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
ܘܡܛܠ	wmṭl wmTl	and because	Matthew 13:6 Matthew 24:12 Mark 4:6 Mark 6:26 Mark 8:35 Mark 10:29 Luke 4:18 Luke 14:20 Luke 20:5 John 5:16 John 5:18 John 12:18 John 19:12 John 19:42 Acts 12:20 Acts 18:3 Acts 20:26 Acts 21:34 Acts 24:10 Acts 25:20 ... +21
ܡܛܠܬܗ	mṭlth mTlthh		Matthew 27:19 Mark 7:25 Luke 4:38 John 7:12 John 7:43 John 11:4 John 12:11 Romans 4:23 Romans 8:3 Hebrews 2:10
ܕܡܛܠ	dmṭl dmTl		Luke 23:19 Luke 23:25 Romans 5:18 Romans 5:19 1 Corinthians 12:15 2 Corinthians 1:23 2 Corinthians 7:10 Hebrews 5:14 1 Peter 2:19 1 Peter 2:20

Hebrew Cognates

No Hebrew cognates available for this root.

Arabic Cognates

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