ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

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Explore the Peshitta — the Syriac New Testament — through its triliteral Aramaic roots. Hebrew and Arabic cognates, interlinear reader, and a living map of how each root hardened into Greek.

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ܕܪܫ D-R-SH
seek, interpret (midrash)
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܕܪܫܝܢ
dršyn
drshyn
seek, interpret (midrash)[pl] Mark 9:14 Mark 9:16 Acts 17:18 Acts 28:29
ܒܕܪܫܐ
bdršʾ
bdrsh'
in-seek, interpret (midrash) 1 Timothy 6:4 Isaiah 28:27
ܕܪܫܟܘܢ
drškwn
drshkwn
seek, interpret (midrash)-your(pl) Matthew 10:30 Luke 12:7
ܘܕܪܫ
wdrš
wdrsh
and-seek, interpret (midrash) Acts 9:29 1 Timothy 4:7
ܐܬܕܪܫܘ
ʾtdršw
'thdrshw
[pass]seek, interpret (midrash)[3pl] Ethpeel Hebrews 12:11
ܕܕܪܫܝܢ
ddršyn
ddrshyn
of-seek, interpret (midrash)[pl] Mark 12:28
ܕܡܕܪܫܝܢ
dmdršyn
dmdrshyn
that.from-seek, interpret (midrash)[pl] Hebrews 5:14
ܕܕܪܝܫܐ
ddryšʾ
ddrysh'
seek, interpret (midrash) Proverbs 9:12
ܡܕܪܫ
mdrš
mdrsh
[ptcp]seek, interpret (midrash) Philippians 4:12
ܕܪܫ
drš
drsh
seek, interpret (midrash) Peal Acts 18:28
ܕܪܫܗ
dršh
drshh
seek, interpret (midrash)-his Luke 7:38
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
דָּרַשׁ darash to seek/interpret
מִדְרָשׁ midrash interpretation/Midrash
דְּרָשָׁה derashah sermon
בֵּית מִדְרָשׁ beit midrash house of study
דֹּרֵש dóresh seeker, interpreter
דְּרִישָׁה d'rishá search, inquiry
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
دَرَسَ darasa to study
دَرْس dars lesson
مَدْرَسَة madrasa school
مُدَرِّس mudarris teacher
دَارِس daris student
دُرُوس durūs studies