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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Select a verse and watch how all its roots form a constellation of interconnected meanings. From the reader, click the scatter_plot icon next to the verse number.

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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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ܫܟܒ SH-KH-P — lie down, sleep

Semantic field: reclining, horizontal rest, prostration

What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܫܟܒ (shkhab) is fundamentally a postural, bodily act: the body laying itself horizontal upon the ground, the bed, or the tomb. The root covers everything from simply reclining to rest, to … Explore this root →

שָׁכַב shakhavשִׁכְבָה shikh'vahשָׁכֵב shakhev شَكَبَ shakabaشَاكِب shāki'bشَكْب shak'b

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܒܠܫܢܐ	blšnʾ blshn'	in-tongue, language	1 Corinthians 12:30 1 Corinthians 14:2 1 Corinthians 14:4 1 Corinthians 14:5 1 Corinthians 14:5 1 Corinthians 14:6 1 Corinthians 14:9 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14:14 1 Corinthians 14:18 1 Corinthians 14:19 1 Corinthians 14:23 1 Corinthians 14:27 1 Corinthians 14:28 1 Corinthians 14:39
ܠܫܢ	lšn lshn	tongue, language Peal	Acts 2:4 Acts 10:46 Acts 19:6 Romans 14:11 1 Corinthians 13:1 Philippians 2:11
ܠܫܢܐ	lšnʾ lshn'	tongue, language	Acts 2:3 1 Corinthians 14:22 1 Corinthians 14:26 James 3:5 James 3:6 James 3:8
ܠܫܢܗ	lšnh lshnh	tongue, language-his	Acts 2:8 James 1:26 1 Peter 3:10
ܘܒܠܫܢܐ	wblšnʾ wblshn'	and.in-tongue, language	Mark 16:17 1 Corinthians 14:21 1 John 3:18
ܠܫܢܘܗܝ	lšnwhy lshnwhy	tongue, language-her	John 9:21 John 9:23
ܒܠܫܢܗ	blšnh blshnh	in-tongue, language-his	Acts 1:19 Acts 14:11
ܠܫܢܝ	lšny lshny	tongue, language-my	Luke 16:24
ܠܠܫܢܗ	llšnh llshnh	to-tongue, language-his	Mark 7:33
ܠܫܢܝܢ	lšnyn lshnyn	tongue, language[pl]	Acts 24:17
ܒܠܫܢܝܢ	blšnyn blshnyn	in-tongue, language[pl]	Acts 2:11

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
לָשׁוֹן	lashon	tongue, language
לְשׁוֹנִי	leshoni	linguistic
לֵשִׁין	lēshīn	to accuse, denounce
לִישָׁנִי	līshānī	linguistic

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
لِسَان	lisān	tongue, language
لِسَانِيَّات	lisāniyyāt	linguistics
لَسَّن	lassana	to speak, pronounce
لِسَانِيَّة	lisāniyyah	linguistics