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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ܐܚܪ A-KH-R — another, other, last
Semantic field: otherness, what comes after, the different one
What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܐܚܪ (akhr) fuses 'other' with 'last' and 'what comes after' — the other is always the one who follows, the end point of a sequence. This temporal-eschatological dimension is absent from Gr… Explore this root →
אַחֵר akherאַחֲרוֹן akharon آخَر ākharآخِر ākhir
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Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܛܚܢܢ
ṭḥnn
Tkhnn
grind-them Matthew 24:41 Luke 17:35
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
טָחַן takhan to grind
טַחֲנָה ṭaḥănāh mill
טָחוּן ṭāḥûn ground (adjective)
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
طَحَنَ ṭaḥana to grind
طَحْن ṭaḥn grinding
طَاحُونَة ṭāḥūnah mill
طَاحِن ṭāḥin miller