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
ܕܗܘ	dhw dhw	that he	Matthew 2:6 Matthew 8:17 Matthew 19:4 Matthew 23:17 Matthew 27:63 Mark 5:38 Mark 7:36 Luke 6:35 Luke 7:43 Luke 16:20 Luke 16:21 Luke 17:9 Luke 22:51 John 2:24 John 4:12 John 5:38 John 5:47 John 6:29 John 7:16 John 9:6 ... +65
ܕܗܘܘ	dhww dhww	who were	Matthew 11:20 Matthew 11:21 Matthew 11:23 Luke 10:13 Luke 20:36 John 2:9 Acts 1:21 Acts 26:4 Romans 15:9 Romans 16:7 2 Corinthians 4:1 1 Thessalonians 5:13 1 Timothy 2:8
ܕܗܘܬ	dhwt dhwth	Peal	Matthew 1:22 Matthew 21:4 Matthew 26:56 Luke 2:15 Luke 23:19 Acts 4:9 Acts 4:16 Acts 4:22 Acts 10:37 Ephesians 2:7 Hebrews 7:28 Hebrews 11:39
ܕܗܘܝܢ	dhwyn dhwyn		Mark 13:29 Luke 9:7 Luke 13:17 Luke 21:31 Acts 1:13 Acts 5:16 Acts 8:13 1 Corinthians 4:9 1 Peter 3:6 1 Peter 4:12
ܕܗܘܝ	dhwy dhwy		Matthew 27:54 Luke 24:35 Acts 5:7 1 Timothy 1:18 Hebrews 11:1

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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