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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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	References
ܒܢܝܢܫܐ	bnynšʾ bnynsh'	Matthew 5:16 Matthew 10:17 Matthew 10:32 Matthew 10:33 Matthew 19:12 Matthew 19:26 Matthew 21:25 Matthew 21:26 Mark 11:2 Luke 6:22 Luke 12:8 Luke 12:9 Luke 13:4 Luke 16:15 Luke 18:2 Luke 18:4 John 3:19 Acts 4:17 Acts 5:38 Acts 8:6 ... +35
ܕܒܢܝܢܫܐ	dbnynšʾ dbnynsh'	Matthew 15:9 Luke 21:26 John 1:4 John 12:43 Acts 12:22 Acts 15:17 Acts 17:26 Acts 17:26 Romans 1:18 Romans 2:16 1 Corinthians 2:5 1 Corinthians 2:13 1 Corinthians 7:23 1 Corinthians 10:13 1 Corinthians 13:1 2 Corinthians 4:2 Ephesians 4:14 Philippians 2:7 Colossians 2:8 Colossians 2:22 ... +7
ܘܒܢܝܢܫܐ	wbnynšʾ wbnynsh'	Luke 2:52

Hebrew Cognates

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Arabic Cognates

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