Peshitta Constellations

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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

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child, youth

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܛܠܝܐ	ṭlyʾ Tly'	boy/child	Matthew 2:8 Matthew 2:9 Matthew 2:16 Matthew 17:18 Matthew 18:2 Matthew 18:3 Matthew 18:4 Matthew 18:5 Matthew 19:13 Matthew 19:14 Mark 9:36 Mark 9:37 Mark 10:13 Mark 10:14 Mark 10:15 Luke 1:66 Luke 1:76 Luke 1:80 Luke 2:17 Luke 2:21 ... +13
ܠܛܠܝܐ	lṭlyʾ lTly'	to-child, youth	Matthew 2:11 Matthew 2:13 Matthew 2:13 Matthew 2:14 Matthew 2:20 Matthew 2:21 Matthew 11:16 Luke 1:59 Luke 7:32 Luke 9:42
ܛܠܝܬܐ	ṭlytʾ Tlyth'	girl	Matthew 9:24 Matthew 9:25 Mark 5:39 Mark 5:40 Mark 5:41 Mark 5:42 Mark 6:28 Luke 8:54 Acts 12:13
ܕܛܠܝܢ	dṭlyn dTlyn	of-child, youth-them	1 Timothy 5:1 1 Timothy 5:2 1 Timothy 5:11 1 Timothy 5:14 Titus 2:4 Titus 2:6
ܕܛܠܝܐ	dṭlyʾ dTly'	of-child, youth	Matthew 2:20 Matthew 21:16 Mark 9:24 Romans 2:20
ܕܛܠܝܬܐ	dṭlytʾ dTlyth'	of-child, youth[fem]	Mark 5:40 Mark 5:41 Luke 8:50 Luke 8:51
ܛܠܝܝ	ṭlyy Tlyy	child, youth-my	Matthew 8:6 Matthew 8:8 Luke 7:7
ܠܛܠܝܬܐ	lṭlytʾ lTlyth'	to-child, youth[fem]	Matthew 14:11 Mark 6:22 Mark 6:28
ܡܛܠܝܢ	mṭlyn mTlyn	[ptcp]child, youth-them	Matthew 17:4 Mark 9:5 Luke 9:33
ܘܛܠܝܐ	wṭlyʾ wTly'	and-child, youth	Matthew 14:21 Matthew 15:38 Matthew 21:15
ܕܛܠܝܘܬܐ	dṭlywtʾ dTlywth'	of-child, youth[abst]	1 Corinthians 13:11 2 Timothy 2:22
ܘܒܛܝܠܝܢ	wbṭylyn wbTylyn	child, youth	Matthew 20:3 Matthew 20:6
ܕܡܛܠܝܢ	dmṭlyn dmTlyn	that.from-child, youth-them	Hebrews 9:5
ܒܛܠܐܝܬ	bṭlʾyt bTl'yth	child, youth	Acts 19:40
ܒܡܛܠܝܗܘܢ	bmṭlyhwn bmTlyhwn	in-[ptcp]child, youth-their	Luke 16:9
ܛܠܝܘܬܗ	ṭlywth Tlywthh	child, youth[abst]-his	Mark 9:21
ܘܒܛܠܝܢ	wbṭlyn wbTlyn	and.in-child, youth-them	Matthew 20:6
ܛܠܝܗ	ṭlyh Tlyh	child, youth-his	Matthew 8:13
ܛܠܝܢ	ṭlyn Tlyn	child, youth-them	1 Corinthians 14:20

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
טַלֶּה	taleh	lamb
טַלְיָא	talya	child
טוֹלֶה	toleh	lamb
טוּלִּי	tuli	juvenile

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
طِفْل	ṭifl	child
طِفْلَة	ṭiflah	girl
طَلِيق	ṭalīq	young, single
تَلَا	talā	to follow, recite