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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ܚܘܣ KH-W-S
spare, pity
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܚܣ
ḥs
khs
spare, pity Matthew 16:22 Acts 10:14 Acts 11:8 Romans 3:4 Romans 3:6 Romans 3:31 Romans 6:2 Romans 6:15 Romans 7:7 Romans 7:13 Romans 8:32 Romans 9:14 Romans 11:1 Romans 11:11 Romans 11:21 1 Corinthians 6:15 Galatians 2:17 Galatians 3:21
ܬܚܘܣ
tḥws
thkhws
[impf]spare, pity Proverbs 24:11 Isaiah 58:1 Ezekiel 5:11 Ezekiel 7:4 Ezekiel 7:9 Ezekiel 8:18
ܐܚܘܣ
ʾḥws
'khws
[impf]spare, pity Aphel 2 Corinthians 13:2 Ezekiel 9:10 Ezekiel 24:14
ܚܘܣܢ
ḥwsn
khwsn
spare, pity-them Isaiah 14:6 Isaiah 30:14
ܢܚܘܣ
nḥws
nkhws
[impf]spare, pity Romans 11:21 Isaiah 9:18
ܢܚ̈ܘܣܢ
nḥwsn
nkhwsn
[impf]spare, pity-them Isaiah 13:18 Ezekiel 9:5
ܬܚܘܣܝܢ
tḥwsyn
thkhwsyn
[impf]spare, pity[pl] Isaiah 54:2
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
חוּס khus have pity
Arabic Cognates

No Arabic cognates available for this root.