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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ܠܒܢ L-B-N
white, brick
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܠܒܢ̈ܝ
lbny
lbny
white, brick-my Psalms 11:4 Psalms 53:6 Psalms 68:19 Psalms 69:9 Psalms 72:4 Psalms 77:16 Psalms 103:17 Psalms 115:16 Psalms 137:7 Proverbs 31:15 Ezekiel 23:12 Ezekiel 25:3 Ezekiel 25:4 Ezekiel 35:5 Ezekiel 37:21 Ezekiel 40:4 Ezekiel 44:12 Ezekiel 45:8 Ezekiel 45:8
ܠܒܢܝ
lbny
lbny
white, brick-my Matthew 6:5 Matthew 10:25 Matthew 23:5 Matthew 23:28 Luke 2:14 Luke 9:61 Luke 11:46 John 17:6 Acts 7:37 Acts 10:36 Acts 14:21 Acts 19:24 Acts 19:25 Acts 19:26 Acts 28:19 Romans 11:14
ܠܒܢ
lbn
lbn
white, brick Peal Luke 24:32 1 John 3:19 1 John 3:20 1 John 3:20 1 John 3:21 Psalms 33:21 Isaiah 59:13 Isaiah 63:17
ܠܒ̈ܢܝ
lbny
lbny
white, brick-my Psalms 83:9 Psalms 145:12 Isaiah 11:14 Ezekiel 33:12 Ezekiel 45:17
ܠܒ̈ܢܘܗܝ
lbnwhy
lbnwhy
white, brick-her Proverbs 11:29 Proverbs 11:29 Ezekiel 46:16
ܠܒܢܢ
lbnn
lbnn
white, brick-them Isaiah 29:17 Isaiah 33:9 Ezekiel 27:5
ܠܒܢ̈ܘܗܝ
lbnwhy
lbnwhy
white, brick-her Proverbs 20:7 Isaiah 14:21 Ezekiel 46:18
ܠܒܢܘܗܝ
lbnwhy
lbnwhy
white, brick-her Luke 5:34 1 John 5:2
ܠܒܢ̈ܬܐ
lbntʾ
lbnth'
white, brick[fem] Ezekiel 14:16 Ezekiel 14:18
ܠܒܢ̈ܬ
lbnt
lbnth
white, brick[perf] Peal Isaiah 34:13
ܒܠܒܘܢܬܐ
blbwntʾ
blbwnth'
white, brick Isaiah 43:23
ܒ̈ܠܒܢܐ
blbnʾ
blbn'
in-white, brick Ezekiel 7:23
ܘܠܒܢ̈ܘܗܝ
wlbnwhy
wlbnwhy
and-white, brick-her Proverbs 14:26
ܕܒܠܒܢ
dblbn
dblbn
that.in-white, brick 2 Corinthians 7:3
ܘܠܒܢܘܗܝ
wlbnwhy
wlbnwhy
and-white, brick-her Luke 14:26
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
לָבָן lavan white
לְבֵנָה lvena brick
לִבְנֵה livneh brick
לְבָנָה levānāh moon
לַבְנֶה laveneh type of white stone
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
لَبَن laban milk; brick
لَبَنَة labana block, brick
لُبْنَى lubnā type of white jasmine