Peshitta Constellations

Explore the New Testament from its Aramaic roots

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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

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bread, fight

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܠܚܡܐ	lḥmʾ lkhm'	bread	Matthew 4:3 Matthew 6:11 Matthew 7:9 Matthew 15:2 Matthew 15:26 Matthew 15:33 Matthew 16:5 Matthew 16:11 Matthew 26:26 Mark 3:20 Mark 6:8 Mark 6:36 Mark 6:37 Mark 6:41 Mark 6:44 Mark 6:52 Mark 7:2 Mark 7:5 Mark 7:27 Mark 8:4 ... +45
ܠܚܡܝܢ	lḥmyn lkhmyn	bread, fight[pl]	Matthew 14:19 Matthew 15:34 Matthew 15:36 Matthew 16:9 Matthew 16:10 Mark 6:38 Mark 6:38 Mark 6:41 Mark 8:5 Mark 8:6 Mark 8:19 Luke 9:13 Luke 9:16 John 6:13
ܘܠܚܡܐ	wlḥmʾ wlkhm'	and bread	Matthew 12:4 Mark 2:26 Luke 6:4 John 6:51 John 21:9 1 Corinthians 10:16 2 Corinthians 9:10
ܕܠܚܡܐ	dlḥmʾ dlkhm'	of bread	Matthew 16:7 Matthew 16:8 Matthew 16:12 Mark 8:16 Mark 8:17 John 6:31
ܠܚܡܗ	lḥmh lkhmh	bread, fight-his	John 6:33 1 Corinthians 11:27
ܒܠܚܡܐ	blḥmʾ blkhm'	in-bread, fight	Matthew 4:4 Luke 4:4
ܠܚܝܡܐ	lḥymʾ lkhym'	bread, fight	Mark 6:19
ܠܘܚܡܐ	lwḥmʾ lwkhm'	bread, fight	Acts 9:1
ܘܐܬܠܚܡܘ	wʾtlḥmw w'thlkhmw	and-[pass]bread, fight[3pl] Ethpeel	Acts 4:21
ܠܚܡܗܘܢ	lḥmhwn lkhmhwn	bread, fight-their	2 Thessalonians 3:12
ܘܠܚܡ	wlḥm wlkhm	and-bread, fight	Hebrews 9:2
ܠܚܡܬܗ	lḥmth lkhmthh	bread, fight-his	Matthew 8:14

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
לֶחֶם	lekhem	bread
לָחַם	lakham	to fight
לָחֲמָה	lahămāh	battle, fight
לֹחֵם	lōḥēm	fighter, warrior
לַחְמָנִי	laḥmānī	baker

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
لَحْم	laḥm	meat
لَحْمَة	laḥmah	piece of meat
لِحَام	liḥām	welding
مُلَاحِم	mulāḥim	epic, heroic narrative