Mark 4 : 26

Greek uses a simple imperfect ἔλεγεν ('he was saying'); the Peshitta renders this with the periphrastic construction ܘܐܡܪ ܗܘܐ (verb + auxiliary ܗܘܐ), the standard Syriac means of expressing durative or habitual past action, while the Vulgate dicebat preserves the simple imperfect.

Greek ἐστὶν and Latin est are finite copulas; the Peshitta uses the enclitic pronoun ܗܝ functioning as a copula, a regular Syriac idiom in nominal sentences that expresses 'is' without a true verb.

Greek marks the definite subject with the article ἡ βασιλεία; Syriac ܡܠܟܘܬܐ carries the emphatic state ending (-ā) inherently signaling definiteness, and the Vulgate regnum lacks any article since Latin has none, all expressing the same definite subject.

Greek combines the comparative particle ὡς with the conditional ἐάν ('as if'), and the Vulgate likewise renders quemadmodum si; the Peshitta condenses this to the single comparative particle ܐܝܟ ('like, as'), the conditional nuance being absorbed into the following verbal prefix.

Greek τὸν σπόρον and Latin sementem denote 'the seed/sowing' with grammatical definiteness (article) or specificity; the Peshitta ܙܪܥܐ in the emphatic state conveys the definite 'the seed,' all from the common Semitic-Greek agricultural lexicon of sowing.

Greek uses the preposition ἐπί + genitive with article (ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, 'upon the earth') and Latin in + accusative (in terram); the Peshitta compresses this to the single inflected form ܒܐܪܥܐ (preposition ܒ- + emphatic noun), a typical Syriac economy fusing preposition and definite noun.