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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ܚܪܡ KH-R-M
ban, devote, destroy
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܚܪܡ
ḥrm
khrm
ban, devote, destroy Peal 1 Corinthians 16:22 Galatians 1:8 Galatians 1:9
ܚܪܡܐ
ḥrmʾ
khrm'
ban, devote, destroy Romans 9:3 Ezekiel 44:29
ܘܐܚܪܡܘ
wʾḥrmw
w'khrmw
and-[impf]ban, devote, destroy[3pl] Aphel Acts 23:12 Acts 23:21
ܡܚܪܡ
mḥrm
mkhrm
[ptcp]ban, devote, destroy Mark 14:71
ܠܡܚܪܡܘ
lmḥrmw
lmkhrmw
so.that-ban, devote, destroy[3pl] Peal Matthew 26:74
ܐܚܪܡܢ
ʾḥrmn
'khrmn
[impf]ban, devote, destroy-them Aphel Acts 23:14
ܠܚܪܡܐ
lḥrmʾ
lkhrm'
to-ban, devote, destroy Isaiah 43:28
ܕܚܪܡ
dḥrm
dkhrm
of-ban, devote, destroy 1 Corinthians 12:3
ܕܚܪܡܐ
dḥrmʾ
dkhrm'
of-ban, devote, destroy Acts 23:14
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
חֲרוּם ḥaru'm prohibition, ban
חֵרֶם ḥe'rem anathema, curse
חֵרֶם kherem ban, devoted thing (to destruction)
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
حَرَّمَ ḥarrama to forbid
حَرَام ḥarām forbidden
تَحْرِيم taḥrīm prohibition, ban
مُحَرَّم muḥarram sacred, forbidden
حُرْمَة ḥurma sanctity, sacredness