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The text below comes from the second half of Tobit, Chapter 9 (with some omissions). You can see all the threads of the story coming together now, when Gabael comes to the house of Raguel to join in the wedding celebration of Thobias and Sara. It all fits! Of all the characters in the story, Gabael is the one who is developed in the least detail - yet we know that he is a good and trustworthy person, since he kept Tobit's money safe all those years. |
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| Et surrexit Gabael et protulit folles cum sigillis suis et numeravit pecuniam et composuit supra camelos. |
Gabael: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| Et vigilaverunt simul et venerunt ad nuptias et intraverunt in ea, quae Raguel, et invenerunt Thobiam discumbentem. |
quae: relative pronoun, agreeing with ea in gender and number (in ea quae Raguel = "at Raguel's house") Raguel: Hebrew name (genitive) Thobiam: Hebrew name (agrees with discumbentem) |
| Et exsiliit et salutavit illum et lacrimatus est et benedixit eum et dixit illi Gabael: |
Gabael: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| "Benedictus Dominus, qui dedit tibi pacem, quoniam boni et optimi et iusti viri et eleemosynas facientis filius es. |
qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with Dominus in gender and number viri... facientis: these genitives go with filius (you are the son of...) |
| Det tibi benedictionem Dominus caeli et uxori tuae et patri tuo et matri tuae et patri et matri uxoris tuae." |
det: jussive subjunctive |
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