Mark 1 : 8

The Greek correlative particle μέν (paired with δέ in the apodosis) has no equivalent in either the Peshitta or the Vulgate. Both Syriac and Latin lack a precise lexical counterpart for the μέν...δέ antithetical construction and render only the contrastive δέ side, a routine simplification.

Greek and Latin express the means with a preposition phrase (ἐν ὕδατι) or bare instrumental ablative (aqua); Syriac fuses the proclitic preposition ܒ with ܡܝܐ into the single form ܒܡܝܐ ('in/with water'), a synthetic rendering of the same instrumental sense.

Greek uses ἐν + dative (ἐν πνεύματι), Latin a bare instrumental ablative (Spiritu), and Syriac the prefixed-preposition form ܒܪܘܚܐ; the threefold variation is purely syntactic, all conveying the instrumental 'with/in [the] Spirit'.

Greek ἁγίῳ is an attributive adjective agreeing with πνεύματι, and Latin Sancto likewise; the Syriac ܕܩܘܕܫܐ is a genitive construct ('Spirit of holiness'), a Semitic idiom expressing the qualitative attribute through annexation rather than concord. The Greek paragraph marker (¶) is editorial punctuation with no versional counterpart.