Peshitta Constellations

Explore the New Testament from its Aramaic roots

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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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interpret, explain

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܡܦܫܩ	mpšq mpshq	[ptcp]interpret, explain	Mark 4:34 Acts 17:3 1 Corinthians 14:5 1 Corinthians 14:5
ܦܫܝܩ	pšyq pshyq	interpret, explain	Matthew 9:5 Mark 10:25 Luke 16:17 Romans 7:18
ܕܡܬܦܫܩܐ	dmtpšqʾ dmthpshq'	that.from-[impf]interpret, explain	Matthew 27:33 Mark 15:22
ܦܘܫܩܐ	pwšqʾ pwshq'	interpret, explain	1 Corinthians 12:10 1 Corinthians 14:26
ܦܫܝܩܐ	pšyqʾ pshyq'	interpret, explain	Mark 2:9 Luke 5:23
ܦܫܩ	pšq pshq	interpret, explain Peal	Matthew 13:36 Matthew 15:15
ܘܡܦܫܩ	wmpšq wmpshq	and.from-interpret, explain	Luke 24:27 Luke 24:32
ܠܡܦܫܩܘܬܗ	lmpšqwth lmpshqwthh	so.that-interpret, explain[abst]-his	Hebrews 5:11
ܡܦܫܩܐ	mpšqʾ mpshq'	[ptcp]interpret, explain	1 Corinthians 14:9
ܕܢܦܫܩ	dnpšq dnpshq	of-[impf]interpret, explain	1 Corinthians 14:13
ܕܡܦܫܩ	dmpšq dmpshq	that.from-interpret, explain	1 Corinthians 14:28
ܡܦܫܩܝܢ	mpšqyn mpshqyn	[ptcp]interpret, explain[pl]	1 Corinthians 12:30
ܢܦܫܩ	npšq npshq	[impf]interpret, explain	1 Corinthians 14:27

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
פָּשַׁק	pashaq	to spread
מִפְשָׁק	mifshak	joint, articulation
פָּשַׁק	pasak	to separate, divide

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
فَسَّرَ	fassara	to explain, interpret
تَفْسِير	tafsīr	explanation, interpretation
قَاسَمَ	qāsama	to divide, share