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
ܒܐܘܪܚܐ	bʾwrḥʾ b'wrkh'	on the road	Matthew 5:25 Matthew 10:5 Matthew 15:32 Matthew 20:17 Matthew 21:8 Matthew 21:8 Matthew 21:19 Matthew 21:32 Mark 8:3 Mark 8:27 Mark 9:33 Mark 9:34 Mark 10:17 Mark 10:32 Mark 10:52 Mark 11:8 Mark 11:8 Luke 1:79 Luke 9:57 Luke 10:4 ... +15
ܐܘܪܚܐ	ʾwrḥʾ 'wrkh'	road/way	Matthew 4:15 Matthew 7:13 Matthew 7:14 Matthew 8:28 Matthew 11:10 Matthew 13:4 Matthew 13:19 Matthew 20:30 Mark 4:4 Mark 4:15 Mark 10:46 Mark 12:14 Luke 7:27 Luke 8:5 Luke 8:12 Luke 11:6 Luke 18:35 Luke 20:21 John 14:5 John 14:6 ... +9
ܐܘܪܚܗ	ʾwrḥh 'wrkhh	Aphel	Matthew 3:3 Mark 1:3 Luke 1:76 Luke 3:4 John 1:23 Acts 18:26 Acts 19:23
ܠܐܘܪܚܐ	lʾwrḥʾ l'wrkh'	Aphel	Matthew 10:10 Mark 6:8 Luke 9:3 Acts 19:9 Acts 24:22
ܘܐܘܪܚܐ	wʾwrḥʾ w'wrkh'	Aphel	Matthew 22:16 John 14:4 Romans 3:17 Hebrews 10:20
ܘܒܐܘܪܚܐ	wbʾwrḥʾ wb'wrkh'	Aphel	Matthew 2:12 James 2:25
ܒܐܘܪܚܬܐ	bʾwrḥtʾ b'wrkhth'	Aphel	Acts 14:16 2 Corinthians 11:26
ܠܐܘܪܚܬܐ	lʾwrḥtʾ l'wrkhth'	Aphel	Matthew 22:10 Luke 14:23
ܐܘܪܚܬܗ	ʾwrḥth 'wrkhthh	Aphel	Acts 13:10 James 1:8
ܕܐܘܪܚܐ	dʾwrḥʾ d'wrkh'	Aphel	John 4:6
ܐܘܪܚܟ	ʾwrḥk 'wrkhk	Aphel	Mark 1:2
ܐܘܪܚܢ	ʾwrḥn 'wrkhn	Aphel	1 Thessalonians 3:11
ܘܐܘܪܚܬܗ	wʾwrḥth w'wrkhthh	Aphel	Romans 11:33
ܠܐܘܪܚܗ	lʾwrḥh l'wrkhh	Aphel	Acts 18:25
ܒܐܘܪܚܗ	bʾwrḥh b'wrkhh	Aphel	Acts 8:39
ܕܐܘܪܚܬܐ	dʾwrḥtʾ d'wrkhth'	Aphel	Matthew 22:9
ܕܐܘܪܚܗ	dʾwrḥh d'wrkhh	Aphel	James 5:20

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