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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ܐܠܨ '-L-TS
press, compel
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܐܠܨ
ʾlṣ
'lts
press, compel Peal Matthew 14:22 Mark 6:45 Acts 26:11 2 Corinthians 5:14 Galatians 2:14 Isaiah 63:9
ܐܠܨܐ
ʾlṣʾ
'lts'
press, compel Romans 13:5 1 Corinthians 7:37 Philippians 1:24
ܐܠܨܝܢ
ʾlṣyn
'ltsyn
press, compel[pl] Luke 8:45 Galatians 6:12
ܐܬܐܠܨܬ
ʾtʾlṣt
'th'ltsth
[pass]press, compel[perf] Ethpeel Mark 5:26 Acts 28:19
ܐܬܐܠܨܢ
ʾtʾlṣn
'th'ltsn
[pass]press, compel-them Ethpeel 2 Corinthians 1:8 2 Corinthians 7:5
ܕܐܠܨܢ
dʾlṣn
d'ltsn
of-press, compel-them Acts 15:28 Titus 3:14
ܐܠܨܢܝ
ʾlṣny
'ltsny
press, compel-me Peal Psalms 56:2
ܕܡܬܐܠܨܝܢ
dmtʾlṣyn
dmth'ltsyn
that.from-[impf]press, compel[pl] Luke 6:18
ܢܐܠܨܟ
nʾlṣk
n'ltsk
[impf]press, compel-your Isaiah 22:18
ܠܡܬܐܠܨܘ
lmtʾlṣw
lmth'ltsw
so.that-[impf]press, compel[3pl] 1 Thessalonians 3:4
ܐܠܨܬ
ʾlṣt
'ltsth
press, compel[perf] Peal Psalms 7:5
ܐܠܨܢ
ʾlṣn
'ltsn
press, compel-them Philippians 1:23
ܘܐܠܨܘܗܝ
wʾlṣwhy
w'ltswhy
and-press, compel-her Luke 24:29
ܐܬܐܠܨ
ʾtʾlṣ
'th'lts
[pass]press, compel Ethpeel 2 Corinthians 10:2
ܢܐܠܘܨ
nʾlwṣ
n'lwts
press, compel Isaiah 11:13
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
אָלַץ alats to compel, to force
לָצוּץ lātsuts to press, to squeeze
מָלְצוּץ māltsuuts pressure, compulsion
לִיצָה lītsāh coercion, constraint
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
لَزَّ lazza to press, to adhere
ألْزَمَ ʾalzama to compel, to force
لُزُومَة luzūmah obligation, necessity
تَلَاصُق talāṣuq adherence, sticking