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
ܕܠܡܐ	dlmʾ dlm'	lest	Matthew 5:25 Matthew 7:6 Matthew 9:15 Matthew 12:23 Matthew 13:29 Matthew 15:32 Matthew 26:25 Matthew 27:64 Mark 4:12 Mark 4:21 Mark 13:5 Mark 13:36 Mark 14:2 Luke 11:35 Luke 12:58 Luke 14:8 Luke 14:12 John 3:4 John 5:14 John 7:26 ... +60
ܕܕܠܡܐ	ddlmʾ ddlm'		Luke 3:15 Acts 27:17 1 Corinthians 9:27 Galatians 6:1 1 Thessalonians 3:5
ܕܠܡܢ	dlmn dlmn		Romans 6:16

Hebrew Cognates

No Hebrew cognates available for this root.

Arabic Cognates

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