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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Cognates
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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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Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܢܘܢܐ
nwnʾ
nwn'
fish Matthew 7:10 Matthew 15:34 Mark 6:43 Mark 8:7 Luke 5:6 Luke 11:11 Luke 11:11 Luke 24:42 John 6:11 John 21:3 John 21:10 John 21:11
ܢܘܢܝܢ
nwnyn
nwnyn
fish[pl] Matthew 14:17 Matthew 14:19 Mark 6:38 Mark 6:41 Mark 6:41 Luke 9:13 Luke 9:16 John 6:9
ܢܘ̈ܢܐ
nwnʾ
nwn'
fish Ezekiel 29:4 Ezekiel 29:4 Ezekiel 29:5 Ezekiel 38:20 Ezekiel 47:10
ܕܢܘܢܐ
dnwnʾ
dnwn'
of-fish Matthew 12:40 Luke 5:9 John 21:6 John 21:8 1 Corinthians 15:39
ܘܢܘܢܐ
wnwnʾ
wnwn'
and-fish Matthew 17:27 John 21:9 John 21:13
ܘܠܢܘܢܐ
wlnwnʾ
wlnwn'
and.to-fish Matthew 15:36
ܢܘܢ̈ܐ
nwnʾ
nwn'
fish Ezekiel 47:9
ܘܢܘ̈ܢܐ
wnwnʾ
wnwn'
and-fish Psalms 8:9
ܐܢܘܢ.
ʾnwn
'nwn
[impf]fish Aphel Psalms 144:6
ܢܘܢ
nwn
nwn
fish Peal Hebrews 4:8
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
נוּן nun fish
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
نُون nūn fish
نَوْن nawnu fish
نَنَّة nannah fishes
نَنَّى nannā to fish