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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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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reach, arrive

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܡܛܝ	mṭy mTy	reach, arrive Peal	Luke 19:29 Luke 22:40 Acts 7:17 Acts 21:27 Acts 21:35 Acts 21:37 Philippians 2:30 1 Thessalonians 2:16 2 Thessalonians 2:2
ܡܛܝܢ	mṭyn mTyn	reach, arrive-them	Acts 21:3 Acts 27:3 Acts 27:7 Acts 27:8 2 Corinthians 10:14
ܡܛܝܘ	mṭyw mTyw	reach, arrive[3pl] Peal	Acts 8:36 Acts 10:17 Acts 11:19
ܡܛܝܐ	mṭyʾ mTy'	reach, arrive	Acts 5:39 Acts 24:13 2 Corinthians 9:8
ܡܛܝܬ	mṭyt mTyth	reach, arrive[perf] Peal	1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Peter 4:7
ܡܛܝܬܘܢ	mṭytwn mTythwn	reach, arrive-you(pl) Peal	Hebrews 12:4
ܡܛܝܟܘܢ	mṭykwn mTykwn	reach, arrive-your(pl)	1 Corinthians 10:13
ܕܡܡܛܝܢ	dmmṭyn dmmTyn	that.from-reach, arrive-them	Acts 27:13

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
מָטָה	mata	to incline, to extend
מַטֶּה	maṭṭeh	rod, staff
מַטָּה	maṭṭā	downward, descending
הִתְמַטֵּא	hitmattē'	to extend, to stretch out

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
أَتَى	ata	to come, to arrive
مَطَى	maṭā	to advance, to progress
مَطِي	maṭiyy	of long distance, far away
مَطِيَّة	maṭiyyah	mount, beast of burden