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
ܫܡܗ	šmh shmh	his name	Matthew 1:21 Matthew 1:23 Matthew 1:25 Mark 6:14 Luke 1:5 Luke 1:13 Luke 1:31 Luke 1:49 Luke 1:63 Luke 2:21 Luke 2:25 John 1:6 John 3:1 John 18:10 Acts 2:21 Acts 13:8 Acts 15:26 Acts 16:14 Acts 19:17 Acts 21:13 ... +11
ܫܡܐ	šmʾ shm'	name	Mark 3:16 Mark 3:17 Luke 23:6 Acts 4:12 Acts 5:41 Philippians 2:9 Hebrews 1:4 James 2:7 1 Peter 4:16
ܫܡ	šm shm	name Peal	Acts 4:7 Ephesians 1:21

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
שֵׁם	shem	name
שְׁמָא	shmā	name (Aramaic)

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
اِسْم	ism	name
سَمَّى	sammā	to name