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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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

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great, many, rabbi

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܪܒܝ	rby rby	rabbi/my master	Matthew 2:4 Matthew 8:19 Matthew 16:21 Matthew 21:15 Matthew 21:23 Matthew 21:45 Matthew 23:7 Matthew 23:8 Matthew 26:3 Matthew 26:14 Matthew 26:25 Matthew 26:47 Matthew 26:49 Matthew 26:59 Matthew 27:1 Matthew 27:6 Matthew 27:12 Matthew 27:20 Matthew 27:41 Matthew 27:62 ... +52
ܪܒܝܬܐ	rbytʾ rbyth'	great, many, rabbi[fem]	Luke 12:42 Luke 16:1 Luke 16:2 Luke 16:3 Romans 16:23 Titus 1:7
ܪܒܝܬܗ	rbyth rbythh	great, many, rabbi-his	Matthew 25:27 Luke 8:3 Luke 19:23
ܪܒܝܢ	rbyn rbyn	great, many, rabbi-them	Matthew 6:28 Matthew 13:30 Luke 12:27
ܪܒܝܐ	rbyʾ rby'	great, many, rabbi	Acts 6:7 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Thessalonians 1:3
ܘܪܒܝܐ	wrbyʾ wrby'	and-great, many, rabbi	Acts 12:24 Colossians 1:6
ܠܐܪܒܝܐ	lʾrbyʾ l'rby'	to-[impf]great, many, rabbi Aphel	Galatians 1:17
ܠܪܒܝܬܐ	lrbytʾ lrbyth'	to-great, many, rabbi[fem]	Luke 16:8
ܘܐܬܪܒܝ	wʾtrby w'thrby	and-[pass]great, many, rabbi Ethpeel	Acts 7:20
ܘܠܬܪܒܝܬܐ	wltrbytʾ wlthrbyth'	and.to-[impf]great, many, rabbi[fem]	Philippians 1:25
ܐܬܪܒܝܬ	ʾtrbyt 'thrbyth	[pass]great, many, rabbi[perf] Ethpeel	Acts 22:3
ܕܒܐܪܒܝܐ	dbʾrbyʾ db'rby'	that.in-[impf]great, many, rabbi Aphel	Galatians 4:25
ܠܬܪܒܝܬܐ	ltrbytʾ lthrbyth'	to-[impf]great, many, rabbi[fem]	Ephesians 4:16
ܬܪܒܝܬܐ	trbytʾ thrbyth'	[impf]great, many, rabbi[fem]	Colossians 2:19
ܪܒܝܬ	rbyt rbyth	great, many, rabbi[perf] Peal	1 Timothy 5:10
ܕܐܬܪܒܝ	dʾtrby d'thrby	of-[pass]great, many, rabbi Ethpeel	Luke 4:16
ܘܕܪܒܝ	wdrby wdrby	and.of-great, many, rabbi	Luke 23:23
ܕܡܪܒܝ	dmrby dmrby	that.from-great, many, rabbi	1 Corinthians 11:15

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
רַבִּי	rabbi	my master
רָב	rāv	great, numerous
רַבְּבָה	rabbəvāh	multitude, great number
רִבּוּי	ribbūy	multiplicity, abundance
רְבִיבִית	rəvīvīt	abundant rain

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
رَبّ	rabb	lord
رَبِيع	rabīʿ	spring
رَبَّى	rabbā	to raise, educate
رَبَّاني	rabbānī	divine, sacred
رُبَاعِي	rubāʿī	quadruple, quadrangular
رَبِيب	rabīb	stepson, foster child