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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Semitic languages don't define: they radiate. Every word grows from a triliteral root that opens a force field. Discover the method of Semitic exegesis behind this application.

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ܫܟܒ SH-KH-P — lie down, sleep

Semantic field: reclining, horizontal rest, prostration

What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܫܟܒ (shkhab) is fundamentally a postural, bodily act: the body laying itself horizontal upon the ground, the bed, or the tomb. The root covers everything from simply reclining to rest, to … Explore this root →

שָׁכַב shakhavשִׁכְבָה shikh'vahשָׁכֵב shakhev شَكَبَ shakabaشَاكِب shāki'bشَكْب shak'b

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܐܘܕܥ	ʾwdʿ 'wde	he made known	Luke 2:15 Acts 5:25 Acts 7:13
ܘܐܫܬܘܕܥܘ	wʾštwdʿw w'shthwdew	Ettaphal	Mark 6:33 Acts 3:10 Acts 4:13
ܐܘܕܥܘ	ʾwdʿw 'wdew	Aphel	Matthew 18:31 Luke 2:17 Acts 25:15
ܘܕܥܘ	wdʿw wdew	Peal	Luke 24:39 Colossians 3:24 1 Peter 5:9
ܐܫܬܘܕܥܘ	ʾštwdʿw 'shthwdew	Ettaphal	Luke 2:50 Acts 27:39 2 Thessalonians 1:8
ܢܘܕܥܟܘܢ	nwdʿkwn nwdekwn		John 16:13 Colossians 4:7
ܘܐܘܕܥ	wʾwdʿ w'wde	Aphel	John 2:11 Acts 11:28
ܐܫܬܘܕܥ	ʾštwdʿ 'shthwde	Ettaphal	Acts 12:11 Philippians 3:10
ܘܐܫܬܘܕܥܘܗܝ	wʾštwdʿwhy w'shthwdewhy	Ettaphal	Matthew 14:35 Luke 24:31
ܘܐܫܬܘܕܥ	wʾštwdʿ w'shthwde	Ettaphal	Acts 14:9
ܐܘܕܥܢ	ʾwdʿn 'wden	Aphel	Colossians 1:8
ܐܘܕܥܬ	ʾwdʿt 'wdeth	Aphel	John 17:6
ܘܐܘܕܥܘܗܝ	wʾwdʿwhy w'wdewhy	Aphel	Acts 25:2
ܕܐܘܕܥܟܘܢ	dʾwdʿkwn d'wdekwn	Aphel	Acts 20:27
ܡܘܕܥܐ	mwdʿʾ mwde'		Hebrews 9:8
ܘܐܘܕܥܬ	wʾwdʿt w'wdeth	Aphel	John 17:26
ܘܢܘܕܥ	wnwdʿ wnwde		Romans 9:22
ܘܐܘܕܥܘ	wʾwdʿw w'wdew	Aphel	Acts 24:1
ܘܡܘܕܥ	wmwdʿ wmwde		John 17:26
ܘܐܫܬܘܕܥܬܘܢ	wʾštwdʿtwn w'shthwdethwn	Ettaphal	Colossians 1:6
ܘܐܫܬܘܕܥܬ	wʾštwdʿt w'shthwdeth	Ettaphal	Acts 12:14
ܘܐܘܕܥܢ	wʾwdʿn w'wden	Aphel	Ephesians 1:9
ܕܢܘܕܥ	dnwdʿ dnwde		Colossians 1:27
ܐܫܬܘܕܥܬܘܢ	ʾštwdʿtwn 'shthwdethwn	Ettaphal	2 Corinthians 1:14

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