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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ܫܡܢ SH-M-N
fat, oil
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܫܡܝܢܐ
šmynʾ
shmyn'
fat, oil Acts 26:19 1 Corinthians 15:40 1 Corinthians 15:48 Isaiah 5:1 Isaiah 25:6 Isaiah 25:6 Isaiah 30:23 Ezekiel 27:18 Ezekiel 34:14
ܫܡܘܢܐ
šmwnʾ
shmwn'
fat, oil Matthew 5:26 Mark 12:42 Luke 12:59 Luke 21:2
ܫܘܡܢܐ
šwmnʾ
shwmn'
fat, oil Psalms 63:6 Psalms 81:17
ܫܡ̈ܝܢܐ
šmynʾ
shmyn'
fat, oil Psalms 66:15 Psalms 92:15
ܫܡܝ̈ܢܐ
šmynʾ
shmyn'
fat, oil Psalms 65:14 Ezekiel 34:3
ܫܘܡܢܗ
šwmnh
shwmnh
fat, oil Psalms 36:9 Proverbs 30:33
ܫܡܢ
šmn
shmn
fat, oil Peal Mark 5:9
ܘܫܘܡܢܐ
wšwmnʾ
wshwmn'
fat, oil Isaiah 17:4
ܫܡܝ̈ܢܘܗܝ
šmynwhy
shmynwhy
fat, oil Isaiah 10:16
ܕܫܡܝܢܐ
dšmynʾ
dshmyn'
fat, oil 1 Corinthians 15:40
ܫܡܝܢܬܐ
šmyntʾ
shmynth'
fat, oil Ezekiel 34:20
ܘܫܡܝܢ̈ܝܢ
wšmynyn
wshmynyn
fat, oil Ezekiel 24:4
ܘܠܫܘܡܢܗ
wlšwmnh
wlshwmnh
fat, oil Romans 11:17
ܘܒܫܘܡܢܐ
wbšwmnʾ
wbshwmn'
fat, oil Psalms 147:14
ܕܫܡ̈ܝܢܐ
dšmynʾ
dshmyn'
fat, oil Isaiah 28:1
ܕܫܡܝ̈ܢܐ
dšmynʾ
dshmyn'
fat, oil Isaiah 28:4
ܘܕܫܡܝܢܐ
wdšmynʾ
wdshmyn'
fat, oil Ezekiel 34:16
ܘܫܡܝܢܐ
wšmynʾ
wshmyn'
fat, oil Isaiah 25:6
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
שֶׁמֶן shemen oil
שָׁמֵן shamen fat
שְׁמָנִים shmanìm fats
שְׁמִינִית shminit eighth (musical term)
הִשְׁמִין hishmin to fatten
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
سَمْن samn butter
سَمِين samìn fat
سَمَنِيَّة samanìyyah greasy
أَسْمَنَ ʾasmana to fatten