Discerning the Lords in Romans ch. 10 according to the Syriac Peshitta /Διακρίνοντας τους Κυρίους στην Ρωμαίους κεφ. 10 σύμφωνα με την Συριακή Πεσίτα

 

Romans chap. 10:	Greek (NA28)	Syriac (Peshitta)	Syriac (Peshitta) transliteration	Identity
v. 1	τὸν θεὸν	ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ	ᵓălāhā	God
v. 2	θεοῦ	ܕ݁ܰܐܠܳܗܳܐ	dălāhā	God
v. 3a	τοῦ θεοῦ	ܕ݁ܰܐܠܳܗܶܐ	dălāhā	God
v. 3b	τοῦ θεοῦ	ܕ݁ܰܐܠܳܗܶܐ	dălāhā	God
v. 4	Χριστὸς	ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ	məšīḥā	Christ/Messiah
v. 6	Χριστὸν	ܠܰܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ	lamšīḥā	Christ/Messiah
v. 7	Χριστὸν	ܠܰܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ	lamšīḥā	Christ/Messiah
v. 9a	κύριον Ἰησοῦν	ܒ݁ܡܳܪܰܢ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ	bəmāran yešūᶜ	exalted Lord[1] Jesus
v. 9b	ὁ θεὸς	ܕ݁ܰܐܠܳܗܳܐ	dălāhā	God
v. 12	ὁ γὰρ αὐτὸς κύριος πάντων	ܚܰܕ݂ ܗ݈ܽܘ ܓ݁ܶܝܪ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ ܕ݁ܟ݂ܽܠܗܽܘܢ	ḥaḏ ū gēr māryā dəḵulhon	“Lord” for YHWH
v. 13	κυρίου	ܕ݁ܡܳܪܝܳܐ	dəmāryā	“Lord” for YHWH
v. 16	κύριε	ܡܳܪܝ	mār	my Lord/ oh, Lord[2]
v. 17	Χριστοῦ/ v.l. θεοῦ	ܕ݁ܰܐܠܳܗܳܐ	dălāhā	God

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[1] This form of the Syriac term is found in Acts 9:42; 11:17; 15:29; 16:15; 16:31; 18:8; Romans 5:1; 6:11, 23; 10:9; 15:30; 16:2, 8, 10-13; 16:22; 1 Corinthians 7:22, 39; 11:11; 15:31; 16:19; 2 Corinthians 11:17; Galatians 5:10; Ephesians 4:1; 5:8; 6:1, 10, 21; Philippians 2:19; 3:1; 4:1, 2, 4, 10; Colossians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:8; 4:1, 2; 5:9, 12, 27; 3:4, 12; Philemon 1:20; Revelation 14:13.

[2] Here, the quotation from Isaiah probably implies a varying term in the original that might be either אדני or יהוה. But this term is also used with the more common meaning “my lord/oh, lord.” Verses with the same form of the Syriac term in the Pauline corpus are Romans 11:3; 1 Corinthians 7:10, 12; 16:7; 2 Corinthians 12:8; 13:10; Philippians 2:24; 3:8; 2 Timothy 3:11; 4:8, 17, 18; Hebrews 13:6. Compare, also, the use in 1 Peter 3:6.

 

Verses	Syriac Peshitta	Transliteration	James Murdock's English Peshitta translation
1Thessalonians 3:11	ܗܽܘ ܕ݁ܶܝܢ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܐܰܒ݂ܽܘܢ ܘܡܳܪܰܢ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ ܢܶܬ݂ܪܽܘܨ ܐܽܘܪܚܰܢ ܠܘܳܬ݂ܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܀	hū dēn ᵓălāhā ᵓaḇon wəmāran yešūᶜ məšīḥā neṯrūṣ ᵓūrḥan ləwāṯḵon	And may God our Father, and our Lord Jesus the Messiah, direct our way unto you
Luke 1:43, 45	ܕ݁ܶܐܡܶܗ ܕ݁ܡܳܪܝ … ܠܘܳܬ݂ ܡܳܪܝܳܐ	demmēh dəmār … ləwāṯ māryā	the mother of my Lord … from the Lord [i.e. YHWH]