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"?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

Thus a search for:

G?wargis
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Similarly a search for:

M?r
returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

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Thus a search for:

Dayr*
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Thus

"ʿAbdishoʿ I"
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Thus

"Jacob+Bishop"~2
finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.

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Nisibis 74 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 74.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/328.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/328
Nisibis 20 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 20.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/277.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/277
Nisibis 9 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 9.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/266.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/266
Nisibis 3 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 3.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/261.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/261
Nativity 17 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 17.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/565.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/565
Nisibis 76 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 76.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/330.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/330
Nisibis 11 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 11.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/268.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/268
Nativity 14 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 14.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/562.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/562
Nisibis 51 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 51.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/305.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/305
Nativity 9 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 9.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/557.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/557
Nativity 2 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 2.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/550.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/550
Nisibis 48 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 48.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/302.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/302
Nisibis 31 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 31.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/285.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/285
Nisibis 28 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 28.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/282.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/282
Nativity 11 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 11.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/559.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/559
Nativity 20 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 20.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/568.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/568
Nisibis 4 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 4.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/262.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/262
Nisibis 7 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 7.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/265.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/265
Nativity 13 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 13.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/561.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/561
Nativity 18 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 18.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/566.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/566
Nativity 5 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 5.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/553.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/553
Nisibis 47 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 47.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/301.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/301
Nisibis 1 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 1.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des Heiligen Ephraem der Syrers Carmina Nisibena." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1961). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/259.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/259
Nisibis 34 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 34.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/288.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/288
Nisibis 52 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 52.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/306.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/306
Second Discourse to Hypatius - ܡܺܐܡܪܳܐ ܕܰܬܪܶܝܢ ܕܠܽܘܩܒܰܠ ܝܽܘܠܦܳܢ̈ܶܐ ܢܟ̈ܺܝܠܶܐ by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Second Discourse to Hypatius - ܡܺܐܡܪܳܐ ܕܰܬܪܶܝܢ ܕܠܽܘܩܒܰܠ ܝܽܘܠܦܳܢ̈ܶܐ ܢܟ̈ܺܝܠܶܐ.” Based upon C. W. Mitchell ed., S. Ephraim's prose refutations of Mani, Marcion, and Bardaisan. Vol. 1: The Discourses Addressed to Hypatius (London: Williams and Norgate, 1912). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 7, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/528.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/528
Nativity 6 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 6.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/554.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/554
Nisibis 54 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 54.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/308.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/308
Nisibis 27 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 27.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/281.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/281
Nisibis 32 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 32.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/286.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/286
Fourth Discourse to Hypatius - ܡܺܐܡܪܳܐ ܕܰܐܪܒܥܳܐ ܕܠܽܘܩܒܰܠ ܝܽܘܠܦܳܢ̈ܶܐ ܢܟ̈ܺܝܠܶܐ by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Fourth Discourse to Hypatius - ܡܺܐܡܪܳܐ ܕܰܐܪܒܥܳܐ ܕܠܽܘܩܒܰܠ ܝܽܘܠܦܳܢ̈ܶܐ ܢܟ̈ܺܝܠܶܐ.” Based upon C. W. Mitchell ed., S. Ephraim's prose refutations of Mani, Marcion, and Bardaisan. Vol. 1: The Discourses Addressed to Hypatius (London: Williams and Norgate, 1912). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 7, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/530.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/530
Nisibis 43 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 43.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/297.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/297
Nisibis 36 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 36.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/290.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/290
Nisibis 65 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 65.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/319.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/319
Nisibis 63 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 63.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/317.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/317
Nisibis 45 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 45.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/299.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/299
Nisibis 56 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 56.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/310.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/310
Nisibis 71 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 71.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/325.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/325
Nisibis 68 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nisibis 68.” Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified June 12, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/322.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/322
Nativity 22 by Ephrem the SyrianEphrem the Syrian. “Nativity 22.” Based upon Edmund Beck ed., "Des heiligen Ephraem des Syrers Hymnen De Nativitate (Epiphania)." inCorpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1959). Digital Syriac Corpus. Last modified December 17, 2019. https://syriaccorpus.org/570.URI: https://syriaccorpus.org/570