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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Semitic languages don't define: they radiate. Every word grows from a triliteral root that opens a force field. Discover the method of Semitic exegesis behind this application.

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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܦܐܪ (par) carries the full arc from seed to consequence — fruit is not just what grows on a tree but the visible manifestation of an invisible process. Greek καρπός retains the metaphorica… Explore this root →

פְּרִי peri

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܠܚܕ	lḥd lkhd	to one	Matthew 6:24 Matthew 6:24 Matthew 10:42 Matthew 18:6 Matthew 18:28 Matthew 20:13 Matthew 24:10 Matthew 24:10 Matthew 25:40 Matthew 25:45 Mark 4:41 Mark 9:42 Luke 7:41 Luke 8:25 Luke 12:1 Luke 15:15 Luke 15:26 Luke 16:13 Luke 16:13 Luke 17:2 ... +49
ܒܠܚܘܕܘܗܝ	blḥwdwhy blkhwdwhy		Matthew 4:10 Matthew 14:13 Matthew 14:23 Matthew 14:23 Matthew 17:8 Matthew 17:19 Mark 6:47 Mark 7:33 Mark 9:8 Luke 4:8 Luke 9:18 Luke 9:36 John 6:15 Romans 16:26 1 Timothy 6:15 1 Timothy 6:16 2 Timothy 4:11 Hebrews 9:7
ܒܠܚܘܕܝ	blḥwdy blkhwdy		Luke 10:40 John 8:16 John 8:29 John 16:32 John 16:32 Romans 11:3 Romans 16:4
ܒܠܚܘܕܝܢ	blḥwdyn blkhwdyn		Mark 6:31 1 Thessalonians 3:1
ܕܠܚܕ	dlḥd dlkhd		Galatians 3:16 1 Timothy 5:9
ܕܒܠܚܘܕ	dblḥwd dblkhwd		Galatians 6:12
ܘܠܚܕ	wlḥd wlkhd		1 Corinthians 15:38

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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