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
ܠܘܬܗ	lwth lwthh	toward him	Matthew 3:5 Matthew 5:1 Matthew 13:2 Matthew 13:36 Matthew 14:15 Matthew 15:30 Matthew 18:21 Matthew 19:3 Matthew 21:19 Matthew 22:16 Matthew 23:37 Matthew 26:69 Mark 1:5 Mark 1:32 Mark 1:40 Mark 1:45 Mark 2:3 Mark 2:4 Mark 2:13 Mark 3:8 ... +87
ܠܘܬܟܘܢ	lwtkwn lwthkwn	toward you(pl)	Matthew 7:15 Matthew 21:32 Matthew 23:34 Matthew 26:55 Mark 9:19 Mark 14:7 Mark 14:49 Luke 9:41 Luke 16:26 Luke 24:44 John 14:18 John 14:25 John 14:28 John 16:7 John 16:7 Acts 2:22 Acts 2:29 Acts 15:25 Acts 18:21 Acts 23:15 ... +70
ܠܘܬܝ	lwty lwthy	toward me	Matthew 3:14 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 15:32 Matthew 19:14 Matthew 25:36 Matthew 26:10 Mark 8:2 Mark 9:19 Mark 10:14 Mark 14:6 Luke 1:43 Luke 1:49 Luke 6:47 Luke 11:6 Luke 14:26 Luke 18:16 Luke 19:20 Luke 22:28 John 5:40 John 6:35 ... +17
ܠܘܬܗܘܢ	lwthwn lwthhwn	toward them	Matthew 14:25 Matthew 17:7 Matthew 21:37 Mark 6:48 Mark 6:51 Mark 9:14 Mark 12:4 Mark 12:6 Luke 2:9 Luke 2:15 Luke 4:21 Luke 4:42 Luke 8:37 Luke 8:37 Luke 12:16 Luke 16:30 Luke 24:29 John 4:40 John 4:40 John 6:17 ... +14
ܠܘܬܟ	lwtk lwthk	toward you(sg)	Matthew 14:28 Matthew 25:39 Matthew 26:18 Mark 9:17 Luke 7:20 Luke 17:4 John 17:5 John 17:5 John 17:7 John 17:8 John 17:11 John 17:13 Acts 10:33 Acts 23:18 Acts 23:30 Acts 24:8 1 Timothy 3:14 Titus 3:12
ܠܘܬܢ	lwtn lwthn	toward us	Matthew 13:56 Matthew 22:25 Mark 6:3 Luke 12:41 Luke 16:26 Luke 24:29 Acts 1:22 Acts 2:29 Acts 14:11 Acts 21:11 Acts 28:2 1 Thessalonians 3:6 2 Thessalonians 2:2 1 John 1:10 1 John 2:19 1 John 3:1
ܕܠܘܬܟܘܢ	dlwtkwn dlwthkwn		John 14:17 Acts 17:28 Acts 22:1 2 Corinthians 1:18 2 Corinthians 6:13 2 Corinthians 8:7 Galatians 4:18 Colossians 4:8 1 Thessalonians 2:1 2 Thessalonians 3:1
ܕܠܘܬܗܘܢ	dlwthwn dlwthhwn		John 10:35 Acts 26:17
ܘܕܠܘܬ	wdlwt wdlwth		1 Thessalonians 3:12
ܠܘܬܗܝܢ	lwthyn lwthhyn		Luke 23:28

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