ܐܝܣܚܩ

ܐܝܣܚܩ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יִצְחָק‎ (yiṣḥāq, “Isaac”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔisˈħɑq]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔis.xɑq]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔisˈħoq]

Proper noun

ܐܝܣܚܩ • (ʾīsḥāq)

1. (biblical) Isaac
   • Peshitta, Genesis 21:4:

     ‏ܘܓܙܪ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܠܐܝܣܚܩ ܒܪܗ ܒܪ ܬܡܢܝܐ ܝܘ̈ܡܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܕܦܩܕܗ ܐܠܗܐ.‎‎

     wa-ḡəzar ʾaḇrāhām lə-ʾīsḥāq bərēh ḇar təmānyā yawmīn ʾāḵ də-p̄aqdēh ʾălāhā.

     And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

2. A male given name.

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 402b