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Analysis of Peshitta verse Ephesians 5:16

Ephesians 5:16 - ܕ݁ܙܳܒ݂ܢܺܝܢ ܩܺܐܪܣܗܽܘܢ ܡܶܛܽܠ ܕ݁ܝܰܘܡܳܬ݂ܳܐ ܒ݁ܺܝܫܶܐ ܐܶܢܽܘܢ ܀

Translations

(Etheridge) who redeem their opportunity, because the days are evil.

(Murdock) but like the wise, who purchase their opportunity; because the days are evil.

(Lamsa) Who take advantage of their opportunity, for these are difficult days.

(KJV) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Grammatical analysis

General Morphological information Suffix information
Word Vocalised ID Root Category Meaning PS JEN CAL Person Gender Number State Tense Form Enclitic Person Gender Number
ܕܙܒܢܝܢ ܕ݁ܙܳܒ݂ܢܺܝܢ 2:5424 ܙܒܢ Verb buy, sell 109 63 62049-05160 Third Masculine Plural - Active Participle PEAL No - - -
ܩܐܪܣܗܘܢ ܩܺܐܪܣܗܽܘܢ 2:17891 ܩܐܪܣܐ Noun time, opportunity, war, season 486 187 62049-05161 - Masculine Singular Emphatic - - No Third Masculine Plural
ܡܛܠ ܡܶܛܽܠ 2:11636 ܡܛܠ Particle because 267 120 62049-05162 - - - - - - No - - -
ܕܝܘܡܬܐ ܕ݁ܝܰܘܡܳܬ݂ܳܐ 2:8986 ܝܘܡ Noun day 190 92 62049-05163 - Masculine Plural Emphatic - - No - - -
ܒܝܫܐ ܒ݁ܺܝܫܶܐ 2:2289 ܒܐܫ Adjective evil, wrong 43 35 62049-05164 - Masculine Plural Emphatic - - No - - -
ܐܢܘܢ ܐܶܢܽܘܢ 2:4989 ܗܘ Pronoun he, it, is 101 59 62049-05165 Third Masculine Plural - - - No - - -

This work makes use of the Syriac Electronic Data Retrieval Archive (SEDRA) by Dr. George A. Kiraz, distributed by the Syriac Computing Institute.
Peshitta verses are taken from the Peshitta NT published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
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