To come is plain arrival: a neighbor at the door, crowds gathering, birds reaching seed, a figure walking on the sea, the reign drawing near. This is the corpus’s great arrival root, carrying nearly every kind of movement toward a person or place.
| Form | Pattern | Transliteration | Script | Standard | Qala rendering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verb, perfect | Peal | ʾetā | אתא ܐܶܬ݂ܳܐ | he came | he came to them (Mt 14:25) |
| Verb, active participle | Peal | ʾāte | אתא ܐܳܬ݂ܶܐ | comes, is coming | the evil one comes (Mt 13:19) |
| Verb, imperfect (3fs) | Peal | tiʾte | תאתא ܬ݁ܺܐܬ݂ܶܐ | may it come | May your reign come (Mt 6:10) |
| Noun, "coming" | meʾtithā | meʾtiteh ("his coming") | מאתיתה ܡܶܐܬ݂ܺܝܬ݂ܶܗ | coming (Greek: parousia) | his coming |
| Stem | Form | Sense | In this corpus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peal | ʾetā | to come, arrive, draw near | throughout: Mt 6:10; 13:19; 14:25 |
| Ethpeel | — | — | not attested in this corpus |
| Pael | — | — | not attested in this corpus |
| Ethpaal | — | — | not attested in this corpus |
| Aphel | ʾayti | to bring: to cause to come (standard grammar) | standard grammar scaffold; not cited here from the corpus |
| Ettaphal | — | — | not attested in this corpus |
| Shaphel | — | — | not attested in this corpus |
Stand still and let something come to you: a sound, a scent, a person, a thought. Receive its arrival, then say tiʾte malkutakh, may your reign come.
Say tiʾte malkutakh gently: may your reign come, a prayer for arrival, not escape.