Mark 4 : 41

Greek employs a cognate accusative construction (ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν, 'they feared a great fear'), a Semitic idiom; Peshitta uses the same construction natively (ܕܚܠܘ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ), demonstrating structural equivalence across both Semitic traditions.

Greek uses imperfect ἔλεγον alone; Peshitta employs periphrastic construction ܐܡܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ (participle + auxiliary 'were'), a common Syriac means of expressing continuous past action—semantically equivalent but syntactically distinct.

Greek πρὸς ἀλλήλους ('to one another') is rendered in Peshitta as ܚܕ ܠܚܕ ('one to one'), a distributive construction typical of Syriac reciprocal expressions—functionally identical but employing different idiomatic patterns.

Greek inferential particle ἄρα ('then, therefore') corresponds to Peshitta ܟܝ, which functions similarly as an emphatic or inferential marker in interrogative contexts—cognate particles with overlapping semantic ranges.

Greek uses demonstrative + copula (οὗτός ἐστιν, 'this one is'); Peshitta employs demonstrative ܗܢܐ alone without explicit copula, as Syriac frequently omits the copula in nominal sentences—syntactically divergent but semantically equivalent.

Greek ὅτι introduces the subordinate clause after the main question; Peshitta ܕ- (attached to ܕܪܘܚܐ) marks the clause boundary but appears integrated with the first noun of the dependent clause, reflecting typical Syriac syntax where the relative/subordinating particle attaches directly to the following word.

Greek employs emphatic καὶ...καὶ ('even...and') with definite articles (ὁ ἄνεμος καὶ ἡ θάλασσα); Peshitta uses simple conjunction ܘ between ܪܘܚܐ ܘܝܡܐ without articles (Syriac lacks the definite article as a separate morpheme), achieving the same semantic force through different grammatical means.

Greek singular verb ὑπακούει with dative αὐτῷ ('it obeys him') contrasts with Peshitta plural ܡܫܬܡܥܝܢ ܠܗ ('they obey him'), where Syriac treats 'wind and sea' as a plural subject—a common Semitic grammatical convention for conjoined subjects.