Peshitta Constellations

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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܢܦܠ	npl npl	he fell	Matthew 5:29 Matthew 5:30 Matthew 6:30 Matthew 7:19 Matthew 7:25 Matthew 12:11 Matthew 13:5 Matthew 13:7 Matthew 13:8 Matthew 17:15 Mark 4:5 Mark 4:7 Mark 4:8 Mark 5:22 Mark 10:17 Luke 1:44 Luke 3:9 Luke 5:8 Luke 6:49 Luke 8:6 ... +24
ܘܢܦܠ	wnpl wnpl	and-fall	Matthew 3:10 Matthew 7:27 Matthew 18:26 Matthew 18:29 Matthew 26:39 Mark 1:40 Mark 9:20 Mark 14:35 Luke 5:12 Luke 8:28 Luke 17:16 Luke 22:44 John 9:38 John 13:25 Acts 1:18 Acts 9:4 Acts 10:25 Acts 12:7 Acts 16:29 Acts 28:6 ... +1
ܕܢܦܠ	dnpl dnpl	of-fall	Matthew 13:4 Matthew 21:44 Mark 4:4 Luke 8:5 Luke 8:14 Luke 10:18 Luke 10:36 Luke 13:4 Luke 14:5 Luke 20:18 John 12:6 John 21:20 Acts 15:16 Acts 15:16
ܘܢܦܠܘ	wnplw wnplw	and-fall[3pl] Peal	Matthew 2:11 Matthew 8:32 Luke 8:33 Luke 10:30 John 18:6 1 Corinthians 10:8
ܢܦܠܝܢ	nplyn nplyn	fall[pl]	Matthew 15:14 Mark 3:10 Mark 3:11 Mark 4:37 Luke 6:39 1 Timothy 6:9
ܢܦܠܬ	nplt nplth	fall[perf] Peal	Mark 5:33 Mark 7:25 Luke 1:12 John 11:32 Acts 5:10 Romans 9:6
ܢܦܠܘ	nplw nplw	fall[3pl] Peal	Matthew 17:6 Acts 23:7 1 Corinthians 10:5 Hebrews 3:17 Hebrews 11:30
ܘܢܦܠܬ	wnplt wnplth	and-fall[perf] Peal	Mark 5:13 Luke 8:47 Acts 19:17 Acts 22:7
ܕܢܦܠܝܢ	dnplyn dnplyn	of-fall[pl]	Matthew 15:27 Luke 16:21
ܢܦܠܐ	nplʾ npl'	fall	Matthew 10:29 John 12:24
ܕܢܦܠܬ	dnplt dnplth	of-fall[perf] Peal	Matthew 13:47
ܢܦܠܬܘܢ	npltwn nplthwn	fall-you(pl) Peal	Galatians 5:4
ܘܢܦܠܢ	wnpln wnpln	and-fall-them	Acts 26:14
ܕܢܦܠܘ	dnplw dnplw	of-fall[3pl] Peal	Romans 11:22

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
נָפַל	nafal	to fall
מַפָּלָה	mappala	downfall/collapse
נָפוֹל	navol	to fall
נִפְלָא	nif'lá	marvelous, wondrous

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
نَفَلَ	nafala	to give as spoil
سُقُوط	suqút	fall, downfall
نَافِل	náfil	supererogatory, voluntary
إِنْفِلَال	infíllal	to fall