Mark 1 : 40

Greek ἔρχεται is historic present 3rd singular; the Peshitta encodes both conjunction and verb in the single prefixed form ܘܐܬܐ ('and he came'), while the Latin venit is perfect. The tense divergence (present vs. perfect) reflects each tradition's narrative-aspect conventions rather than a textual variant.

Greek πρὸς αὐτόν and Latin ad eum are two-word prepositional phrases; Syriac compresses the same sense into the single inflected form ܠܘܬܗ ('to him'), the preposition l-w-th bearing the pronominal suffix — a routine morphological compression.

Greek participial παρακαλῶν αὐτόν and Latin deprecans eum render the entreaty with a single participle plus object; the Peshitta uses a finite periphrastic past ܘܒܥܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܢܗ ('and was beseeching from him'), employing the auxiliary ܗܘܐ to mark durative aspect, a typical Syriac construction.

Greek γονυπετῶν αὐτόν ('kneeling to him') is a single compound participle; the Vulgate paraphrases with the ablative absolute genu flexo ('with knee bent'), and the Peshitta renders it analytically as ܘܢܦܠ ܥܠ ܪܓܠܘܗܝ ('and fell upon his feet'), a Semitic idiom of prostration. The three traditions express the same gesture through markedly different syntactic structures.

Greek strings the clause with καί + participle λέγων αὐτῷ ('and saying to him'); the Vulgate uses the finite dixit ei ('he said to him') and the Peshitta the finite ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗ. The Greek participial coordination contrasts with the Latin and Syriac finite verbs, a stylistic rather than semantic divergence.

Greek prefixes the direct discourse with recitative ὅτι (ὅτι recitativum), functioning like opening quotation marks; neither the Latin nor the Syriac has any lexical equivalent, both marking the speech by syntax and (in the Vulgate) by the colon punctuation.

Greek δύνασαι and Latin potes are single 2nd-singular forms; the Peshitta ܡܫܟܚ ܐܢܬ ('you are able') again employs the participle plus enclitic subject pronoun ܐܢܬ, the standard Syriac present-tense construction.

Greek με καθαρίσαι and Latin me mundare express 'to cleanse me' with object pronoun plus infinitive; the Peshitta fuses both into the single infinitive ܠܡܕܟܝܘܬܝ ('to cleanse me'), the 1st-person suffix supplying the object — a compression characteristic of Syriac infinitival syntax.