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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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
ܒܝܕ	byd byd	by means of	Matthew 1:22 Matthew 2:17 Matthew 3:3 Matthew 4:14 Matthew 8:17 Matthew 11:2 Matthew 12:17 Matthew 13:35 Matthew 21:4 Matthew 27:9 John 1:17 John 1:17 Acts 2:43 Acts 4:25 Acts 5:12 Acts 7:53 Acts 10:36 Acts 11:30 Acts 12:9 Acts 17:31 ... +47
ܕܒܝܕ	dbyd dbyd		Romans 5:12 1 Corinthians 15:21 Ephesians 3:10 Philemon 1:7
ܕܐܒܝܕ	dʾbyd d'byd	Aphel	Matthew 18:11 Luke 15:6 Luke 15:9 Luke 19:10
ܘܐܒܝܕܐ	wʾbydʾ w'byd'	Aphel	Luke 15:24 Luke 15:32
ܘܒܝܕ	wbyd wbyd		Romans 5:12 Ephesians 4:6
ܒܐܒܝܕܐ	bʾbydʾ b'byd'	Aphel	2 Thessalonians 2:10
ܠܐܒܝܕܐ	lʾbydʾ l'byd'	Aphel	1 Corinthians 1:18

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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