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
ܒܬܪܗ	btrh bthrh	after him	Matthew 4:20 Matthew 4:22 Matthew 4:25 Matthew 9:9 Matthew 9:19 Matthew 12:15 Matthew 14:13 Matthew 19:2 Matthew 20:29 Matthew 20:34 Matthew 21:9 Matthew 26:58 Matthew 27:55 Mark 1:18 Mark 1:20 Mark 2:14 Mark 2:15 Mark 10:32 Mark 14:13 Mark 14:51 ... +34
ܘܒܬܪ	wbtr wbthr	and after	Matthew 17:1 Matthew 27:53 Mark 9:2 Mark 14:70 Luke 22:58 Luke 22:59 John 4:43 John 13:27 John 20:26 Acts 13:3 Acts 13:15 Acts 15:13 Acts 15:36 Acts 20:1 Acts 21:15 Acts 28:13 Romans 14:19 1 Timothy 4:1 1 Timothy 6:11 1 Timothy 6:11 ... +12
ܒܬܪܝ	btry bthry		Matthew 4:19 Matthew 8:22 Matthew 9:9 Matthew 10:38 Matthew 16:24 Matthew 16:24 Matthew 19:21 Matthew 19:28 Mark 1:7 Mark 1:17 Mark 2:14 Mark 8:34 Mark 8:34 Mark 10:21 Luke 5:27 Luke 9:23 Luke 9:23 Luke 9:59 Luke 14:27 Luke 18:22 ... +11
ܒܬܪܟ	btrk bthrk		Matthew 8:19 Matthew 19:27 Luke 9:49 Luke 9:57 Luke 9:61 Luke 18:28 John 13:37 Acts 24:25
ܒܬܪܗܘܢ	btrhwn bthrhwn		Luke 21:8 Acts 13:43 Acts 20:30 1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 12:28
ܒܬܪܬܝܢ	btrtyn bthrthyn	Peal	Acts 12:6 Acts 21:33
ܕܒܬܪ	dbtr dbthr	that after	Matthew 26:2 John 4:35
ܒܬܪܝܢ	btryn bthryn		Luke 12:6
ܐܒܝܬܪ	ʾbytr 'bythr		Mark 2:26
ܒܬܪܢ	btrn bthrn		Matthew 15:23
ܠܒܬܪܗ	lbtrh lbthrh		Acts 10:23

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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