Mark 6 : 5

The Greek καί and Latin Et are independent coordinating conjunctions, while the Syriac ܘܠܐ fuses the conjunction with the following negation (ܘ + ܠܐ). The negative force is carried by the next group in Greek and Latin.

Greek ἐδύνατο is a single imperfect middle/passive ('he was able'); the Peshitta expresses this periphrastically with participle ܡܫܟܚ plus the auxiliary ܗܘܐ, a standard Syriac construction for past continuous ability. The Vulgate poterat matches the Greek single imperfect.

All three transmit the infinitive 'to do' (ποιῆσαι / ܕܢܥܒܕ / facere), but its placement differs: Greek and Syriac front the verb before the object, whereas the Vulgate postpones facere to clause-final position after virtutem ullam.

Greek οὐδεμίαν is a single negative adjective ('not any'); the Syriac renders this emphatically with three tokens ܐܦ ܠܐ ܚܕ ('not even one'), intensifying the negation. The Latin ullam relies on the preceding non for its negative sense.

Greek εἰ μή and Syriac ܐܠܐ ܐܢ are two-token exceptive idioms ('except, unless'), whereas the Vulgate condenses the construction into the single particle nisi.

The quantifier 'few' (ὀλίγοις / ܩܠܝܠ / paucos) precedes the noun in Greek and Latin but follows it in the Syriac (ܟܪܝܗܐ ܩܠܝܠ), reflecting the normal Semitic adjective-after-noun order.

Greek uses an aorist participle ἐπιθείς ('having laid'); the Syriac employs a relative-prepositional phrase ܕܥܠ plus the finite verb ܣܡ ('that he placed upon'), while the Vulgate uses an ablative absolute impositis. All three express the same gesture by distinct syntactic means.

Greek τὰς χεῖρας and Latin manibus are plural ('the hands'), whereas the Syriac ܐܝܕܗ is singular with a possessive suffix ('his hand'), a frequent Semitic idiom treating paired body parts collectively or representatively.

Greek and Latin use a finite verb (ἐθεράπευσεν / curavit, 'he healed') as the main clause, while the Syriac coordinates with ܘܐܣܝ ('and he healed'), continuing the relative construction begun with ܕܥܠ rather than forming an independent predicate.

The Clementine Vulgate closes the verse with a colon, marking continuation into the following clause, a punctuation feature with no counterpart in the unpointed Greek or Syriac token streams here.