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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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
ܕܥܐܠܝܢ	dʿʾlyn de'lyn		Matthew 10:11 Matthew 10:12 Matthew 23:14 Mark 6:10 Mark 11:2 Luke 9:4 Luke 10:5 Luke 10:8 Luke 10:10 Luke 11:33 Luke 11:52 Luke 22:10 Acts 3:2 Acts 3:3
ܥܐܠ	ʿʾl e'l	Peal	Matthew 7:21 Mark 7:18 Mark 7:19 John 10:1 Acts 8:3 Acts 10:25 Hebrews 9:7 Hebrews 10:5
ܕܥܐܠ	dʿʾl de'l		Matthew 15:11 Matthew 15:17 Mark 6:56 Mark 14:14 Luke 8:16 Luke 22:11 John 10:2
ܘܥܐܠ	wʿʾl we'l		Mark 7:15 Acts 9:28 Hebrews 6:19 Hebrews 9:25
ܥܐܠܝܢ	ʿʾlyn e'lyn		Matthew 23:14 Luke 19:30 Acts 17:10 Hebrews 9:6
ܘܥܐܠܢ	wʿʾln we'ln		Matthew 12:45 Luke 11:26
ܘܥܐܠܐ	wʿʾlʾ we'l'		Hebrews 4:12
ܥܐܠܐ	ʿʾlʾ e'l'		John 19:42
ܥܐܠܢ	ʿʾln e'ln		Mark 4:19

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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