Mark 8 : 12

Greek ἀναστενάξας ('having sighed deeply') and Latin ingemiscens ('groaning') both denote audible distress, but the Peshitta ܘܐܬܬܢܚ ('and he sighed/groaned') is conflated with the conjunction, reflecting a single Syriac verb form where Greek uses a participle.

Greek employs the dative construction τῷ πνεύματι αὐτοῦ ('in his spirit') with article and possessive pronoun; Latin uses the ablative spiritu without article or possessive; Syriac ܒܪܘܚܗ ('in his spirit') mirrors the Greek structure with pronominal suffix but lacks the article, a typical Semitic pattern.

Greek places the article ἡ before γενεὰ αὕτη ('this generation'); Vulgate omits the article and uses generatio ista in natural Latin order; Peshitta ܐܬܐ ܫܪܒܬܐ ܗܕܐ ('sign generation this') employs Semitic word order with the demonstrative following the noun, and uses ܐܬܐ ('sign') before ܫܪܒܬܐ ('generation'), anticipating the object of the verb.

Greek σημεῖον appears at the end of the question with a semicolon; Vulgate places signum before the verb quærit and closes with a question mark (?); Peshitta front-loads ܐܬܐ ('sign') at the beginning of the clause (already aligned above), reflecting typical Syriac topicalization of the direct object.

Greek ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ('Amen I say to you') and Latin Amen dico vobis are structurally identical; Peshitta ܐܡܝܢ ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ('Amen say I to you') adds the independent pronoun ܐܢܐ ('I') for emphasis, a common Syriac stylistic feature when the subject is already marked on the verb.

Greek εἰ functions as a Hebraic oath formula meaning 'surely not' (elliptical negative oath); Latin si dabitur preserves the conditional 'if' but loses the idiomatic force; Peshitta ܕܠܐ ('that not') makes the negation explicit with the negative particle ܠܐ, transforming the elliptical oath into a direct negative statement ('that there will not be given'), a clarifying interpretive rendering.

Greek τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ ('to this generation') uses dative case with article and postpositive demonstrative; Latin generationi isti mirrors this with dative and demonstrative; Peshitta ܠܗ ܐܬܐ ܠܫܪܒܬܐ ܗܕܐ ('to it sign to generation this') inserts the resumptive pronoun ܠܗ ('to it') before repeating ܐܬܐ ('sign') and ܠܫܪܒܬܐ ܗܕܐ ('to this generation'), a Semitic double-marking construction for emphasis and clarity.