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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ܦܠܚ P-L-KH
work, serve
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܦܠܚܐ
plḥʾ
plkh'
work, serve Matthew 21:34 Matthew 21:35 Matthew 21:38 Matthew 21:41 Mark 12:2 Mark 12:7 Mark 12:9 Luke 2:37 Luke 13:8 Luke 20:10 Luke 20:10 Luke 20:14 John 15:1 Romans 16:3 Romans 16:9 Romans 16:21 2 Timothy 2:3 2 Timothy 2:15 Philemon 1:2
ܦܠܚ
plḥ
plkh
work, serve Peal Luke 15:29 Acts 20:19 Acts 24:14 Acts 27:23 Romans 4:5 1 Corinthians 5:11 1 Corinthians 16:10 Ephesians 5:5 Philippians 2:22 2 Timothy 2:4
ܦܠܚܝܢ
plḥyn
plkhyn
work, serve[pl] Acts 7:42 Romans 12:11 1 Corinthians 9:13 1 Corinthians 9:13 1 Thessalonians 4:11 2 Thessalonians 3:8 2 Thessalonians 3:11 2 Thessalonians 3:12 Titus 3:14
ܠܡܦܠܚ
lmplḥ
lmplkh
so.that-work, serve Matthew 6:24 Matthew 6:24 Luke 13:14 Luke 16:13 Luke 16:13 John 9:4 Titus 3:8 Psalms 102:23
ܕܦܠܚ
dplḥ
dplkh
of-work, serve Romans 2:9 Romans 2:10 Romans 4:4 Proverbs 10:5 Proverbs 12:11 Proverbs 28:19
ܦܠܚܝ
plḥy
plkhy
work, serve-my Matthew 7:23 Luke 3:14 Luke 13:27 1 Corinthians 5:10 1 Corinthians 6:9 1 Corinthians 10:7
ܠܦܠܚܐ
lplḥʾ
lplkh'
to-work, serve Matthew 21:33 Matthew 21:40 Mark 12:1 Luke 13:7 Luke 20:9 Luke 20:16
ܘܦܠܚܐ
wplḥʾ
wplkh'
and-work, serve Acts 10:7 Galatians 4:25 Philippians 2:25 Philemon 1:1
ܦܠܘܚܘ
plwḥw
plwkhw
work, serve Philippians 2:12 Psalms 2:11 Psalms 100:2 Ezekiel 20:39
ܢܦܠܘܚ
nplwḥ
nplwkh
work, serve Luke 1:74 1 Corinthians 9:6 Galatians 6:10
ܘܦܠܚ
wplḥ
wplkh
and-work, serve Acts 10:35 Acts 18:3
ܘܢܦܠܘܚ
wnplwḥ
wnplwkh
work, serve 2 Corinthians 7:1 Ephesians 4:28
ܕܬܦܠܘܚ
dtplwḥ
dthplwkh
work, serve 1 Corinthians 7:21 1 Timothy 1:18
ܕܢܦܠܘܚ
dnplwḥ
dnplwkh
work, serve John 6:28 2 Thessalonians 3:10
ܬܦܠܘܚ
tplwḥ
thplwkh
work, serve Matthew 4:10 Luke 4:8
ܘܕܦܠܚ
wdplḥ
wdplkh
and.of-work, serve Proverbs 28:7
ܦܠܚܬܘܢ
plḥtwn
plkhthwn
work, serve-you(pl) Peal Galatians 4:8
ܕܦ̇ܠܚ
dplḥ
dplkh
of-work, serve Ezekiel 48:19
ܕܦܠܚ̇ܝܢ
dplḥyn
dplkhyn
of-work, serve[pl] Isaiah 30:24
ܘܦܠܚܗ
wplḥh
wplkhh
and-work, serve-his Isaiah 5:2
ܘܦ̇ܠܚ
wplḥ
wplkh
and-work, serve Isaiah 41:7
ܦܠܘܚ
plwḥ
plwkh
work, serve Matthew 21:28
ܕܦ̇ܠܚ̈ܝܢ
dplḥyn
dplkhyn
of-work, serve[pl] Ezekiel 48:18
ܒܦܠܚܘܬܐ
bplḥwtʾ
bplkhwth'
in-work, serve[abst] 1 Corinthians 9:7
ܠܡܦܠܚܗ
lmplḥh
lmplkhh
so.that-work, serve-his Psalms 119:126
ܕܡܦܠܚ
dmplḥ
dmplkh
that.from-work, serve 1 Corinthians 9:7
ܦܠܚܘ
plḥw
plkhw
work, serve[3pl] Peal 1 Corinthians 10:7
ܕܬܦܠܚܝܢ
dtplḥyn
dthplkhyn
of-[impf]work, serve[pl] Ezekiel 27:19
ܘܦܠܚܘܗܝ
wplḥwhy
wplkhwhy
and-work, serve-her Luke 23:11
ܘܐܦܠܘܚ
wʾplwḥ
w'plwkh
work, serve Romans 15:16
ܦ̈ܠܚܘܗܝ
plḥwhy
plkhwhy
work, serve-her Proverbs 29:12
ܕܦܠܚܝܢ
dplḥyn
dplkhyn
of-work, serve[pl] Acts 19:25
ܕܦܠܚܬܘܢ
dplḥtwn
dplkhthwn
of-work, serve-you(pl) Peal 1 Peter 4:3
ܦܠܚܘܬܐ
plḥwtʾ
plkhwth'
work, serve[abst] 1 Timothy 1:18
ܘܦܠܚܘ
wplḥw
wplkhw
and-work, serve[3pl] Peal Hebrews 11:33
ܦܘܠܚܢܢ
pwlḥnn
pwlkhnn
work, serve Philippians 3:20
ܦܠܝܚܐ
plyḥʾ
plykh'
work, serve John 8:33
ܕܦܠܚܐ
dplḥʾ
dplkh'
of-work, serve 1 Timothy 5:6
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
פָּלַח palakh to cut/plow
פְּלָח p'lakh servant, worker
פִּלּוֹחַ pilloakh agriculture, cultivation
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
فَلَحَ falaha to cultivate/prosper
فَلَّاح fallah farmer
فَلَاح falah success/prosperity
فَلاَّح fallākh peasant, farmer
فَلاَحَة falāḥah agriculture, plowing