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mpšqn (mp̄aššəqān, mp̄aššəqānā) nom.ag.D explicator
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explanatory
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TB 4:56.18↗ ܐܝܕܥܬܐ ܕܒܘܣܡ݂ܗܝܢ ܡܦܫܩܢܝܬܐ ܘܡܬܪܓܡܢܝܬܐ‏ : an explanatory and interpretive knowledge of their enjoyment
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commentator
Syr
BhGr 171:25 text not cited ; SevSerg 2198↗ ܘܡܫܟܚ ܗܘܐ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܡܦܫܩܢܐ ܕܗܠܝܢ‏ : he was able to be the explainer of these things
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The Commentator, i.e. often Theodore of Mopsuestia or Jacob of Edessa
Syr
IsNin9 114:3↗ ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܐܸܢܘ݁ܢ ܙܘ݂ܗܵܪ̈ܵܘܗܝ ܕܛܘ݂ܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ ܡܦܲܫܩܵܢܵܐ‏ : these are the warnings of the sainted Commentator ; IshSong 219:12↗ ܛܘܒܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܦܫܩܢܐ ܥܡ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܪ̈ܵܕܝܝ ܒܥܩ̈ܒܵܬܗ ܥܲܠ ܒܪܬ ܦܪܥܘܢ ܫ݁ܩܠܝ݁ܢ ܠ݁ܗ݀‏ : the sainted Commentator along with all of those who follow in his footsteps take it to be about Pharaoh's daughter
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The identity of "The Commentator" depends on the genre of the text. In biblical (esp. Church of the East) material almost always Theodore (so, for example, always in Isho'dadh), but in super-commentaries it would be the original commentator.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 811[614]J. Payne-Smith: 293

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