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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ܫܟܒ SH-K-B
lie down, sleep
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܬܫܟܒ
tškb
thshkb
[impf]lie down, sleep Ezekiel 31:18 Ezekiel 32:28
ܫܟܒ
škb
shkb
lie down, sleep Peal John 11:11 Acts 7:60
ܡܫܟܒܗܘܢ
mškbhwn
mshkbhwn
[ptcp]lie down, sleep-their Isaiah 57:2 Isaiah 57:8
ܡܫܟܒܗ
mškbh
mshkbh
[ptcp]lie down, sleep-his Psalms 36:5 Psalms 41:4
ܕܫܟܝܒܝܢ
dškybyn
dshkybyn
lie down, sleep Matthew 27:52 Psalms 88:6
ܡܫܟܒܐ
mškbʾ
mshkb'
[ptcp]lie down, sleep Ezekiel 32:25
ܘܬܫܟܒ
wtškb
wthshkb
and-[impf]lie down, sleep Proverbs 3:24
ܕܫܟܒ
dškb
dshkb
of-lie down, sleep Psalms 41:9
ܫܟܒܘ
škbw
shkbw
lie down, sleep[3pl] Peal Isaiah 14:18
ܫܟܒܬ
škbt
shkbth
lie down, sleep[perf] Peal Psalms 3:6
ܫ̈ܟ̇ܒܝ
škby
shkby
lie down, sleep-my Isaiah 26:19
ܕܫܟܒܬ
dškbt
dshkbth
of-lie down, sleep[perf] Peal Isaiah 14:8
ܕܫܟܝܒ
dškyb
dshkyb
lie down, sleep Proverbs 23:34
ܫܟܒܝ
škby
shkby
lie down, sleep-my 1 Corinthians 6:9
ܐܫܟܒ
ʾškb
'shkb
[impf]lie down, sleep Aphel Psalms 4:9
ܘܠܫܟܒܝ
wlškby
wlshkby
and.to-lie down, sleep-my 1 Timothy 1:10
ܘܫܟܒ
wškb
wshkb
and-lie down, sleep Acts 13:36
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
שָׁכַב shakhav to lie down
שִׁכְבָה shikh'vah bed, couch
שָׁכֵב shakhev lying down, recumbent
שְׁכִיבָה shəkhivah to lie down, recline
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
شَكَبَ shakaba to lie down, recline
شَاكِب shāki'b lying down, recumbent
شَكْب shak'b bed, couch