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
ܬܘܕܝܬܐ	twdytʾ thwdyth'		2 Corinthians 4:15 2 Corinthians 9:11 Ephesians 5:4 1 Thessalonians 3:9 1 Timothy 6:12
ܒܬܘܕܝܬܐ	btwdytʾ bthwdyth'		2 Corinthians 9:12 Colossians 2:7 1 Timothy 4:4 Hebrews 10:23
ܕܐܫܬܘܕܝ	dʾštwdy d'shthwdy	Ettaphal	Luke 22:29 Acts 7:17 Acts 13:23 1 John 2:25
ܡܘܕܝܢܢ	mwdynn mwdynn		Colossians 1:3 1 Thessalonians 1:2 1 Thessalonians 2:13 1 John 1:9
ܠܡܘܕܝܘ	lmwdyw lmwdyw	Peal	Ephesians 1:16 2 Thessalonians 1:3 2 Thessalonians 2:13
ܘܡܘܕܝܢ	wmwdyn wmwdyn		Acts 19:18 Colossians 4:2 Titus 1:16
ܘܐܘܕܝܘ	wʾwdyw w'wdyw	Aphel	Romans 1:21 Hebrews 11:13
ܕܡܘܕܝܢ	dmwdyn dmwdyn		Hebrews 13:15 1 John 4:2
ܘܐܫܬܘܕܝ	wʾštwdy w'shthwdy	Ettaphal	Luke 22:6 Acts 7:5
ܠܘܕܝܐ	lwdyʾ lwdy'		Acts 16:14 Acts 16:40
ܘܐܘܕܝܬ	wʾwdyt w'wdyth	Aphel	Luke 2:38 1 Timothy 6:12
ܕܬܘܕܝܬܐ	dtwdytʾ dthwdyth'		1 Corinthians 10:16
ܡܘܕܝܐ	mwdyʾ mwdy'		1 John 4:3
ܘܐܫܬܘܕܝܘ	wʾštwdyw w'shthwdyw	Ettaphal	Mark 14:11
ܘܠܬܘܕܝܬܐ	wltwdytʾ wlthwdyth'		1 Timothy 4:3
ܘܬܘܕܝܬܐ	wtwdytʾ wthwdyth'		1 Timothy 2:1
ܠܬܘܕܝܬܐ	ltwdytʾ lthwdyth'		2 Corinthians 9:13
ܘܒܬܘܕܝܬܐ	wbtwdytʾ wbthwdyth'		Philippians 4:6

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