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The text below comes from the first half of Tobit, Chapter 6 (with some omissions). This is my favorite part of the story: when Thobias and Azarias (Raphael) reach the Tigris river, something very exciting happens! As with the history, the geography of the Book of Tobit is a bit confused: since Nineveh was located to the east of the river Tigris, they would not actually have crossed this river on their way to Media - but no matter: they go on a journey, cross a river, and something happens which is crucial to the plot of the story. Notice also that when they set out on their journey, Tobias and the angel are accompanied by a dog. This tiny detail was a favorite of European artists who often painted scenes of Tobias and the angel on their journey, as in this painting by Filippino Lippi, circa 1480:
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| Et profectus est puer et angelus cum illo; et canis exiit cum illo et secutus est eos. |
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| Et abierunt ambo, et comprehendit illos prima nox; et manserunt super flumen Tigrin. |
Tigrin: feminine accusative singular (Greek declensional ending) |
| Et descendit puer lavare pedes in flumen, |
lavare: infinitive expressing purpose |
| et exsiliens piscis de aqua, magnus, volebat gluttire pedem pueri. |
exsiliens...volebat : participle plus verb (it leaped out... and wanted to...) gluttire: complementary infinitive with volebat |
| Et exclamavit, | |
| et ait illi angelus: "Comprehende et tene!" |
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| Et comprehendit puer piscem et eduxit illum in terram. |
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| Et dixit angelus illi: "Exintera hunc piscem et tolle fel et cor et iecur illius et repone ea tecum et interanea proice. |
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| Sunt enim fel et cor et iecur eius ad medicamentum utilia." |
enim: postpositive |
| Et exinterans puer piscem illum, collegit fel, cor et iecur; et piscem assavit et manducavit. |
exinterans...collegit : participle plus verb (he gutted... and gathered up...) |
| Et abierunt ambo pariter, donec appropinquarent ad Mediam.  |
appropinquarent: subjunctive with expression of time (donec) |
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