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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ܨܥܪ TS-E-R
despise, small
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܨܥܪܐ
ṣʿrʾ
tser'
despise, small 1 Corinthians 11:14 Psalms 83:17 Proverbs 3:35 Proverbs 6:33 Proverbs 9:7 Proverbs 11:2 Proverbs 16:18 Isaiah 22:18 Ezekiel 7:10
ܒܨܥܪܐ
bṣʿrʾ
btser'
in-despise, small Mark 12:4 1 Corinthians 15:43 2 Corinthians 12:10 Proverbs 13:10
ܘܨܥܪܐ
wṣʿrʾ
wtser'
and-despise, small Proverbs 13:18 Proverbs 14:3 Proverbs 18:3 Proverbs 22:10
ܨܥܪܘ
ṣʿrw
tserw
despise, small[3pl] Peal Ezekiel 22:11 Ezekiel 23:8 Ezekiel 36:5
ܕܨܥܪܐ
dṣʿrʾ
dtser'
of-despise, small Romans 1:26 Proverbs 11:16
ܡܨܥܪܝܢ
mṣʿryn
mtseryn
[ptcp]despise, small[pl] John 8:49 1 Corinthians 4:12
ܡܨܥܪ
mṣʿr
mtser
[ptcp]despise, small Luke 11:45 Romans 2:23
ܡܨܥܪܐ
mṣʿrʾ
mtser'
[ptcp]despise, small Isaiah 28:1 Isaiah 28:4
ܠܨܥܪܐ
lṣʿrʾ
ltser'
to-despise, small Romans 9:21 2 Timothy 2:20
ܨܥܪܗܘܢ
ṣʿrhwn
tserhwn
despise, small-their Ezekiel 32:24 Ezekiel 32:25
ܕܨܥܝܪ
dṣʿyr
dtseyr
despise, small Matthew 13:57 Mark 6:4
ܘܠܡܨܥܪܘ
wlmṣʿrw
wlmtserw
and.to-[ptcp]despise, small[3pl] Isaiah 23:9
ܕܒܨܥܪܐ
dbṣʿrʾ
dbtser'
that.in-despise, small 2 Corinthians 11:21
ܢܨܥܪ
nṣʿr
ntser
[impf]despise, small Proverbs 22:10
ܘܡܨܥܪܝܢ
wmṣʿryn
wmtseryn
and.from-despise, small[pl] Ezekiel 28:24
ܠܨܥܪ
lṣʿr
ltser
to-despise, small Isaiah 15:5
ܘܒܨܥܪܐ
wbṣʿrʾ
wbtser'
and.in-despise, small 2 Corinthians 6:8
ܘܨܥܪܘ
wṣʿrw
wtserw
and-despise, small[3pl] Peal Matthew 22:6
ܡܨܥܪܢ
mṣʿrn
mtsern
[ptcp]despise, small-them 1 Corinthians 5:11
ܘܡܨܥܪܢ
wmṣʿrn
wmtsern
and.from-despise, small-them 1 Timothy 1:13
ܨܥܪܗ
ṣʿrh
tserh
despise, small-his Proverbs 12:16
ܘܨܥܪ
wṣʿr
wtser
and-despise, small Hebrews 10:29
ܘܡܨܥܪ̈ܐ
wmṣʿrʾ
wmtser'
and.from-despise, small Isaiah 3:5
ܘܨܥܪܘܗܝ
wṣʿrwhy
wtserwhy
and-despise, small-her Luke 20:11
ܘܠܨܥܪܗ
wlṣʿrh
wltserh
and.to-despise, small-his Proverbs 19:18
ܘܨܥܪܗܘܢ
wṣʿrhwn
wtserhwn
and-despise, small-their Ezekiel 36:15
ܕܡܨܥܪܝܢ
dmṣʿryn
dmtseryn
that.from-despise, small[pl] 1 Corinthians 12:23
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
צָעִיר tsa'ir young, small
צָעַר tsa'ar pain, suffering
צֵעָרָה tse'arah affliction, distress
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
صَغِيرَ saghira small
اِصْطِغَار istighār contempt, disdain
صَغِير saghīr small, young