ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

Every word is a root, and every root is a constellation.

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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Cognates
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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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Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܥܪܩܘ
ʿrqw
erqw
flee[3pl] Peal Matthew 8:33 Mark 5:14 Luke 8:34 Acts 19:16 Isaiah 22:3 Isaiah 37:38
ܘܥܪܩ
wʿrq
werq
and-flee Matthew 2:14 Mark 14:52 John 10:12 Acts 7:29 James 4:7 Psalms 114:3
ܥܪܩܐ
ʿrqʾ
erq'
flee Mark 1:7 Luke 3:16 John 1:27 John 10:5 Acts 13:25
ܥܪܘܩܘ
ʿrwqw
erwqw
flee Matthew 10:23 1 Corinthians 6:18 1 Corinthians 10:14 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Isaiah 48:20
ܠܡܥܪܩ
lmʿrq
lmerq
so.that-flee Matthew 3:7 Luke 3:7 Luke 21:36 Acts 27:30
ܥܪܩܬܐ
ʿrqtʾ
erqth'
flee[fem] Mark 1:6 Acts 21:11 Isaiah 5:18
ܢܥܪܘܩ
nʿrwq
nerwq
flee Hebrews 2:3 Proverbs 28:17 Isaiah 30:16
ܕܥܪ̈ܩܐ
dʿrqʾ
derq'
of-flee Ezekiel 17:3 Ezekiel 17:22
ܥܪܘܩ
ʿrwq
erwq
flee 1 Timothy 6:11 2 Timothy 2:22
ܘܥܪܘܩ
wʿrwq
werwq
flee Matthew 2:13 1 Timothy 6:20
ܘܢܥܪܘܩ
wnʿrwq
wnerwq
flee Isaiah 17:13 Isaiah 31:8
ܥܪ̈ܩܐ
ʿrqʾ
erq'
flee Isaiah 5:27 Ezekiel 27:5
ܘܥܪܩܘ
wʿrqw
werqw
and-flee[3pl] Peal Matthew 26:56 Mark 14:50
ܥܪܩ
ʿrq
erq
flee Peal Mark 16:8 John 10:13
ܘܥܪ̈ܩܐ
wʿrqʾ
werq'
and-flee Ezekiel 23:15 Ezekiel 31:8
ܒܥܪܩܐ
bʿrqʾ
berq'
in-flee Acts 22:25
ܕܥܪܩܬܐ
dʿrqtʾ
derqth'
of-flee[fem] Acts 21:11
ܕܥ̇ܪܩܝܢ
dʿrqyn
derqyn
of-flee[pl] Isaiah 13:14
ܥܪܩܝܢ
ʿrqyn
erqyn
flee[pl] Psalms 104:7
ܕܥܪܩܐ
dʿrqʾ
derq'
of-flee Ezekiel 27:24
ܥܪ̈ܘܩܐ
ʿrwqʾ
erwq'
flee Isaiah 43:14
ܥܪܩܬ
ʿrqt
erqth
flee[perf] Peal Isaiah 10:29
ܕܥܪܩܬ
dʿrqt
derqth
of-flee[perf] Peal Psalms 114:5
ܕܥܪܩܢ
dʿrqn
derqn
of-flee-them Isaiah 20:6
ܬܥܪܘܩ
tʿrwq
therwq
flee Romans 2:3
ܕܥܪܩܘ
dʿrqw
derqw
of-flee[3pl] Peal Acts 16:27
ܕܢܥܪܘܩ
dnʿrwq
dnerwq
flee Isaiah 24:18
ܡܥܪܩܐ
mʿrqʾ
merq'
[ptcp]flee Psalms 142:5
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
עָרַק 'araq to flee
עֲרִיקָה 'ariqah desertion
עָרֹוק 'arok fugitive
עֲרִיקָה 'ăriqah flight
עֲרִיץ 'aríts fierce, violent
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
عَرِقَ 'ariqa to sweat
عِرْق 'irq vein/root
عَرَق 'araq sweat/arak (drink)
عَرَّاق 'arrāq sweaty
مَعْرَق ma'raq place of sweating
اِنْعِرَاق in'irāq spilling, pouring out