Mark 9 : 22

Greek πολλάκις ('often') is a single adverb; Syriac renders it as a noun-phrase ܘܙܒܢܝܢ ܣܓܝܐܢ ('many times'), the standard Syriac analytic equivalent for the adverb. Latin frequenter matches the Greek adverbial form closely.

The second correlative καί ('both...and') of the Greek εἰς...καὶ εἰς construction has no separate equivalent in either the Syriac or Latin, where the two prepositional phrases are joined with a single conjunction. The correlative is collapsed.

Greek uses preposition + article + accusative (εἰς τὸ πῦρ, 'into the fire'); Syriac uses a single prefixed-preposition form ܒܢܘܪܐ ('in the fire'), and Latin in ignem. Note also the directional 'into' (εἰς/in+acc) versus the more locative Syriac ܒ-.

The pronominal object 'him' is realised differently: Greek as a free accusative pronoun αὐτόν, Syriac as the object-suffix -ܗ on the verb ܐܪܡܝܬܗ, and Latin as the free pronoun eum. The Syriac thus fuses object and verb into a single token.

Greek ἔβαλεν ('cast') and Latin misit ('sent/threw') both stand as finite verbs governing both prepositional phrases; Syriac places the single verb ܐܪܡܝܬܗ (root r-m-y, 'to throw/cast') early, before the prepositional phrases, reflecting differing clause word-order across the traditions.

Greek καὶ εἰς ὕδατα ('and into waters', plural) and Latin et in aquas (plural) preserve the plural form, whereas Syriac ܘܒܡܝܐ employs the inherently plural-form mass-noun for 'water(s)' prefixed with conjunction and preposition, a typical Syriac collocation.

The Greek high-point punctuation (αὐτόν·) and the Latin colon both mark the clause boundary before the petition; the Syriac has no corresponding punctuation token here, the division being carried syntactically.

Greek ἀλλ᾽ εἴ ('but if') and Latin sed si retain two separate words for the adversative and the conditional; Syriac ܐܠܐ here functions as the adversative-conditional opener, with the conditional sense carried into the following relative construction rather than a discrete particle.

Greek δύνῃ and Latin potes are single second-person verbs ('you can'); Syriac analytically renders the predicate as participle + enclitic pronoun ܕܡܫܟܚ ܐܢܬ ('that you are able'), the normal Syriac present-tense construction, and uses the root sh-k-ḥ ('to find/be able') rather than a direct cognate.

Greek βοήθησον ἡμῖν ('help us', plural object) and Latin adjuva nos (plural) request help for the plural community; Syriac ܥܕܪܝܢܝ ('help me', singular object-suffix) reads a singular pronoun, a substantive number divergence reflecting the father speaking for himself rather than the group.

Greek uses an aorist passive participle σπλαγχνισθείς ('having had compassion'), Latin a perfect participle misertus; Syriac employs a finite imperative-coordinate verb ܘܐܬܪܚܡ ('and have mercy', root r-ḥ-m), converting the Greek participial clause into a second coordinated petition.

Greek ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ('upon us', plural) and Latin nostri (plural genitive of pity) both keep the plural; Syriac ܥܠܝ ('upon me', singular) again reads the singular, consistent with its singular ܥܕܪܝܢܝ above and against the plural of the Greek and Latin.