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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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
ܒܗܘܢ	bhwn bhwn	in them	Matthew 3:1 Matthew 9:30 Matthew 12:16 Matthew 12:43 Matthew 13:14 Matthew 19:13 Matthew 19:26 Matthew 20:31 Mark 3:5 Mark 3:12 Mark 4:15 Mark 8:30 Mark 9:34 Mark 10:27 Luke 1:1 Luke 1:39 Luke 4:41 Luke 6:10 Luke 9:12 Luke 9:21 ... +46
ܒܗܘ	bhw bhw	Peal	Matthew 7:22 Matthew 11:25 Matthew 12:1 Matthew 13:1 Matthew 14:1 Matthew 22:23 Mark 2:20 Mark 4:35 Luke 6:23 Luke 13:1 Luke 13:31 Luke 17:31 John 12:16 John 14:20 John 16:26 John 17:5 Acts 2:41 Acts 4:10 Acts 8:1 Acts 12:1 ... +12
ܠܒܗܘܢ	lbhwn lbhwn	their hearts	Matthew 15:8 Mark 3:5 Mark 7:6 Mark 16:14 Luke 8:12 John 12:40 Acts 11:23 Romans 1:21 Romans 2:15 2 Corinthians 3:15 Ephesians 4:18 Hebrews 3:10

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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