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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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܦܐܪ (par) carries the full arc from seed to consequence — fruit is not just what grows on a tree but the visible manifestation of an invisible process. Greek καρπός retains the metaphorica… Explore this root →

פְּרִי peri

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܐܦܝ	ʾpy 'py	Peal	Matthew 27:51 Luke 23:45 John 6:51 John 15:22 John 17:20 John 17:20 Acts 17:26 Acts 24:10 Acts 26:1 Acts 26:21 1 Corinthians 15:3 2 Corinthians 1:6 2 Corinthians 1:6 2 Corinthians 11:28 2 Corinthians 12:10 2 Corinthians 12:15 Ephesians 5:20 Ephesians 6:18 Hebrews 6:19 Hebrews 9:3 ... +5
ܐܦܝܟܘܢ	ʾpykwn 'pykwn		Luke 22:19 1 Corinthians 1:13 1 Corinthians 11:24 2 Corinthians 7:14 2 Corinthians 11:20 Ephesians 1:16 Ephesians 3:1 Ephesians 3:13 Philippians 1:4 Colossians 1:24 1 Thessalonians 2:17 1 Thessalonians 3:10 2 Thessalonians 2:13
ܐܦܝܢ	ʾpyn 'pyn		1 Corinthians 13:12 1 Corinthians 13:12 2 Corinthians 1:11 2 Corinthians 1:11 2 Corinthians 7:7 Ephesians 5:2 1 Thessalonians 5:10 1 John 3:21
ܐܦܝܗ	ʾpyh 'pyh		Luke 21:35 Ephesians 5:25 2 Thessalonians 1:5
ܐܦܝܗܘܢ	ʾpyhwn 'pyhwn		Matthew 17:6 John 17:19 2 Corinthians 5:15
ܘܠܐܦܝ	wlʾpy wl'py		Matthew 20:6 Matthew 27:46
ܐܦܝܟ	ʾpyk 'pyk		Matthew 6:17
ܒܐܦܝܗܘܢ	bʾpyhwn b'pyhwn		Galatians 2:13
ܘܠܐܦܝܐ	wlʾpyʾ wl'py'		Philemon 1:2
ܐܦܝܗܝܢ	ʾpyhyn 'pyhyn		Luke 24:5
ܒܐܦܝܟܘܢ	bʾpykwn b'pykwn		1 Thessalonians 5:12

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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