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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free, liberate

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܐܚܪܝܐ	ʾḥryʾ 'khry'	[impf]free, liberate Aphel	Matthew 5:26 Matthew 19:30 Matthew 20:8 Matthew 20:12 Matthew 20:14 Matthew 20:16 Matthew 20:16 Mark 9:35 Mark 10:31 Luke 12:59 Luke 13:30 Luke 13:30 John 6:39 John 6:40 John 6:44 John 6:54 John 7:37 John 11:24 John 12:48 Acts 2:17 ... +10
ܐܚܪܝܬ	ʾḥryt 'khryth	[impf]free, liberate[perf] Aphel	Matthew 4:2 Matthew 21:37 Matthew 26:60 Mark 4:28 Mark 12:6 Mark 12:22 Mark 16:14
ܐܚܪܝܬܐ	ʾḥrytʾ 'khryth'	[impf]free, liberate[fem] Aphel	Matthew 27:64 Luke 14:9 1 Corinthians 15:52
ܘܐܚܪܝܐ	wʾḥryʾ w'khry'	and-[impf]free, liberate Aphel	Matthew 19:30 Mark 10:31 1 Corinthians 15:26
ܠܐܚܪܝܬܐ	lʾḥrytʾ l'khryth'	to-[impf]free, liberate[fem] Aphel	1 Corinthians 1:8 2 Corinthians 1:13 Hebrews 3:14
ܚܪܝܢ	ḥryn khryn	free, liberate-them	Hebrews 6:16
ܘܐܬܚܪܝܬ	wʾtḥryt w'thkhryth	and-[pass]free, liberate[perf] Ethpeel	Acts 27:41
ܚܐܪܝܝܢ	ḥʾryyn kh'ryyn	free, liberate	Acts 17:11
ܐܬܚܪܝܘ	ʾtḥryw 'thkhryw	[pass]free, liberate[3pl] Ethpeel	Mark 9:34

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
חֵרוּת	kherut	freedom
חָפְשִׁי	khofshi	free
חָרַר	ḥārar	to be free, liberate oneself
מְחֹרָר	mĕḥōrār	liberated, exempt

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
حُرّ	ḥurr	free
حُرِّيَّة	ḥurriyya	freedom
تَحْرِير	taḥrīr	liberation
حَرَّر	ḥarrara	to liberate, emancipate
إِنْحِرَار	inḥirār	liberation, emancipation
مُحَرَّر	muḥarrar	liberated, emancipated