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
ܕܬܕܥܘܢ	dtdʿwn dthdewn		Matthew 9:6 Mark 2:10 Luke 5:24 John 10:38 John 19:4 Romans 1:13 Romans 11:25 1 Corinthians 10:1 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 12:1 2 Corinthians 1:8 2 Corinthians 2:4 2 Corinthians 13:6 Ephesians 1:18 Ephesians 6:21 Ephesians 6:22 Philippians 1:12 Colossians 2:1 1 Thessalonians 4:13 1 John 5:13
ܕܥܘ	dʿw dew	Peal	Matthew 24:33 Matthew 24:43 Mark 13:29 Luke 10:11 Luke 12:39 Luke 21:20 Luke 21:31 John 15:18 Acts 13:38 Romans 13:11 Galatians 3:7 Hebrews 13:23 1 John 2:29
ܬܕܥܘܢ	tdʿwn thdewn		Matthew 7:16 Matthew 7:20 Matthew 13:14 Matthew 27:24 Mark 4:13 John 8:28 John 13:17 John 14:20
ܘܬܕܥܘܢ	wtdʿwn wthdewn		John 8:32 Ephesians 3:19
ܘܢܕܥܘܢ	wndʿwn wndewn		2 Timothy 2:25
ܕܢܕܥܘܢ	dndʿwn dndewn		Romans 1:28

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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