Peshitta Constellations

Explore the New Testament from its Aramaic roots

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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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ܚܪܪ KH-R-R
free, liberate
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܒܚܪܘܪܐ
bḥrwrʾ
bkhrwr'
free, liberate Matthew 19:24 Mark 10:25 Romans 8:21
ܡܚܪܪܐ
mḥrrʾ
mkhrr'
[ptcp]free, liberate Romans 6:20 1 Corinthians 7:22 1 Corinthians 7:39
ܢܚܪܪܟܘܢ
nḥrrkwn
nkhrrkwn
[impf]free, liberate-your(pl) John 8:32 John 8:36
ܐܬܚܪܪܬ
ʾtḥrrt
'thkhrrth
[pass]free, liberate[perf] Ethpeel Romans 7:2 Romans 7:3
ܕܐܬܚܪܪܬܘܢ
dʾtḥrrtwn
d'thkhrrthwn
of-[pass]free, liberate-you(pl) Ethpeel Romans 6:22
ܕܒܚܪܘܪܐ
dbḥrwrʾ
dbkhrwr'
free, liberate Luke 18:25
ܡܚܪܪ
mḥrr
mkhrr
[ptcp]free, liberate 1 Corinthians 9:19
ܐܬܚܪܪܬܘܢ
ʾtḥrrtwn
'thkhrrthwn
[pass]free, liberate-you(pl) Ethpeel Romans 6:18
ܚܪܪܟ
ḥrrk
khrrk
free, liberate-your Romans 8:2
ܚܪܪܢ
ḥrrn
khrrn
free, liberate-them Galatians 5:1
ܠܡܬܚܪܪܘ
lmtḥrrw
lmthkhrrw
so.that-[impf]free, liberate[3pl] 1 Corinthians 7:21
ܐܬܚܪܪ
ʾtḥrr
'thkhrr
[pass]free, liberate Ethpeel Romans 6:7
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
חָרַר kharar to burn/be free
חֵרוּת kherut freedom
בֶּן חוֹרִין ben khorin free man
שִׁחְרוּר shikhrur liberation
חֹרוּת ḥorut freedom
חֹרִין ḥorin free
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
حَرَّرَ harrara to liberate
حُرّ hurr free
حُرِّيَّة hurriyya freedom
تَحْرِير tahrir liberation
تَحْرِير taḥrīr liberation
حَرِّيّ ḥarrīy free
مُحَرَّر muḥarrар liberated