Mark 6:40 — Greek / Peshitta / Vulgate aligned

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Greek NT ἀνέπεσαν

Peshitta ܘܐܣܬܡܟܘ

Vulgate discubuerunt

Greek ἀνέπεσαν ('they reclined') is a finite aorist; the Peshitta ܘܐܣܬܡܟܘ (Ethpaal of s-m-k, 'they were made to recline') carries the conjunction within the verb itself, so the same single token serves both the 'and' and the verb. Latin discubuerunt matches the Greek deponent sense closely.

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Greek NT πρασιαὶ πρασιαὶ

Peshitta ܣܡܟܝܢ ܣܡܟܝܢ

Vulgate partes

Greek doubles the noun πρασιαὶ πρασιαὶ ('garden-plot by garden-plot'), a Semitic distributive reduplication that the Peshitta faithfully reproduces with ܣܡܟܝܢ ܣܡܟܝܢ ('groups, groups'). The Vulgate flattens this distributive idiom to a single noun in partes, losing the reduplicative force.

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Greek NT κατὰ

Vulgate in per

Greek uses the distributive preposition κατά repeated before each numeral; Latin distributes this sense across in and per rather than a single recurring preposition, while the Peshitta expresses distribution through reduplication of the numerals rather than any preposition.

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Greek NT ἑκατὸν

Peshitta ܕܡܐܐ ܡܐܐ

Vulgate centenos

The Peshitta renders 'hundred' with a reduplicated pair ܕܡܐܐ ܡܐܐ ('by hundreds, hundreds'), continuing the Semitic distributive pattern, whereas Greek ἑκατόν and Latin centenos use a single distributive numeral form.

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Greek NT κατὰ

The second distributive κατά before 'fifty' has no separate counterpart: Latin uses no repeated preposition (et quinquagenos) and the Peshitta again signals distribution by numeral reduplication rather than a preposition.

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Greek NT πεντήκοντα

Peshitta ܚܡܫܝܢ

Vulgate quinquagenos

As with 'hundred', the Peshitta reduplicates ܘܕܚܡܫܝܢ ܚܡܫܝܢ ('and by fifties, fifties') to convey the distributive sense, while Greek πεντήκοντα and Latin quinquagenos employ a single numeral form.

Mark 6 : 40

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