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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Select a verse and watch how all its roots form a constellation of interconnected meanings. From the reader, click the scatter_plot icon next to the verse number.

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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
ܕܝܠܦܬܘܢ	dylptwn dylpthwn	of-learn-you(pl) Peal	Philippians 4:9 Colossians 1:7 Colossians 2:7 2 Thessalonians 2:15
ܝܠܦܬ	ylpt ylpth	learn[perf] Peal	Acts 23:27 Romans 7:7 Philippians 4:11 2 Timothy 3:14
ܝܠܦ	ylp ylp	learn Peal	Mark 15:45 John 7:15 Acts 22:29 Acts 23:34
ܝܠܦܢ	ylpn ylpn	learn-them	Acts 28:1 1 Timothy 5:13 2 Timothy 3:7
ܝܠܦܘ	ylpw ylpw	learn[3pl] Peal	Matthew 9:13 Matthew 24:32 Mark 13:28
ܝܘܠܦܢܝ	ywlpny ywlpny	learn	John 7:16 John 7:17 2 Timothy 3:10
ܘܝܠܦ	wylp wylp	and-learn	Matthew 2:7 John 6:45
ܕܝܠܝܦ	dylyp dylyp	learn	Romans 2:18 1 Timothy 4:6
ܝܠܦܬܘܢ	ylptwn ylpthwn	learn-you(pl) Peal	Romans 16:17 Ephesians 4:21
ܘܝܠܦܬܗ	wylpth wylpthh	and-learn-his	Galatians 1:12
ܝܠܦܐ	ylpʾ ylp'	learn	1 Timothy 2:11
ܘܝܠܦܘ	wylpw wylpw	and-learn[3pl] Peal	Matthew 11:29
ܕܝܠܦܬ	dylpt dylpth	of-learn[perf] Peal	2 Timothy 3:14
ܝܠܝܦ	ylyp ylyp	learn	2 Timothy 3:15
ܝܠܦܗ	ylph ylph	learn-his	Hebrews 5:8

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
לָמַד	lamad	to learn
לִמּוּד	limmud	study, learning
מֻלְמָד	mul'mad	erudite, learned
לוֹמֵד	lomed	student, learner

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
أَلِفَ	alifa	to become familiar with
تَعَلَّمَ	ta'allama	to learn
مُتَعَلِّم	mutaʿallim	student, learner
مَعْلُوم	maʿlūm	known, learned
إِلْتَفَاتٌ	iltifāt	attention, understanding