Peshitta Constellations

Explore the New Testament from its Aramaic roots

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Read the New Testament in its original Aramaic with transliteration and translation. Click any underlined word to discover its triliteral root. Use the ⚙️ settings to choose your preferred translation language and script.

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Every triliteral root connects Aramaic to its sister languages. Search a root and explore its Hebrew and Arabic cognates, then visualize the full Semitic family as an interactive graph. The Root Card shows the semantic field, a key verse, and sister roots — roots sharing 2 of 3 consonants (e.g., SH-L-M ↔ SH-L-KH).

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Semitic languages don't define: they radiate. Every word grows from a triliteral root that opens a force field. Discover the method of Semitic exegesis behind this application.

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ܫܟܒ SH-KH-P — lie down, sleep

Semantic field: reclining, horizontal rest, prostration

What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܫܟܒ (shkhab) is fundamentally a postural, bodily act: the body laying itself horizontal upon the ground, the bed, or the tomb. The root covers everything from simply reclining to rest, to … Explore this root →

שָׁכַב shakhavשִׁכְבָה shikh'vahשָׁכֵב shakhev شَكَبَ shakabaشَاكِب shāki'bشَكْب shak'b

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܘܐܦܩܘܗܝ	wʾpqwhy w'pqwhy		Matthew 22:13 Mark 12:8 Mark 15:20 Luke 20:12 Luke 20:15 John 9:34 John 19:16
ܘܐܦܩ	wʾpq w'pq		Matthew 8:16 Matthew 21:12 Luke 24:50 Acts 5:19 Acts 16:30 Acts 21:24
ܐܦܩܘܗܝ	ʾpqwhy 'pqwhy		Matthew 21:39 Matthew 25:30 Luke 4:29 Acts 7:58
ܘܐܦܩܬ	wʾpqt w'pqth	Peal	Mark 5:26 Acts 21:38 Hebrews 8:9
ܐܦܩܗ	ʾpqh 'pqh		John 6:37 John 19:13 Acts 12:17
ܘܐܦܩܘ	wʾpqw w'pqw	Peal	Acts 5:6 Acts 13:50
ܘܐܦܩܗ	wʾpqh w'pqh		Mark 1:43 Mark 8:23
ܐܦܩܬ	ʾpqt 'pqth	Peal	Luke 8:43 James 2:25
ܕܐܦܩ	dʾpq d'pq		John 10:4 Acts 7:36
ܐܦܩܘ	ʾpqw 'pqw	Peal	Matthew 10:8 Luke 15:22
ܕܐܦܩܘܗܝ	dʾpqwhy d'pqwhy		John 9:35
ܐܦܩܢ	ʾpqn 'pqn		Matthew 7:22
ܕܐܦܩܢ	dʾpqn d'pqn		Acts 7:40
ܐܦܩܬܗ	ʾpqth 'pqthh		Mark 1:12

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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