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
ܕܡܝܬܐ	dmytʾ dmyth'	resemble, image[fem]	Matthew 22:30 Matthew 22:31 Matthew 22:32 Matthew 23:27 Mark 12:27 Luke 20:38 John 5:25 Acts 23:6 Acts 24:21 Romans 3:5 Romans 6:11 2 Timothy 2:18 Hebrews 11:35
ܕܡܝܬ	dmyt dmyth	resemble, image[perf] Peal	Mark 9:26 John 8:53 John 19:33 Acts 2:29 Acts 14:19 Acts 25:19 Romans 6:7 Romans 6:10 1 Thessalonians 5:10
ܕܡܝܬܝܢ	dmytyn dmythyn	resemble, image-you(fp) Peal	Acts 22:30 Ephesians 2:1 Colossians 2:13 Hebrews 7:8 Hebrews 7:23
ܕܡܝܢ	dmyn dmyn	resemble, image-them	Mark 7:8 Luke 7:31 Luke 7:32 Luke 12:36 Galatians 5:21
ܕܡܝ	dmy dmy	my blood	Matthew 26:28 Mark 14:24 John 6:54 John 6:56
ܐܕܡܝܗ	ʾdmyh 'dmyh	[impf]resemble, image-his Aphel	Matthew 11:16 Luke 13:18 Luke 13:20
ܕܡܝܗ	dmyh dmyh	resemble, image-his	Acts 4:37 Acts 5:4
ܐܬܕܡܝܬܘܢ	ʾtdmytwn 'thdmythwn	[pass]resemble, image-you(pl) Ethpeel	1 Thessalonians 1:6 1 Thessalonians 2:14
ܐܬܕܡܝܬ	ʾtdmyt 'thdmyth	[pass]resemble, image[perf] Ethpeel	Matthew 18:23 Matthew 22:2
ܕܕܡܝܗ	ddmyh ddmyh	of-resemble, image-his	Acts 5:3
ܕܡܝܟ	dmyk dmyk	resemble, image-your	Matthew 8:24
ܠܡܬܕܡܝܘ	lmtdmyw lmthdmyw	so.that-[impf]resemble, image[3pl]	2 Thessalonians 3:7
ܢܕܡܝܗ	ndmyh ndmyh	[impf]resemble, image-his	Mark 4:30
ܐܬܕܡܝܘ	ʾtdmyw 'thdmyw	[pass]resemble, image[3pl] Ethpeel	Acts 14:11
ܕܡܝܗܘܢ	dmyhwn dmyhwn	resemble, image-their	Acts 19:19
ܘܕܕܡܝܢ	wddmyn wddmyn	and.of-resemble, image-them	Mark 7:13

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
דָּמָה	dama	to resemble
דְּמוּת	dmut	image, likeness
דַּמָּה	dammah	to compare, liken
דְּמִי	d'mi	similar, resembling

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
دَمِيَ	damiya	to bleed; to resemble
دَمَّ	damma	to resemble
دَمْيَة	damyah	image, figure
دُمْيَة	dumyah	doll, figurine