ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

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Explore the Peshitta — the Syriac New Testament — through its triliteral Aramaic roots. Hebrew and Arabic cognates, interlinear reader, and a living map of how each root hardened into Greek.

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ܐܒܗ '-B-H
father (plural form)
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܐܒܗܘܗܝ
ʾbhwhy
'bhwhy
father (plural form)-her Luke 2:27 John 9:2 John 9:3 John 9:20 John 9:22 John 9:23 Acts 13:36 Hebrews 11:23
ܐܒܗܬ
ʾbht
'bhth
father (plural form)[perf] Peal Philippians 1:20 Psalms 25:2 Psalms 31:2 Psalms 31:18 Psalms 71:1 Psalms 119:6 Psalms 119:46 Psalms 119:80
ܐܒܗܐ
ʾbhʾ
'bh'
father (plural form) Luke 18:29 1 Corinthians 4:15 2 Corinthians 12:14 Ephesians 6:4 Colossians 3:21 1 John 2:13 1 John 2:14
ܐܒܗܝܢ
ʾbhyn
'bhyn
father (plural form)[pl] Matthew 23:30 Luke 1:55 Luke 1:72 John 4:20 John 6:31 Hebrews 1:1 Hebrews 12:9
ܐܒܗܬܐ
ʾbhtʾ
'bhth'
father (plural form)[fem] John 7:22 Acts 2:29 Romans 11:28 Hebrews 7:4
ܕܐܒܗܝ
dʾbhy
d'bhy
of-father (plural form)-my Acts 24:14 Acts 28:17 Galatians 1:14
ܐ̈ܒܗܝܢ
ʾbhyn
'bhyn
father (plural form)[pl] Psalms 44:2 Psalms 106:6 Isaiah 64:10
ܐ̈ܒܗܝ
ʾbhy
'bhy
father (plural form)-my Psalms 22:5 Isaiah 37:12
ܐܒ̈ܗܐ
ʾbhʾ
'bh'
father (plural form) Ezekiel 5:10 Ezekiel 18:2
ܕܐ̈ܒܗܘܗܝ
dʾbhwhy
d'bhwhy
of-father (plural form)-her Psalms 49:20 Proverbs 30:11
ܕܐܒܗܬܐ
dʾbhtʾ
d'bhth'
of-father (plural form)[fem] Romans 4:1 Romans 15:8
ܘܐܒܗܬܐ
wʾbhtʾ
w'bhth'
and-father (plural form)[fem] Acts 22:1 Romans 9:5
ܘܐܒܗܬ
wʾbht
w'bhth
and-father (plural form)[perf] Peal Colossians 2:15
ܕܐܒܗܐ
dʾbhʾ
d'bh'
of-father (plural form) Luke 1:17
ܠܐܒܗܐ
lʾbhʾ
l'bh'
to-father (plural form) 2 Corinthians 12:14
ܐܒܗܘܬܐ
ʾbhwtʾ
'bhwth'
father (plural form)[abst] Ephesians 3:15
ܐܒ̈ܗܝܢ
ʾbhyn
'bhyn
father (plural form)[pl] Psalms 106:7
ܐܒ̈ܗܝ
ʾbhy
'bhy
father (plural form)-my Psalms 39:13
ܠܐܒܗܘܗܝ
lʾbhwhy
l'bhwhy
to-father (plural form)-her John 9:18
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
אָב av father
אָבוֹת avot fathers, ancestors
אָבִים avim fathers
אַבָּא abba dad
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
أَب ab father
آبَاء aba' fathers, ancestors
أَبَوِي ʾabawī paternal
أُبُوَّة ʾubūwwah paternity