ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

Every word is a root, and every root is a constellation.

Explore the Peshitta — the Syriac New Testament — through its triliteral Aramaic roots. Hebrew and Arabic cognates, interlinear reader, and a living map of how each root hardened into Greek.

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Read the Peshitta — the 4th–5th century Syriac translation of the New Testament — with transliteration and modern translation side by side. Click any underlined word to discover its triliteral root. Use the settings menu settings to choose your preferred translation language and script.

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Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܘܝܒܫ
wybš
wybsh
and-dry Mark 9:18 Psalms 22:16 Psalms 90:6 Psalms 102:5 Psalms 106:9 Psalms 129:6
ܝܒܫ
ybš
ybsh
dry Peal Matthew 13:6 Mark 4:6 Luke 8:6 1 Peter 1:24 Isaiah 41:17
ܝܒܝܫܐ
ybyšʾ
ybysh'
dry Mark 11:20 Luke 6:6 Proverbs 17:1 Isaiah 56:3 Ezekiel 17:24
ܝܒܫܬ
ybšt
ybshth
dry[perf] Peal Matthew 21:19 Matthew 21:20 Mark 5:29 Mark 11:21 Psalms 102:12
ܒܝܒܫܐ
bybšʾ
bybsh'
in-dry Matthew 14:13 Acts 20:11 Acts 20:13 Isaiah 27:11 Isaiah 44:3
ܕܝܒܝܫܐ
dybyšʾ
dybysh'
dry Matthew 12:10 Mark 3:1 Mark 3:3 Luke 6:8
ܝܒܫܐ
ybšʾ
ybsh'
dry Luke 5:3 Acts 27:39 Acts 27:40
ܝܒ̇ܫ
ybš
ybsh
dry Peal Isaiah 40:8 Isaiah 51:12
ܝܒܝܫܝܢ
ybyšyn
ybyshyn
dry Ezekiel 37:2
ܘܝܒܫܘ
wybšw
wybshw
and-dry[3pl] Peal Ezekiel 19:12
ܒܝܒܝܫܐ
bybyšʾ
bybysh'
dry Luke 23:31
ܝ̇ܒܫܐ
ybšʾ
ybsh'
dry Ezekiel 17:10
ܘܒܝܒܫܐ
wbybšʾ
wbybsh'
and.in-dry Mark 6:33
ܠܝܒܫܐ
lybšʾ
lybsh'
to-dry Psalms 66:6
ܝܒܝܫ̈ܐ
ybyšʾ
ybysh'
dry Ezekiel 37:4
ܐܝܒܫ
ʾybš
'ybsh
[impf]dry Aphel Isaiah 40:7
ܕܝܒܫܐ
dybšʾ
dybsh'
of-dry John 15:6
ܘܝܒܝܫ̈ܐ
wybyšʾ
wybysh'
dry Ezekiel 21:3
ܘܝܒܝܫܬܐ
wybyštʾ
wybyshth'
dry Psalms 95:5
ܘܝܒܫܐ
wybšʾ
wybsh'
and-dry Matthew 23:15
ܡ̇ܝܒܫܐ
mybšʾ
mybsh'
[ptcp]dry Proverbs 17:22
ܘܝܒܝܫܐ
wybyšʾ
wybysh'
dry John 5:3
ܕܝܒܫ
dybš
dybsh
of-dry Isaiah 15:6
ܝܒܫܝܢ
ybšyn
ybshyn
dry[pl] Psalms 37:2
ܝܒܝܫܬܐ
ybyštʾ
ybyshth'
dry Hebrews 11:29
ܝܒܫܘ
ybšw
ybshw
dry[3pl] Peal Ezekiel 37:11
ܘܕܝܒܫܐ
wdybšʾ
wdybsh'
and.of-dry James 3:7
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
יָבֵשׁ yavesh dry
יַבָּשָׁה yabbasha dry land
יְבִישׁוּת yevishut dryness
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
يَبِسَ yabisa to become dry
يَابِس yabis dry
يَبَاسَةٌ yabasatun dryness
يَبَّسَ yabbasa to dry