Peshitta Constellations

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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

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פְּרִי peri

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change, year

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܫܢܝܢ	šnyn shnyn	change, year-them	Matthew 2:16 Matthew 9:20 Mark 5:25 Mark 5:42 Luke 2:36 Luke 2:37 Luke 2:42 Luke 3:23 Luke 4:25 Luke 8:42 Luke 8:43 Luke 13:7 Luke 13:11 Luke 13:16 Luke 15:29 John 2:20 John 5:5 John 8:57 Acts 4:22 Acts 7:6 ... +20
ܫܢܝ	šny shny	change, year Peal	Matthew 4:12 Matthew 11:1 Matthew 13:53 Matthew 14:13 John 5:24 Galatians 1:14 Philemon 1:15
ܫܢܝܬ	šnyt shnyth	change, year[perf] Peal	Acts 26:24 Acts 26:25
ܕܫܢܝܗ	dšnyh dshnyh	of-change, year-his	Hebrews 11:5 Hebrews 11:11
ܫܢܝܐ	šnyʾ shny'	change, year	Acts 24:10 Romans 15:23
ܐܫܢܝܟܘܢ	ʾšnykwn 'shnykwn	[impf]change, year-your(pl) Aphel	Acts 7:43
ܕܢܫܢܝܘܗܝ	dnšnywhy dnshnywhy	of-[impf]change, year-her	Hebrews 11:5
ܫܢܝܗܘܢ	šnyhwn shnyhwn	change, year-their	Acts 7:54
ܘܫܢܝܐ	wšnyʾ wshny'	and-change, year	Galatians 4:10
ܘܫܢܝܟ	wšnyk wshnyk	and-change, year-your	Hebrews 1:12
ܕܫܢܝܢܢ	dšnynn dshnynn	of-change, year-we Peal	1 John 3:14
ܫܢܝܗ	šnyh shnyh	change, year-his	Acts 7:4
ܫܢܝܘ	šnyw shnyw	change, year[3pl] Peal	Acts 14:6
ܕܫܢܝܐ	dšnyʾ dshny'	of-change, year	Acts 20:31
ܘܠܫܢܝܗܘܢ	wlšnyhwn wlshnyhwn	and.to-change, year-their	Romans 3:13
ܫܢܝܬܐ	šnytʾ shnyth'	change, year[fem]	Luke 24:11
ܠܫܢܝܐ	lšnyʾ lshny'	to-change, year	Luke 12:19

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
שָׁנָה	shana	year; to change
שִׁנּוּי	shinuy	change
שִׁנָּה	shin'nah	change
שָׁנָה	shànah	to change
מִשְׁתַּנֶּה	mishta'neh	changing

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
سَنَة	sana	year
تَشَنَّى	tashán'na	to change
مُتَشَنِّي	mutashánn'i	changing
تَشَنِّي	tashán'ni	change