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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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
ܓܢܒ	gnb gnb	steal Peal	Matthew 15:29 Matthew 21:1 Mark 11:1 Luke 5:2 Luke 19:29 John 3:23 John 4:5 John 6:23 John 11:18 Acts 1:12 Acts 5:10 Acts 9:38 Acts 22:3 Acts 27:39 Romans 2:21
ܓܢܒܐ	gnbʾ gnb'	steal	Matthew 24:43 Luke 12:39 John 10:1 John 10:8 John 10:10 1 Corinthians 6:10 1 Thessalonians 5:2 1 Thessalonians 5:4 1 Peter 4:15
ܕܓܢܒܐ	dgnbʾ dgnb'	of-steal	Matthew 6:19 Matthew 6:20 Luke 12:33 John 12:6
ܬܓܢܘܒ	tgnwb thgnwb	steal	Matthew 19:18 Mark 10:19 Luke 18:20 Romans 13:9
ܓܢܒܝܢ	gnbyn gnbyn	steal[pl]	Matthew 6:20 Titus 2:10
ܓܢܒܘܬܐ	gnbwtʾ gnbwth'	steal[abst]	Matthew 15:19 Mark 7:21
ܘܓܢܒܝܢ	wgnbyn wgnbyn	and-steal[pl]	Matthew 6:19
ܕܢܓܢܘܒ	dngnwb dngnwb	steal	John 10:10
ܓܢܒܘܗܝ	gnbwhy gnbwhy	steal-her	Matthew 28:13
ܢܓܢܘܒ	ngnwb ngnwb	steal	Ephesians 4:28
ܘܠܓܢܒܝ	wlgnby wlgnby	and.to-steal-my	1 Timothy 1:10
ܕܓܢܒ	dgnb dgnb	of-steal	Ephesians 4:28

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
גָּנַב	ganav	to steal
גַּנָּב	gannav	thief
גְּנֵבָה	genevah	theft
מַגְנֵב	magneiv	thief
גְּנֵבָה	g'nevah	theft

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
جَنَبَ	janaba	to avoid/avert
جَانِب	janib	side
اِجْتَنَبَ	ijtanaba	to avoid
سَرَق	saraq	to steal
سَرِيق	sariq	thief
سَرِقَة	sariqah	theft