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The text below comes from the first half of Tobit, Chapter 11 (with some omissions). it's finally time for Thobias to return home... and in addition to his wife, and the silver talents, there is one other very important thing he needs to take with him. Remember that fish from Chapter 6...? Notice also that the dog shows up again, ready to journey with Tobit and Raphael all the way back home from Media to Assyria. |
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| Et abierunt viam suam et pervenerunt Charran, quae est contra Nineven. |
Charran: Hebrew name (accusative) quorum: relative pronoun, agreeing with Charran in gender and number Nineven: feminine accusative singular (Greek declensional ending) |
| Tunc dixit Raphael: "Praecedamus uxorem tuam et praeparemus domum, dum veniunt." Et processerunt ambo pariter. |
Raphael: Hebrew name (nominative) praecedamus...praeparemus: hortatory subjunctives |
| Et dixit illi: "Tolle tecum fel." |
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| Et abiit cum illis canis ex eis, qui sequebantur eum et Thobiam. |
qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with eis in gender and number Thobiam: Hebrew name (accusative) |
| Et Anna sedebat circumspiciens viam filii sui. |
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| Et cognovit illum venientem et dixit patri eius: |
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| "Ecce filius tuus venit et homo, qui cum illo ierat." |
qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with homo in gender and number |
| Et Raphael dixit Thobiae, antequam appropinquaret patri: "Scio quia oculi eius aperientur. |
Raphael: Hebrew name (nominative) Thobiae: Hebrew name (dative) appropinquaret: subjunctive with expression of time (antequam) |
| Asperge fel piscis in oculis eius; et detrahet medicamentum et decoriabit albugines de oculis eius. |
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| Et respiciet pater tuus et videbit lumen." |
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| Et occurrit ei Anna et irruit collo filii sui et dixit illi: |
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| "Fili, video te, amodo moriar." Et lacrimata est. |
moriar: subjunctive with expression of time (amodo) |
| Et surrexit Thobi et offendebat pedibus et egressus est ad ostium atrii.  |
Thobi: Hebrew name (nominative) |
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