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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Every triliteral root connects Aramaic to its sister languages. Search a root and explore its Hebrew and Arabic cognates, then visualize the full Semitic family as an interactive graph. The Root Card shows the semantic field, a key verse, and sister roots — roots sharing 2 of 3 consonants (e.g., SH-L-M ↔ SH-L-KH).

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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܦܐܪ (par) carries the full arc from seed to consequence — fruit is not just what grows on a tree but the visible manifestation of an invisible process. Greek καρπός retains the metaphorica… Explore this root →

פְּרִי peri

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܘܐܦ	wʾp w'p	and also	Matthew 21:24 Matthew 22:26 Matthew 23:32 Matthew 25:29 Mark 1:19 Mark 1:27 Mark 2:28 Mark 5:14 Mark 5:16 Mark 8:7 Mark 8:38 Mark 12:4 Mark 14:9 Mark 14:67 Mark 15:29 Mark 15:32 Luke 2:38 Luke 3:21 Luke 7:5 Luke 10:11 ... +67
ܘܐܦܘܗܝ	wʾpwhy w'pwhy		John 11:44 1 Peter 3:12
ܘܐܦܝ	wʾpy w'py		Mark 15:38
ܘܐܦܢ	wʾpn w'pn		2 Corinthians 12:11
ܘܐܦܢܝ	wʾpny w'pny	Peal	Acts 17:31

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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