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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Select a verse and watch how all its roots form a constellation of interconnected meanings. From the reader, click the scatter_plot icon next to the verse number.

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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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ܫܟܒ SH-KH-P — lie down, sleep

Semantic field: reclining, horizontal rest, prostration

What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܫܟܒ (shkhab) is fundamentally a postural, bodily act: the body laying itself horizontal upon the ground, the bed, or the tomb. The root covers everything from simply reclining to rest, to … Explore this root →

שָׁכַב shakhavשִׁכְבָה shikh'vahשָׁכֵב shakhev شَكَبَ shakabaشَاكِب shāki'bشَكْب shak'b

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܕܐܒܐ	dʾbʾ d'b'	of the father	Matthew 3:9 Matthew 7:15 Matthew 10:16 Luke 3:8 Luke 10:3 John 5:19 John 5:21 John 5:36 John 10:12 John 10:12 John 10:36 John 14:24 John 16:32 Acts 1:4 Acts 1:7 Acts 20:29 1 Peter 1:17 1 John 2:15 1 John 3:1 1 John 4:14
ܕܐܒܝ	dʾby d'by		Matthew 7:21 Matthew 12:50 Matthew 18:10 Matthew 25:34 Matthew 26:29 Luke 24:49 John 2:16 John 5:43 John 6:40 John 10:25 John 10:29 John 10:37 John 10:38 John 14:28 John 15:10
ܕܐܒܘܗܝ	dʾbwhy d'bwhy		Matthew 16:27 Matthew 21:31 Mark 8:38 Luke 1:59 Luke 9:26 John 1:18 John 5:18 Romans 6:4 Hebrews 7:10
ܕܐܒܗܝܢ	dʾbhyn d'bhyn		1 Corinthians 10:1

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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