Mark 9 : 21

The Syriac collapses conjunction and verb into the single waw-prefixed form ܘܫܐܠ ('and he asked'), so the same token index serves both the connective and the predicate; Greek ἐπηρώτησεν and Latin interrogavit each render the verb discretely.

The Peshitta supplies the explicit subject ܝܫܘܥ ('Jesus') where both the Greek and Latin leave the third-person verb without a named subject; this is a typical Syriac clarifying expansion supplying the antecedent from context.

Greek temporal ὡς ('since/that') is expressed in Latin by the two-word relative locution ex quo ('from which time'); Syriac uses the preposition ܡܢ ('from') here, distributing the temporal sense differently across the clause.

Greek demonstrative τοῦτο and Latin hoc render 'this'; the Syriac ܕܗܟܢܐ ('that thus/in this manner') is an adverbial-demonstrative substitution conveying 'that it became thus to him' rather than a neuter pronoun.

The dative αὐτῷ and Latin ei ('to him') correspond to the Syriac ܠܗ ('to him', idx 4) fronted within the question, while ܗܘ (idx 9, the independent pronoun 'he/it') carries the resumptive subject; Syriac thus expresses the experiencer with two distinct elements.

The Vulgate inserts an explicit colon punctuating the introduction of direct speech; the Greek marks this only with the raised point on αὐτοῦ· and the Syriac has no graphic punctuation.

Latin closes the direct question with an explicit interrogative mark; the Greek encodes this with the semicolon (Greek question mark) on αὐτῷ; while the Syriac leaves the question unmarked graphically.

Greek articular ὁ δέ ('but he') and Latin At ille introduce the reply with an explicit contrastive subject; the Syriac has no corresponding particle-plus-pronoun here, proceeding directly to the verb of speaking, a stylistic asyndeton typical of Syriac narrative.

Greek εἶπεν and Latin ait render 'he said' absolutely; the Syriac ܐܡܪ ܠܗ adds the dative ܠܗ ('to him'), an idiomatic Syriac complement to verbs of speaking not represented in the Greek or Latin.

The Syriac prefaces the answer with the presentative particle ܗܐ ('lo/behold'), heightening the immediacy of the father's reply; neither Greek nor Latin attests an equivalent interjection here.

Greek uses the adverb παιδιόθεν ('from childhood'), a single lexicalised form; Latin infantia and Syriac ܛܠܝܘܬܗ ('his childhood/youth', with possessive suffix) render the sense with an abstract noun, the Syriac additionally specifying 'his' where the Greek and Latin leave it general.

The Vulgate appends a trailing colon closing the verse, a Clementine punctuation feature with no counterpart in the Greek full stop on παιδιόθεν. or the unpunctuated Syriac.