ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

Every word is a root, and every root is a constellation.

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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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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ܚܘܪ KH-W-R
look, white
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܚܪ
ḥr
khr
look, white Matthew 19:26 Mark 8:24 Mark 10:21 Mark 10:23 Mark 10:27 Luke 20:17 Luke 21:1 Acts 3:5 Acts 7:55 Acts 10:4 Acts 23:1 Hebrews 11:40
ܚܘܪܘ
ḥwrw
khwrw
look, white[3pl] Peal Matthew 6:1 Matthew 6:26 Matthew 17:2 Luke 9:29 Psalms 34:6 Psalms 102:4 Isaiah 51:1 Isaiah 51:2
ܚܘܪ
ḥwr
khwr
look, white Peal Matthew 28:3 Acts 3:4 Acts 4:29 Psalms 13:4 Psalms 74:20 Isaiah 63:15
ܘܚܘܪ
wḥwr
wkhwr
and-look, white Psalms 17:1 Psalms 80:15 Psalms 84:10 Isaiah 18:4 Ezekiel 21:2 Ezekiel 21:7
ܚܘܪܐ
ḥwrʾ
khwr'
look, white Acts 1:10 Acts 10:30 2 Timothy 1:13 Proverbs 23:6 Ezekiel 27:18
ܢܚܘܪ
nḥwr
nkhwr
[impf]look, white Luke 3:34 Isaiah 8:22 Isaiah 17:8 Isaiah 33:19
ܕܐܫܬܚܪ
dʾštḥr
d'shthkhr
look, white Isaiah 4:2 Isaiah 15:7 Ezekiel 9:8
ܢܚܘܪ̈ܢ
nḥwrn
nkhwrn
[impf]look, white-them Proverbs 4:25 Isaiah 17:7 Isaiah 33:20
ܐܚܘܪ
ʾḥwr
'khwr
[impf]look, white Aphel Psalms 51:9 Isaiah 66:2
ܐܫܬܚܪ
ʾštḥr
'shthkhr
look, white Romans 11:5 Psalms 106:11
ܘܢܚܘܪ
wnḥwr
wnkhwr
and-[impf]look, white Hebrews 10:24 Hebrews 12:2
ܚܘܪܬܐ
ḥwrtʾ
khwrth'
look, white[fem] Matthew 5:36 Mark 16:5
ܕܢܚܘܪ
dnḥwr
dnkhwr
of-[impf]look, white Acts 7:32
ܚܪܬܘܢ
ḥrtwn
khrthwn
look, white Isaiah 22:11
ܘܒܚܘܪܐ
wbḥwrʾ
wbkhwr'
and.in-look, white Isaiah 11:8
ܚܘܪܢ
ḥwrn
khwrn
look, white-them Ezekiel 47:18
ܘܚܘܪܘ
wḥwrw
wkhwrw
and-look, white[3pl] Peal Isaiah 51:6
ܠܡܚܘܪܘ
lmḥwrw
lmkhwrw
so.that-look, white[3pl] Peal Mark 9:3
ܡܚܘܪܬܐ
mḥwrtʾ
mkhwrth'
[ptcp]look, white[fem] Acts 23:3
ܕܚܘܪ
dḥwr
dkhwr
of-look, white John 4:35
ܘܐܫܬܚܪ
wʾštḥr
w'shthkhr
look, white Isaiah 24:12
ܘܡܚܘܪ
wmḥwr
wmkhwr
and.from-look, white Mark 9:3
ܒܚܘܪܐ
bḥwrʾ
bkhwr'
in-look, white John 20:12
ܕܚܘܪܢ
dḥwrn
dkhwrn
of-look, white-them Ezekiel 47:16
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
חוּר khur white/linen
חֹר khor hole, cavity
חָרָה khara to be angry, to burn
חַוֵּר khaver to turn pale, become white
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
حَوِرَ hawira to be very white
حُور hur houris (white-eyed)
حِوَار hiwar dialogue
حُورِيَّة huriyya houri (fair-eyed woman)
حَيَّر hayyara to confuse, disturb