ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

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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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ܢܒܐ N-B-'
prophesy
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܐܬܢܒܐ
ʾtnbʾ
'thnb'
[pass]prophesy Ethpeel Matthew 26:68 Mark 14:65 Luke 22:64 Ezekiel 11:4 Ezekiel 11:4 Ezekiel 13:2 Ezekiel 21:14 Ezekiel 21:19 Ezekiel 21:33 Ezekiel 30:2 Ezekiel 34:2 Ezekiel 34:2 Ezekiel 36:1 Ezekiel 36:3 Ezekiel 36:6 Ezekiel 37:4 Ezekiel 37:9 Ezekiel 37:9 Ezekiel 37:12 Ezekiel 38:14 ... +1
ܘܐܬܢܒܐ
wʾtnbʾ
w'thnb'
and-[pass]prophesy Ethpeel Ezekiel 6:2 Ezekiel 13:17 Ezekiel 21:2 Ezekiel 21:7 Ezekiel 25:2 Ezekiel 28:21 Ezekiel 29:2 Ezekiel 35:2 Ezekiel 38:2
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
נָבָא nava to prophesy
נָבִיא navi prophet
נְבוּאָה nevu'ah prophecy
נְבִיאִים nevi'im prophets
נְבוּאָה n'vu'ah prophecy
נִבְּאָה nib'ah prediction
נַבְיָא navya' seer
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
نَبَأَ naba'a to inform
نَبِيّ nabi prophet
نُبُوَّة nubuwwa prophecy
أَنْبِيَاء anbiya' prophets
نَبْأٌ nab'un news, information
نَبْوَةٌ nabwatun prophecy
مُنَبِّئٌ munabbiʾun informant
اِنْبَاءٌ inbāʾun announcement