ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

Every word is a root, and every root is a constellation.

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.

3,329
Root patterns
165,527
Word forms
3,459
Cognates
589
Semantic bridges
auto_stories Method

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.

Read Luke 1:28 →

Enter a root (dashes are added automatically). Show transliteration table

ܨܒܐ TS-B-'
will, desire
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܨܒܐ
ṣbʾ
tsb'
he wanted/willed Matthew 1:19 Matthew 8:2 Matthew 8:3 Matthew 12:7 Matthew 13:28 Matthew 15:32 Matthew 17:4 Matthew 18:30 Matthew 19:17 Matthew 19:21 Matthew 20:14 Matthew 21:29 Matthew 26:17 Matthew 26:39 Matthew 27:34 Matthew 27:43 Mark 1:40 Mark 1:41 Mark 6:26 Mark 7:24 ... +87
ܕܨܒܐ
dṣbʾ
dtsb'
who wanted Matthew 5:40 Matthew 5:42 Matthew 11:27 Matthew 16:24 Matthew 16:25 Matthew 18:23 Matthew 20:15 Matthew 20:26 Matthew 20:27 Mark 3:13 Mark 8:34 Mark 8:35 Mark 9:35 Mark 10:43 Mark 10:44 Luke 9:23 Luke 9:24 Luke 12:32 Luke 14:28 Luke 17:33 ... +33
ܨܒܝܢ
ṣbyn
tsbyn
will, desire[pl] Matthew 11:14 Matthew 12:38 Matthew 20:32 Matthew 23:4 Matthew 26:15 Matthew 26:66 Matthew 27:15 Matthew 27:17 Matthew 27:21 Mark 10:35 Mark 10:36 Mark 15:9 Mark 15:12 Luke 19:14 John 5:40 John 6:67 John 8:44 John 9:27 John 9:27 John 12:21 ... +14
ܨܒܝܢܐ
ṣbynʾ
tsbyn'
will, desire Matthew 11:26 Matthew 18:14 Matthew 21:31 Mark 15:15 Luke 7:30 Luke 10:21 Luke 12:47 John 1:13 John 1:13 Acts 15:28 Romans 10:1 Romans 12:2 1 Corinthians 16:12 2 Corinthians 8:12 Ephesians 2:3 Ephesians 6:6 2 Thessalonians 1:11 Hebrews 10:36 1 Peter 2:15 1 Peter 3:17 ... +7
ܨܒܘ
ṣbw
tsbw
will, desire[3pl] Matthew 18:19 Matthew 22:3 Luke 1:1 Luke 10:24 Luke 19:27 Acts 7:39 Acts 19:13 Acts 28:18 Romans 15:26 Romans 15:27 Romans 16:2 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Psalms 78:10 Psalms 109:17 Proverbs 1:30 Proverbs 21:7 Isaiah 28:12 Isaiah 30:9 Ezekiel 20:8
ܘܨܒܐ
wṣbʾ
wtsb'
and he wanted Matthew 14:5 Mark 6:48 Luke 9:9 Luke 12:49 Luke 19:3 John 7:4 Acts 9:26 Acts 10:10 Acts 14:13 Acts 19:33 Romans 16:19 Ephesians 1:11 Proverbs 11:20 Proverbs 12:22
ܨܒܝܐ
ṣbyʾ
tsby'
will, desire Matthew 2:18 Matthew 20:21 Mark 6:25 Mark 14:38 1 Corinthians 7:12 1 Corinthians 12:11 Hebrews 10:38
ܕܨܒܝܐ
dṣbyʾ
dtsby'
will, desire Matthew 15:28 Mark 6:22 John 3:8 1 Corinthians 7:39
ܢܨܒܐ
nṣbʾ
ntsb'
[impf]will, desire Luke 10:22 Acts 18:21 Colossians 2:18 James 4:15
ܨ̇ܒܐ
ṣbʾ
tsb'
will, desire Peal Ezekiel 18:23 Ezekiel 18:32 Ezekiel 33:11
ܠܡܨܒܐ
lmṣbʾ
lmtsb'
so.that-will, desire 2 Corinthians 8:10 2 Corinthians 8:11 Philippians 2:13
ܢܨܝܒܐ
nṣybʾ
ntsyb'
will, desire Ezekiel 17:8 Ezekiel 17:10 Ezekiel 19:10
ܨܒܬ
ṣbt
tsbth
will, desire[perf] Psalms 119:20 Isaiah 42:1
ܐܨܒܐ
ʾṣbʾ
'tsb'
[impf]will, desire Aphel 2 Corinthians 12:6 Isaiah 66:4
ܕܐܨܒܐ
dʾṣbʾ
d'tsb'
of-[impf]will, desire Aphel Luke 4:6 Romans 7:18
ܕܨ̇ܒܐ
dṣbʾ
dtsb'
of-will, desire Isaiah 55:11 Isaiah 56:4
ܕܢܨܝܒܐ
dnṣybʾ
dntsyb'
will, desire Luke 13:6 James 1:21
ܬܨܒܐ
tṣbʾ
thtsb'
[impf]will, desire Proverbs 3:31
ܨ̇ܒ̣ܐ
ṣbʾ
tsb'
will, desire Peal Proverbs 18:2
ܨܒ̇ܐ
ṣbʾ
tsb'
will, desire Peal Isaiah 65:12
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
צָבָא tsava army/host
צָבָה tzava to desire, to want
צְבִי tzevi gazelle, beautiful
מְצִיבָה metziva desire, longing
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
صَبَا saba to blow (east wind)
تَسَبَّبَ tasabbaba to cause, to produce
سَائِب sa'ib blowing, flowing
مَسْبُوب masbub poured, spilled