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
ܘܗܘ	whw whw	and he	Matthew 13:13 Matthew 24:17 Matthew 25:29 Mark 6:47 Luke 1:17 Luke 1:22 Luke 4:15 Luke 4:44 Luke 5:1 Luke 5:37 Luke 6:49 Luke 11:7 Luke 15:15 Luke 17:16 Luke 18:11 Luke 19:47 Luke 20:42 Luke 22:41 Luke 22:47 Luke 24:28 ... +52
ܘܗܘܬ	whwt whwth	Peal	Matthew 7:27 Mark 4:37 Mark 9:7 Luke 1:65 Luke 2:37 Luke 6:49 Luke 8:23 Luke 13:19 Luke 22:44 John 7:43 John 10:19 Acts 5:5 Acts 5:11 Acts 15:2 Acts 20:37 2 Corinthians 3:7
ܘܗܘܘ	whww whww	and they were	Matthew 28:4 Luke 12:36 Luke 24:37 Acts 5:36 Acts 7:29 Hebrews 11:34 Hebrews 11:38 1 Peter 2:2 1 Peter 2:5
ܘܗܘܝܢ	whwyn whwyn		Acts 5:12 Acts 7:14 Acts 20:6 Acts 27:9 Acts 28:14
ܘܗܘܝ	whwy whwy		Luke 24:5

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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