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
ܕܠܝܬ	dlyt dlyth	that there is not	Matthew 9:36 Matthew 13:5 Matthew 13:5 Matthew 13:6 Matthew 13:13 Matthew 25:29 Mark 4:5 Mark 4:5 Mark 4:6 Mark 4:25 Mark 6:34 Mark 10:29 Luke 1:61 Luke 2:7 Luke 3:11 Luke 4:24 Luke 7:28 Luke 8:18 Luke 12:17 Luke 14:14 ... +29
ܕܠܝ	dly dly	Peal	Matthew 10:37 Matthew 10:37 Matthew 10:40 Mark 9:37 Luke 4:6 Luke 9:48 Luke 10:16 John 12:26 John 12:45 John 13:20 John 14:9 John 15:23 John 17:18 Romans 14:11 1 Corinthians 10:33 Philemon 1:17
ܕܠܝܐ	dlyʾ dly'		John 4:15

Hebrew Cognates

No Hebrew cognates available for this root.

Arabic Cognates

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