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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Select a verse and watch how all its roots form a constellation of interconnected meanings. From the reader, click the scatter_plot icon next to the verse number.

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Semitic languages don't define: they radiate. Every word grows from a triliteral root that opens a force field. Discover the method of Semitic exegesis behind this application.

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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
ܪܗܛ	rhṭ rhT	run Peal	Matthew 27:48 Mark 5:6 Mark 10:17 Mark 15:36 John 20:4 Acts 3:11 1 Corinthians 9:26 Galatians 2:2 Philippians 3:12
ܪܗܛܝܢ	rhṭyn rhTyn	run[pl]	Romans 9:30 1 Corinthians 9:24 1 Corinthians 9:24 1 Corinthians 9:25 Galatians 5:7
ܘܪܗܛ	wrhṭ wrhT	and-run	Luke 15:20 Luke 19:4 Luke 24:12 Philippians 3:14
ܘܪܗܛܘ	wrhṭw wrhTw	and-run[3pl] Peal	Mark 6:55 Mark 9:15 Acts 19:29 Acts 21:32
ܕܪܗܛ	drhṭ drhT	of-run	Mark 9:25 Romans 9:16 Romans 9:31
ܪܗܛܐ	rhṭʾ rhT'	run	2 Thessalonians 3:1 1 Timothy 3:3 Titus 1:7
ܘܪܗܛܬ	wrhṭt wrhTth	and-run[perf] Peal	Mark 5:13 John 20:2
ܪܗܛܬ	rhṭt rhTth	run[perf] Peal	Galatians 2:2 Philippians 2:16
ܪܗܛܘ	rhṭw rhTw	run[3pl] Peal	Mark 6:33
ܢܪܗܛ	nrhṭ nrhT	[impf]run	Romans 14:19
ܕܪܗܛܝܢ	drhṭyn drhTyn	of-run[pl]	James 3:6
ܘܢܪܗܛ	wnrhṭ wnrhT	and-[impf]run	1 Peter 3:11
ܪܗܛܝ	rhṭy rhTy	run-my	Acts 20:24
ܘܪܗܛܝܢ	wrhṭyn wrhTyn	and-run[pl]	John 20:4
ܒܪܗܛܐ	brhṭʾ brhT'	in-run	Acts 12:14
ܘܪܗܛܢ	wrhṭn wrhTn	and-run-them	Matthew 28:8
ܘܪܗܛܝ	wrhṭy wrhTy	and-run-my	2 Timothy 4:7

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
רָץ	rats	ran, runner
רָהַט	rahat	to run (poetic)
מֵרוֹץ	merots	race
רִיצָה	ritsah	race
מְרוּצָה	m'ruta	racetrack
רַהֲטָן	rahaṭan	runner

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
رَكَضَ	rakaḍa	to run
رَهَطَ	rahaṭa	to hasten
رَاهِط	raḥiṭ	runner
مِرْهَاض	mirḥāḍ	runner
مَرْهَط	marhaṭ	race