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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parable, compare

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܡܬܠܐ	mtlʾ mthl'	parable	Matthew 13:18 Matthew 13:24 Matthew 13:31 Matthew 13:33 Matthew 13:36 Matthew 13:53 Matthew 15:15 Matthew 21:33 Mark 4:10 Mark 4:13 Mark 4:30 Mark 4:33 Mark 4:34 Mark 7:17 Mark 12:12 Luke 4:23 Luke 5:36 Luke 6:39 Luke 8:9 Luke 8:11 ... +12
ܠܡܬܠ	lmtl lmthl	to give	Matthew 7:11 Matthew 22:17 Matthew 26:15 Mark 10:40 Mark 12:14 Luke 11:13 Luke 14:6 Ephesians 4:28 1 Thessalonians 2:8 1 Timothy 6:18
ܒܡܬܠܐ	bmtlʾ bmthl'	in-parable, compare	Matthew 13:35 Matthew 22:1 Mark 4:2 Mark 4:11 Mark 4:33 Mark 12:1 Luke 8:4 Hebrews 11:19
ܠܡܬܠܐ	lmtlʾ lmthl'	to-parable, compare	Mark 4:13 Luke 12:41
ܐܡܬܠ	ʾmtl 'mthl	[impf]parable, compare Aphel	Matthew 13:24 Matthew 13:31
ܡܬܠܘܗܝ	mtlwhy mthlwhy	parable, compare-her	Matthew 21:45
ܘܡܬܠܐ	wmtlʾ wmthl'	and-parable, compare	Philippians 4:15
ܘܒܡܬܠܐ	wbmtlʾ wbmthl'	and.in-parable, compare	Mark 3:23

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
מָשָׁל	mashal	parable, proverb
מְשָׁלִים	meshalim	proverbs

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
مَثَل	mathal	example, parable
مِثْل	mithl	like, similar to
تَمَاثَلَ	tamāthala	to be similar, to resemble
مُتَمَاثِل	mutamāthil	similar, resembling