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John 1:4, In the beginning was the Word...

H ere is a sample text from the New Testament in Syriac Aramaic with transliteration, translation and vocabulary.   I used the Peshitta version of the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verses 1-5 as a source 1. ܒܪܫܝܬ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܡܠܬܐ ܘܗܘ ܡܠܬܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗ̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̈ ܗ݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈݈ ܠܗ ܘܐܠܗܐ ܐܝܬܘܗ ͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ ــــــــــــــــــــــــ ۔ bršyt ītwhī hwā mlṯā whw mlṯā ītwhī h-wā l-h w-ʾlhā ītwhī h-wā In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and God was the Word. bršyt - beginning, origin ītwhī - was, existed hwā - he, it mlṯā - word, speech, utterance whw - and he, and it l-h - with him, with it w-ʾlhā - and God h-wā - he was Some additional sentences are: ܗܘ ܗܘܐ ܟܠ ܗܢܐ ܒܪܫܝܬ ܠܗ h-wā h-wā kl hnā b-ršyt l-h He was in the beginning with Him. h-wā - he was kl - all, every hnā - this, these b-ršyt - in the beginning l-h - with Him ܒܟܠܗܢ ܫܠܡܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܘܒܕܐܠܗܐ ܠܐ ܫܠܡܐ ܕܟܠ b-kllhn šlmā d-ʾlhā w-b-dʾlhā lā šlmā d-kllhn All things came into ...

John 3:16

Here is John 3:16 in Syriac Aramaic, along with transliteration, translation, grammar, and vocabulary explanations: Verse: ܕ݁ܦ݂ܽܘ݁ܠܣ݂ܶܗ ܠܐܢܫ݂ܘܢ ܐܢܐ ܦ݁ܺܐܠܺܝ݈ܐ‏ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܢܶܗܘܶܐ ܐܶܡܰܪ ܕ݁ܝܺܡܩܰܢܝܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܐܢ ܐܬ݂ܥܠܡܰܦ݁ܺܝܟ݂ܘܢ ܠܥܰܠܺܝܬ݂ܳܐ ‏ܕ݁ܢܰܫܪܒ݁ܳܐ ܐܶܬ݂ܪܳܐ ܒ݁ܢܳܫܳܐ ܐܶܬ݂ܪܳܐ ܕ݂ܥܰܠܺܝܬ݂ܳܐ ܗܘܶܢ ܐܶܬ݂ܪܳܐ ܠܡܶܫܳܢܳܢܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ ܢܶܗܘܶܐ ܒ݁ܡܳܪܳܢܶܐ ܕ݁ܡܰܩܰܝܬ݁ܶܐ܀ Transliteration: D-pūš'a l-anšōn ānā palyā' l-Ālahā nehwe ēmar d-yimqānīkun an 'at'almāpā'ykun l-ʿalaytā da-našrābā'itrō a'trā b-nāšā'ētā wūš a'trā l-menšannonūtā nehwe b-marānē da-maqaytē. Translation: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Grammar: - The subject of the sentence is "pūš'a" (God), followed by the object "l-anšōn" (the world). - The verb "ānā" (loved) agrees in gender and number with the subject, indicating a past tense. - The verb "palyā'" (he gave) agrees in ge...