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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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
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
ܢܘܢ	nwn nwn	fish Peal	Hebrews 4:8
ܘܠܢܘܢܐ	wlnwnʾ wlnwn'	and.to-fish	Matthew 15:36

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