Mark 5 : 17

Greek places the verb ἤρξαντο first; Vulgate splits the construction with rogare cœperunt (infinitive + auxiliary); Syriac ܘܫܪܝܘ incorporates both the conjunction and the inceptive verb in a single token, reflecting typical Semitic verb-initial syntax.

Greek παρακαλεῖν (G3870, 'to implore/beseech') is rendered by Syriac ܒܥܝܢ ('they were asking/requesting') and Latin rogare ('to ask/request'); the Syriac and Latin both employ slightly less intense verbs than the Greek compound, though all convey petitionary speech.

Greek uses the simple infinitive ἀπελθεῖν ('to depart'); Vulgate employs ut + subjunctive (ut discederet); Syriac uses the d- prefix construction ܕܢܐܙܠ ܠܗ (literally 'that he go for himself'), where ܠܗ functions as an ethical dative emphasizing the subject's agency—a typical Syriac idiom absent from Greek and Latin.

Greek uses the article + genitive plural construction τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν ('the regions of them'); Latin mirrors this with de finibus eorum; Syriac employs the singular construct state ܬܚܘܡܗܘܢ ('their border/territory') with pronominal suffix, a typical Semitic idiom treating geographic regions as collective singulars rather than distributive plurals.