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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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܦܐܪ (par) carries the full arc from seed to consequence — fruit is not just what grows on a tree but the visible manifestation of an invisible process. Greek καρπός retains the metaphorica… Explore this root →

פְּרִי peri

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܒܗܝܟܠܐ	bhyklʾ bhykl'	in the temple	Matthew 12:5 Matthew 21:12 Matthew 21:14 Matthew 21:15 Matthew 23:16 Matthew 23:21 Matthew 26:55 Matthew 27:5 Mark 11:15 Mark 11:27 Mark 12:35 Mark 14:49 Luke 1:22 Luke 2:46 Luke 19:47 Luke 20:1 Luke 21:37 Luke 22:53 Luke 24:53 John 2:14 ... +17
ܗܝܟܠܐ	hyklʾ hykl'	temple	Matthew 12:6 Matthew 23:17 Matthew 23:35 Matthew 24:1 Matthew 26:61 Matthew 27:40 Mark 11:16 Mark 13:1 Mark 13:3 Mark 14:58 Mark 15:29 Luke 2:37 Luke 11:51 Luke 21:5 John 2:15 John 2:19 John 2:20 John 2:21 John 8:59 Acts 19:27 ... +4
ܠܗܝܟܠܐ	lhyklʾ lhykl'	to the temple	Matthew 21:12 Matthew 21:23 Mark 11:11 Mark 11:15 Luke 2:27 Luke 18:10 Luke 19:45 Luke 21:38 John 7:14 John 8:2 Acts 3:1 Acts 3:2 Acts 3:3 Acts 3:8 Acts 5:21 Acts 21:26 Acts 21:28 Acts 21:29 Ephesians 2:21
ܕܗܝܟܠܐ	dhyklʾ dhykl'		Matthew 4:5 Matthew 24:1 Matthew 27:51 Mark 15:38 Luke 4:9 Luke 22:4 Luke 22:52 Luke 23:45 Acts 3:2 Acts 4:1 Acts 5:24
ܗܝܟܠܗ	hyklh hyklh		1 Corinthians 3:17 1 Corinthians 3:17 2 Corinthians 6:16
ܕܒܗܝܟܠܐ	dbhyklʾ dbhykl'		Matthew 23:16 Luke 1:21
ܠܗܝܟܠܗ	lhyklh lhyklh		Luke 1:9 2 Corinthians 6:16
ܘܠܗܝܟܠܢ	wlhykln wlhykln		Acts 24:6
ܕܗܝܟܠܗ	dhyklh dhyklh		1 Corinthians 3:16
ܘܒܗܝܟܠܐ	wbhyklʾ wbhykl'		John 18:20

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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