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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ܫܩܝ SH-Q-Y
give to drink, irrigate
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܘܐܫܩܝܬ
wʾšqyt
w'shqyth
and-[impf]give to drink, irrigate[perf] Aphel Psalms 60:5 Psalms 80:6
ܒܫ̈ܘܩܝܟ
bšwqyk
bshwqyk
give to drink, irrigate Proverbs 5:16
ܘܡܫܩܝܢ
wmšqyn
wmshqyn
and.from-give to drink, irrigate-them Psalms 104:11
ܕܢܫܩܝܘܗܝ
dnšqywhy
dnshqywhy
of-[impf]give to drink, irrigate-her Mark 15:36
ܕܢܫܩܝܟܘܢ
dnšqykwn
dnshqykwn
of-[impf]give to drink, irrigate-your(pl) Mark 9:41
ܫܩܝܗܘܢ
šqyhwn
shqyhwn
give to drink, irrigate-their John 19:31
ܘܒܫ̈ܘܩܝܟ
wbšwqyk
wbshwqyk
give to drink, irrigate Proverbs 5:16
ܐܫܩܝܘܗܝ
ʾšqywhy
'shqywhy
[impf]give to drink, irrigate-her Aphel Isaiah 27:3
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
שָׁקָה shaqa to give drink
שֹׁקֶה shóqé drink
מַשְׁקֶה mashqé drinker
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
سَقَى saqā to irrigate
سَقْي saqy irrigation
سَاقِي sāqī water carrier
مَسْقَى masqā watering place