ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

Every word is a root, and every root is a constellation.

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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ܒܣܡ B-S-M
pleasant, sweet, spice
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܒܣܡܐ
bsmʾ
bsm'
pleasant, sweet, spice Matthew 26:12 Mark 14:4 Luke 1:9 Luke 7:38 Hebrews 9:4
ܬܒܣܡ
tbsm
thbsm
[impf]pleasant, sweet, spice Psalms 104:34 Proverbs 2:10 Proverbs 13:19
ܒܣ̈ܡܐ
bsmʾ
bsm'
pleasant, sweet, spice Isaiah 65:3 Isaiah 65:7 Ezekiel 6:13
ܐܬܒܣܡܘ
ʾtbsmw
'thbsmw
[pass]pleasant, sweet, spice[3pl] Ethpeel Romans 15:10 Isaiah 45:8 Isaiah 66:10
ܐܬܒܣܡ
ʾtbsm
'thbsm
[pass]pleasant, sweet, spice Ethpeel Acts 2:26 Isaiah 61:10
ܘܡܬܒܣܡܝܢ
wmtbsmyn
wmthbsmyn
and.from-[impf]pleasant, sweet, spice[pl] Acts 7:41 Psalms 37:11
ܒܒܘܣܡܐ
bbwsmʾ
bbwsm'
pleasant, sweet, spice Isaiah 64:4 Isaiah 66:10
ܒܒܣܝܡܘܬܐ
bbsymwtʾ
bbsymwth'
pleasant, sweet, spice Romans 11:22 2 Corinthians 6:6
ܡܒܣܡ
mbsm
mbsm
[ptcp]pleasant, sweet, spice Proverbs 15:30
ܠܡܬܒܣܡܘ
lmtbsmw
lmthbsmw
so.that-[impf]pleasant, sweet, spice[3pl] Luke 15:24
ܘܬܒܣܡ
wtbsm
wthbsm
and-[impf]pleasant, sweet, spice Proverbs 3:24
ܐܬܒܣܡܬ
ʾtbsmt
'thbsmth
[pass]pleasant, sweet, spice[perf] Ethpeel Romans 15:24
ܒܒܣܝܡܘܬܗ
bbsymwth
bbsymwthh
pleasant, sweet, spice Psalms 27:4
ܒܒܘܣܡܗ
bbwsmh
bbwsmh
pleasant, sweet, spice Psalms 68:4
ܘܒܒܣܝܡܘܬܐ
wbbsymwtʾ
wbbsymwth'
pleasant, sweet, spice Psalms 45:16
ܒܣܡܬ
bsmt
bsmth
pleasant, sweet, spice[perf] Peal Mark 14:8
ܠܡܒܣܡ
lmbsm
lmbsm
so.that-pleasant, sweet, spice Luke 15:32
ܐܬܒܣܡܝ
ʾtbsmy
'thbsmy
[pass]pleasant, sweet, spice-my Ethpeel Luke 12:19
ܕܐܬܒܣܡ
dʾtbsm
d'thbsm
of-[pass]pleasant, sweet, spice Ethpeel Luke 15:29
ܒܒܣܡܐ
bbsmʾ
bbsm'
in-pleasant, sweet, spice John 11:2
ܡܒܣܡܬܐ
mbsmtʾ
mbsmth'
[ptcp]pleasant, sweet, spice[fem] Psalms 143:10
ܘܢܒܣܡ
wnbsm
wnbsm
and-[impf]pleasant, sweet, spice Proverbs 29:17
ܘܐܬܒܣܡܘ
wʾtbsmw
w'thbsmw
and-[pass]pleasant, sweet, spice[3pl] Ethpeel Psalms 32:11
ܡܒܣܡܝܢ
mbsmyn
mbsmyn
[ptcp]pleasant, sweet, spice[pl] Psalms 45:9
ܘܒܒܣܡܐ
wbbsmʾ
wbbsm'
and.in-pleasant, sweet, spice John 19:40
ܕܐܬܒܣܡܝ
dʾtbsmy
d'thbsmy
of-[pass]pleasant, sweet, spice-my Ethpeel Galatians 4:27
ܒܣܡܬܘܢ
bsmtwn
bsmthwn
pleasant, sweet, spice-you(pl) Peal James 5:5
ܕܡܒܣܡ
dmbsm
dmbsm
that.from-pleasant, sweet, spice Proverbs 27:9
ܡܒܣܡܐ
mbsmʾ
mbsm'
[ptcp]pleasant, sweet, spice Psalms 92:11
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
בֹּשֶׂם bosem balsam, spice
בָּשָׂם basam perfume
Arabic Cognates

No Arabic cognates available for this root.