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The text below comes from the second half of Tobit, Chapter 10 (with some omissions). The wedding is finally over... but Raguel is still reluctant to let Thobias and Sara go. Remember: one of the things that Sara and Thobias have in common is that they are the only children of their parents. Raguel and Edna are sad to let their only child go to the far-away city of Nineveh, just as Thobi and Anna were reluctant to let Thobias go away to Rages. |
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| Et, ut consummati sunt quattuordecim dies nuptiarum, quos iuraverat Raguel facere filiae suae, |
quos: relative pronoun, agreeing with dies in gender and number Raguel: Hebrew name (nominative) facere: complementary infinitive with iuraverat |
| exiit ad illum Thobias et dixit: "Dimitte me. |
Thobias: Hebrew name (nominative) |
| Scio enim quia pater meus et mater mea non credunt se adhuc visuros me. |
enim: postpositive visuros (esse) : infinitive in indirect statement introduced by credunt (se is accusative subject) |
| Nunc itaque peto, pater, ut dimittas me et eam ad patrem meum; |
dimittas...eam: subjunctives with ut |
| iam tibi indicavi quomodo illum reliquerim." |
reliquerim: subjunctive in indirect question introduced by indicavi |
| Et dixit Raguel Thobiae: "Remane, fili, remane penes me, |
Raguel: Hebrew name (nominative) Thobiae: Hebrew name (dative) |
| et ego nuntios mitto ad Thobin, patrem tuum, et indicabunt illi de te." |
Thobin: Hebrew name (agrees with patrem) |
| Et dixit illi: "Minime; peto, ut dimittas me hinc ad patrem meum." |
dimittas: subjunctive with ut |
| Et surgens Raguel tradidit Thobiae Saram, uxorem eius, et dimidiam partem substantiae suae, pueros et puellas, oves et boves, asinos et camelos, vestem et pecuniam et vasa. |
Raguel: Hebrew name (agrees with surgens) surgens...tradidit : participle plus verb (he arose... and gave) Thobiae: Hebrew name (dative) |
| Et dimisit illos et "vale" illi fecit et dixit illi: |
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| "Sanus sis, fili, et vade sanus! |
sis: subjunctive as imperative |
| Dominus caeli bene dirigat vias vestras; et videam ex vobis filios, antequam moriar." |
dirigat: jussive subjunctive videam: hortatory subjunctive (expressing a wish) moriar: subjunctive with expression of time (antequam) |
| Et osculatus est Saram, filiam suam. |
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| Et Edna dixit Thobiae: "Fili et frater dilecte, te restituat Dominus caeli, et videam filios tuos et Sarae, filiae meae, antequam moriar.” |
Thobiae: Hebrew name (dative) restituat: jussive subjunctive videam: hortatory subjunctive (expressing a wish) moriar: subjunctive with expression of time (antequam) |
| Et osculata est ambos et dimisit illos sanos.  |
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