ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

Every word is a root, and every root is a constellation.

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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Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܒܣܬܪܗ
bstrh
bsthrh
Matthew 9:20 Mark 5:27 Luke 7:38 Luke 8:44 Psalms 27:5 Psalms 31:21 Psalms 91:1 Ezekiel 2:10
ܣܬܪܐ
strʾ
sthr'
Psalms 62:9 Psalms 104:18 Isaiah 16:4 Isaiah 25:4 Isaiah 32:2
ܒܣܬܪܐ
bstrʾ
bsthr'
Psalms 81:8 Psalms 101:5 Psalms 139:15 Isaiah 33:6
ܘܣܬܪܐ
wstrʾ
wsthr'
Isaiah 4:6 Isaiah 30:3
ܒܣܬܪ
bstr
bsthr
Psalms 78:71 Isaiah 38:17
ܕܣܬܪܬ
dstrt
dsthrth
Peal Galatians 2:18
ܘܒܣܬܪܗ
wbstrh
wbsthrh
Ezekiel 41:15
ܡܣܬܪܐ
mstrʾ
msthr'
Isaiah 45:15
ܐܣܬܘܪ
ʾstwr
'sthwr
Luke 12:18
ܒܣܬܪܟܘܢ
bstrkwn
bsthrkwn
Isaiah 30:21
ܠܡܣܬܪܗ
lmstrh
lmsthrh
Isaiah 28:20
ܣܬܪ
str
sthr
Peal Matthew 27:40
ܒܣܬܪܟ
bstrk
bsthrk
Psalms 42:5
ܐܣܬܪܐ
ʾstrʾ
'sthr'
Aphel Matthew 17:27
ܘܠܣܬܪܐ
wlstrʾ
wlsthr'
Isaiah 28:17
ܘܒܣܬܪ
wbstr
wbsthr
Isaiah 57:8
ܡܣܬܪ̈ܬܐ
mstrtʾ
msthrth'
Isaiah 45:3
ܘܠܡܣܬܪܘ
wlmstrw
wlmsthrw
Isaiah 4:6
ܣܬܪܝ
stry
sthry
Psalms 119:114
ܣܬܘܪܘ
stwrw
sthwrw
John 2:19
ܣܬܪܢܝ
strny
sthrny
Peal Isaiah 49:2
Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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