ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

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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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Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܝܩ̈ܕܐ
yqdʾ
yqd'
burn Psalms 66:15 Ezekiel 40:38 Ezekiel 40:39 Ezekiel 40:40 Ezekiel 40:42 Ezekiel 43:24 Ezekiel 44:11 Ezekiel 45:17 Ezekiel 45:23 Ezekiel 45:25 Ezekiel 46:12
ܝܩܕܐ
yqdʾ
yqd'
burn Mark 12:33 Ephesians 6:16 Hebrews 1:7 Psalms 104:4 Ezekiel 46:13 Ezekiel 46:15
ܝܩܕ
yqd
yqd
burn Peal 2 Corinthians 11:29 Hebrews 13:11 Psalms 2:12 Psalms 10:2
ܘܝܩܕ
wyqd
wyqd
and-burn James 3:6 Psalms 79:5 Psalms 89:47
ܘܝܩܕܐ
wyqdʾ
wyqd'
and-burn Hebrews 10:6 Hebrews 10:8 Ezekiel 45:17
ܕܝܩ̇ܕܐ
dyqdʾ
dyqd'
of-burn Isaiah 30:27 Isaiah 30:33 Isaiah 65:5
ܕܝܩ̈ܕܢ
dyqdn
dyqdn
of-burn-them Proverbs 26:23 Ezekiel 1:13
ܘܝܩ̈ܕܐ
wyqdʾ
wyqd'
and-burn Psalms 40:7 Ezekiel 46:4
ܕܝܩܕܐ
dyqdʾ
dyqd'
of-burn Acts 7:30 Hebrews 12:18
ܝܩ̈ܕܘܗܝ
yqdwhy
yqdwhy
burn-her Ezekiel 46:2 Ezekiel 46:12
ܘܝܩܕܝܢ
wyqdyn
wyqdyn
and-burn[pl] Matthew 13:40
ܘܒܝ̈ܩܕܐ
wbyqdʾ
wbyqd'
and.in-burn Psalms 51:21
ܝ̇ܩܕܐ
yqdʾ
yqd'
burn Proverbs 16:27
ܒܝܩ̈ܕܐ
byqdʾ
byqd'
in-burn Psalms 51:18
ܝܩܝܕܬܐ
yqydtʾ
yqydth'
burn Isaiah 4:4
ܘܠܝܩܕܐ
wlyqdʾ
wlyqd'
and.to-burn Ezekiel 45:15
ܝܩ̇ܕ
yqd
yqd
burn Peal Isaiah 30:27
ܠܝܩ̈ܕܐ
lyqdʾ
lyqd'
to-burn Ezekiel 40:42
ܝܩ̈ܕܢ
yqdn
yqdn
burn-them Isaiah 1:7
ܕܝ̇ܩܕܐ
dyqdʾ
dyqd'
of-burn Isaiah 34:9
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
יָקַד yaqad to burn
יְקוֹד yeqod burning
מוֹקֵד moqed hearth/focus
ׇיִּקׇּׁד yaqqed to set on fire
ׇיִּקׇּׁד yiqqad to be burned, to be on fire
ׇמֵיקׇׁד meyqqad inflamed, ardent
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
وَقَدَ waqada to burn/kindle
وَقُود waqud fuel
مَوْقِد mawqid hearth/stove
وَقِيد waqīd combustible, inflammable material
مَوْقُود mawqūd lit, burning