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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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
ܠܡܢܐ	lmnʾ lmn'	why	Matthew 8:26 Matthew 9:11 Matthew 9:14 Matthew 13:10 Matthew 14:31 Matthew 15:2 Matthew 15:3 Matthew 17:19 Matthew 19:7 Matthew 26:8 Matthew 27:46 Mark 2:18 Mark 4:30 Mark 4:40 Mark 5:35 Mark 7:5 Mark 9:28 Mark 15:34 Mark 15:34 Luke 2:48 ... +24
ܠܡܢ	lmn lmn	Peal	Matthew 5:44 Matthew 5:44 Matthew 10:40 Matthew 11:16 Matthew 12:48 Matthew 13:12 Matthew 25:29 Matthew 27:17 Matthew 27:21 Mark 9:23 Mark 9:37 Luke 3:11 Luke 6:34 Luke 7:23 Luke 7:31 Luke 9:48 Luke 10:16 Luke 12:20 Luke 14:15 John 5:24 ... +23
ܒܠܡܐܢܐ	blmʾnʾ blm'n'		Acts 27:12
ܠܡܢܬܐ	lmntʾ lmnth'		Colossians 1:12

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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