Word play in aramaic and syriac

[Thirdwoe]

With regard to rabbuli, it could easily be explained as a confusion of a lamed and a nun. They can appear similar in their non-final forms, and are very often confused (especially in Estrangelo, and more so in Swadaya). So it could be an early scribal corruption of rabbuni.

So are you asserting that there are scribal corruptions in the Peshitta? Then this corruption is legion as it's in every copy.

i think the Peshitta's rendering here is likely a scribal error perpetuated, tho the valid linguistic interchange between the Semetic Lamed/Nun *might* have played a role in this, possibly.

If this is indeed a "scribal error", and it's seen in every Aramaic NT of the Peshitta and Peshitto versions of it, and others such as the Curetonian and the Sinaitic, which some claim to be from an older textual family than the Eastern Peshitta, then I find that to be an amazing thing! No one caught it, after so many centuries? No one changed it out to be correct? Just one letter? It boggles the mind.

I wished we could look at all the Manuscripts to see if it were true. Steve, you said they all show this, but how do you know that they all have it this way? Have you checked them all...and if so, tell me how please.

Shlama,
Chuck