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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ܨܒܝ TS-B-Y
wish, desire
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܨܒܝܬ
ṣbyt
tsbyth
wish, desire[perf] Peal Matthew 23:37 Luke 13:34 Acts 25:26 Romans 1:13 Philemon 1:14 Hebrews 10:5 Hebrews 10:8 Psalms 40:7 Psalms 40:9 Psalms 51:8 Psalms 51:18 Psalms 73:25 Psalms 73:28 Psalms 84:11 Psalms 85:2 Psalms 119:30 Psalms 119:35 Psalms 119:40 Psalms 119:45 Isaiah 38:17
ܨܒܝܢܝ
ṣbyny
tsbyny
wish, desire-me Peal Mark 14:36 Luke 22:42 John 5:30 John 6:38 John 10:18 Acts 13:22 2 Timothy 3:10 Psalms 16:3 Isaiah 44:28 Isaiah 46:10 Isaiah 62:4
ܨܒܝܬܘܢ
ṣbytwn
tsbythwn
wish, desire-you(pl) Peal Matthew 23:37 Luke 13:34 John 5:35 2 Corinthians 12:20 Galatians 4:9 Proverbs 1:25
ܨܒܝܢܢ
ṣbynn
tsbynn
wish, desire-we Peal Acts 28:22 2 Corinthians 1:8 2 Corinthians 5:4 Hebrews 6:11 Hebrews 13:18
ܕܨܒܝܬܘܢ
dṣbytwn
dtsbythwn
of-wish, desire-you(pl) Peal 2 Corinthians 8:11 Galatians 5:17 Isaiah 33:1 Isaiah 33:1
ܘܨܒܝܢܢ
wṣbynn
wtsbynn
and-wish, desire-we Peal Acts 10:33 Acts 17:20
ܒܨܒܝܢܝ
bṣbyny
btsbyny
in-wish, desire-me Peal 1 Corinthians 9:17 1 Corinthians 9:17
ܕܨܒܝܬ
dṣbyt
dtsbyth
of-wish, desire[perf] Peal Psalms 44:4 Psalms 119:173
ܨܒܝ
ṣby
tsby
wish, desire Peal Psalms 40:14 Psalms 119:108
ܨ̇ܒܝܢ
ṣbyn
tsbyn
wish, desire-them Ezekiel 3:7
ܐܨܒܝܘܗܝ
ʾṣbywhy
'tsbywhy
[impf]wish, desire-her Aphel Ezekiel 17:23
ܨܒܝ̇ܬ
ṣbyt
tsbyth
wish, desire[perf] Peal Isaiah 66:4
ܨܒ̇ܝܬ
ṣbyt
tsbyth
wish, desire[perf] Peal Isaiah 1:11
ܘܒܨܒܝܢܝ
wbṣbyny
wbtsbyny
and.in-wish, desire-me Peal Isaiah 60:10
ܕܨܒܝܢܝ
dṣbyny
dtsbyny
of-wish, desire-me Peal Isaiah 21:4
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
צָבָה tsava to desire
צָבוּי tsavui desired, longed for
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
طَلَبَ ṭalaba to request, demand
مَطْلُوْب maṭlūb required, desired