Mark 7 : 20

Greek uses imperfect ἔλεγεν (V-IAI-3S, 'he was saying'), indicating iterative or continuous past action; Vulgate employs imperfect dicebat with identical aspectual force. Peshitta omits the verb entirely, beginning directly with the substantive clause introduced by ܡܕܡ ('that which'), a common Syriac construction where context supplies the verb of speaking.

Greek uses articular participle construction (τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενον, 'that which goes out from the man'), with article + prepositional phrase + present middle participle. Vulgate mirrors this with relative pronoun quæ + prepositional phrase de homine + finite verb exeunt. Peshitta fronts the indefinite pronoun ܡܕܡ ('that which') and employs a participial relative clause ܕܢܦܩ ܡܢ ܒܪܢܫܐ ('which goes out from man'), syntactically parallel but without the Greek article system.

Greek ἐκεῖνο (D-NSN, 'that [one]') is a resumptive demonstrative pronoun reinforcing the subject. Vulgate illa performs the same function. Peshitta employs the doubled pronoun ܗܘ ܗܘ ('it, it'), a characteristic Syriac emphatic construction equivalent to Greek/Latin demonstratives but achieved through repetition rather than a distinct lexeme.

Greek κοινοῖ (V-PAI-3S, from κοινόω, 'to defile, make common/unclean') and Vulgate communicant (from communico, 'to make common, defile') share the semantic field of ritual impurity. Peshitta ܡܣܝܒ (from ܣܝܒ, 'to defile, pollute') is a direct cognate concept but employs a native Semitic root rather than a Greek loanword, reflecting translation philosophy rather than textual divergence.