ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

Every word is a root, and every root is a constellation.

Explore the Peshitta — the Syriac New Testament — through its triliteral Aramaic roots. Hebrew and Arabic cognates, interlinear reader, and a living map of how each root hardened into Greek.

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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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ܡܬܠ M-TH-L
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 ... +19
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 Psalms 78:20 Proverbs 1:4 Proverbs 21:14 Isaiah 8:20 Isaiah 61:3
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 Psalms 44:15 Psalms 69:12 Ezekiel 12:23 Ezekiel 15:3
ܐܡܬܠ
ʾmtl
'mthl
[impf]parable, compare Aphel Matthew 13:24 Matthew 13:31
ܕܡܡܬܠ
dmmtl
dmmthl
that.from-parable, compare Ezekiel 16:44 Ezekiel 18:3
ܘܐܡܬܠ
wʾmtl
w'mthl
and-[impf]parable, compare Aphel Ezekiel 17:2 Ezekiel 24:3
ܘܡܬܠܐ
wmtlʾ
wmthl'
and-parable, compare Philippians 4:15
ܡܬܠܘܗܝ
mtlwhy
mthlwhy
parable, compare-her Matthew 21:45
ܕܡܡܬܠܝܢ
dmmtlyn
dmmthlyn
that.from-parable, compare[pl] Ezekiel 12:22
ܡ̈ܬܠܐ
mtlʾ
mthl'
parable, compare Ezekiel 21:5
ܒܡܬ̈ܠܐ
bmtlʾ
bmthl'
in-parable, compare Psalms 78:2
ܘܒܡܬܠܐ
wbmtlʾ
wbmthl'
and.in-parable, compare Mark 3:23
ܢܡܬܠ
nmtl
nmthl
[impf]parable, compare Ezekiel 16:44
ܡܬ̈ܠܐ
mtlʾ
mthl'
parable, compare Proverbs 1:6
ܠܡ̈ܬܠܐ
lmtlʾ
lmthl'
to-parable, compare Psalms 49:5
ܡܬ̈ܠܘܗܝ
mtlwhy
mthlwhy
parable, compare-her Proverbs 1:1
ܡ̈ܬܠܘܗܝ
mtlwhy
mthlwhy
parable, compare-her Proverbs 25:1
ܠܡܬ̈ܠܐ
lmtlʾ
lmthl'
to-parable, compare Psalms 119:36
ܘܠܡܬܠܐ
wlmtlʾ
wlmthl'
and.to-parable, compare Ezekiel 14:8
ܡܡܬܠ
mmtl
mmthl
[ptcp]parable, compare Ezekiel 21:5
ܠܡܬܠܟ
lmtlk
lmthlk
to-parable, compare-your Ezekiel 21:34
ܡܡܬܠܝܢ
mmtlyn
mmthlyn
[ptcp]parable, compare[pl] Ezekiel 18:2
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