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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ܒܚܪ B-KH-R
firstborn
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܒܚܪܬܐ
bḥrtʾ
bkhrth'
firstborn[fem] Matthew 21:29 Matthew 21:32 Matthew 22:27 Matthew 25:11 Luke 14:10 Luke 20:32
ܒܚܪ
bḥr
bkhr
firstborn Peal Matthew 7:3 Psalms 7:10 Psalms 11:5 Proverbs 17:3
ܒܚܪܬܗ
bḥrth
bkhrthh
firstborn-his Mark 4:38 Hebrews 9:26 Psalms 139:9
ܒܚܪܢ
bḥrn
bkhrn
firstborn-them Acts 7:2 Acts 7:4
ܘܒܚ̇ܪ
wbḥr
wbkhr
and-firstborn Isaiah 66:16
ܒܚܪܬ
bḥrt
bkhrth
firstborn[perf] Peal Psalms 17:3
ܕܐܬܒܚܪ
dʾtbḥr
d'thbkhr
of-[pass]firstborn Ethpeel James 1:12
ܒܚܪܝܢ
bḥryn
bkhryn
firstborn[pl] Psalms 11:4
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
בְּכוֹר bekhor firstborn
בָּחַר bākhar to choose
בֶּכֶר becher firstborn
בִּכּוּר bikkūr first fruit
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
بِكْر bikr firstborn
بُكْرَة bukrah morning
بَاكِر bākir early
اِبْتَكَرَ ibtakara to invent