, with, against 33 32 62043-01040 - - - - - - No Third Masculine Singular
ܚܝܐ ܚܰܝܶܐ 2:6974 ܚܝܐ Noun life, salvation 139 74 62043-01041 - Masculine Plural Emphatic - - No - - -
ܗܘܐ ܗܘܳܐ 2:5086 ܗܘܐ Verb be, was, turn 101 59 62043-01042 Third Masculine Singular - Perfect PEAL No - - -
ܘܚܝܐ ܘܚܰܝܶܐ 2:6971 ܚܝܐ Noun life, salvation 139 74 62043-01043 - Masculine Plural Emphatic - - No - - -
ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܐܺܝܬ݂ܰܝܗܽܘܢ 2:727 ܐܝܬ Substantive is, are 14 20 62043-01044 - - - - - - No Third Masculine Plural
ܢܘܗܪܐ ܢܽܘܗܪܳܐ 2:12781 ܢܗܪ Noun light 331 137 62043-01045 - Masculine Singular Emphatic - - No - - -
ܕܒܢܝܢܫܐ ܕ݁ܰܒ݂ܢܰܝܢܳܫܳܐ 2:1449 ܐܢܫ Noun human 56 40 62043-01046 - Common Plural Emphatic - - No - - -

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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