Mark 4 : 37

Greek uses present tense γίνεται ('comes, arises'); Latin employs perfect passive facta est ('was made'); Syriac uses simple perfect ܗܘܬ ('was'). All three express the same inceptive event but with different aspectual nuances typical of each language's narrative conventions.

Greek places the genitive ἀνέμου ('of wind') after the noun phrase λαῖλαψ μεγάλη ('great storm'); Syriac coordinates ܥܠܥܠܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܘܪܘܚܐ ('great whirlwind and wind') with waw; Latin mirrors Greek word order with procella magna venti. The Syriac construction treats 'wind' as a coordinate element rather than a genitive modifier, reflecting a stylistic preference for parataxis.

Greek employs the coordinating conjunction καὶ plus the postpositive particle δέ with the article τὰ to introduce the subject κύματα ('the waves'); Latin uses simple et fluctus ('and the waves'); Syriac omits any conjunction and continues with ܘܓܠܠܐ ('and waves'), treating it as part of the storm description. The Greek article + δέ construction provides stronger discourse segmentation absent in the other traditions.

Greek ἐπέβαλλεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ('were breaking over the boat') uses the imperfect of ἐπιβάλλω with εἰς + accusative; Latin mittebat in navim ('was casting into the boat') employs mittō with in + accusative; Syriac ܢܦܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܣܦܝܢܬܐ ('were falling in the boat') uses the participle + auxiliary construction with ܒ. All three convey waves entering the vessel but with distinct verbal lexemes reflecting translation choices.