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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Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܕܚܩܠܐ
dḥqlʾ
dkhql'
of-field Matthew 6:30 1 Peter 1:24 Psalms 103:15 Isaiah 32:12 Isaiah 37:27 Isaiah 40:6 Isaiah 55:12 Ezekiel 16:7 Ezekiel 39:10
ܕܒܚܩܠܐ
dbḥqlʾ
dbkhql'
that.in-field Matthew 24:18 Mark 13:16 Luke 17:31 Ezekiel 26:8 Ezekiel 33:27
ܒܚܩܠܐ
bḥqlʾ
bkhql'
in-field Luke 12:28 Luke 17:36 Isaiah 5:8 Ezekiel 17:8
ܚܩܠܐ
ḥqlʾ
khql'
field Luke 17:7 Ezekiel 29:5 Ezekiel 32:4
ܒܚ̈ܩܠܬܐ
bḥqltʾ
bkhqlth'
in-field[fem] Psalms 78:43 Psalms 132:6
ܕܚܩܠܗ
dḥqlh
dkhqlh
of-field-his Isaiah 7:3 Isaiah 36:2
ܚܩ̈ܠܬܐ
ḥqltʾ
khqlth'
field[fem] Psalms 96:12 Psalms 107:37
ܘܒܚܩܠܐ
wbḥqlʾ
wbkhql'
and.in-field Proverbs 23:10
ܚܩܠ
ḥql
khql
field Peal Acts 1:19
ܘܚܩܠܐ
wḥqlʾ
wkhql'
and-field Isaiah 5:8
ܚܩܠܗ
ḥqlh
khqlh
field-his Proverbs 24:30
ܕܚ̈ܩܠܬܐ
dḥqltʾ
dkhqlth'
of-field[fem] Isaiah 16:8
ܒܚܩܠܟ
bḥqlk
bkhqlk
in-field-your Proverbs 24:27
ܘܒܚ̈ܩܠܬܐ
wbḥqltʾ
wbkhqlth'
and.in-field[fem] Psalms 78:12
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
חָקָל ḥāḳāl field
חֲקָלָאִי ḥaḳālā'ī peasant, farmer
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
حَقْل ḥaql field
حَاقُول ḥāqūl field
حَقْلِي ḥaqlī agricultural
حَرَّاث ḥarrāṯ farmer