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
ܝܫܘܥ	yšwʿ yshwe	Jesus	Matthew 1:16 Matthew 1:21 Matthew 1:25 Matthew 2:1 Matthew 3:13 Matthew 3:15 Matthew 3:16 Matthew 4:1 Matthew 4:7 Matthew 4:10 Matthew 4:12 Matthew 4:17 Matthew 4:19 Matthew 4:23 Matthew 5:1 Matthew 7:28 Matthew 8:3 Matthew 8:4 Matthew 8:5 Matthew 8:7 ... +812
ܕܝܫܘܥ	dyšwʿ dyshwe	of Jesus	Matthew 1:1 Matthew 1:18 Matthew 8:34 Matthew 14:1 Matthew 15:30 Matthew 20:30 Matthew 26:7 Matthew 26:75 Matthew 27:55 Matthew 27:58 Mark 1:1 Mark 10:47 Mark 14:3 Mark 14:72 Mark 15:43 Luke 5:8 Luke 5:19 Luke 8:35 Luke 8:41 Luke 17:16 ... +91
ܠܝܫܘܥ	lyšwʿ lyshwe	to Jesus	Matthew 14:12 Matthew 17:4 Matthew 17:8 Matthew 26:57 Matthew 27:17 Matthew 27:20 Matthew 27:26 Matthew 27:27 Matthew 27:54 Matthew 27:57 Mark 5:6 Mark 9:8 Mark 11:33 Mark 14:10 Mark 14:53 Mark 14:60 Mark 15:1 Mark 15:15 Mark 16:6 Luke 2:27 ... +55
ܒܝܫܘܥ	byšwʿ byshwe	save, Jesus	John 1:36 John 7:5 John 12:11 Romans 1:6 Romans 1:8 Romans 3:24 Romans 6:3 Romans 8:1 Romans 15:5 Romans 15:17 Romans 16:3 1 Corinthians 1:4 1 Corinthians 1:30 1 Corinthians 4:15 Galatians 2:4 Galatians 2:16 Galatians 3:14 Galatians 3:28 Ephesians 1:1 Ephesians 1:5 ... +20
ܕܒܝܫܘܥ	dbyšwʿ dbyshwe	save, Jesus	Romans 8:2 1 Corinthians 1:2 Philippians 1:1 Philippians 1:11 Philippians 1:26 Philippians 4:21 Colossians 1:4 1 Thessalonians 2:14 1 Timothy 1:14 2 Timothy 1:1 2 Timothy 1:13 2 Timothy 2:1 2 Timothy 2:10
ܘܝܫܘܥ	wyšwʿ wyshwe	and Jesus	Mark 3:7 Mark 10:52 Luke 18:42 John 8:59 Colossians 4:11 1 Timothy 6:13
ܘܠܝܫܘܥ	wlyšwʿ wlyshwe	save, Jesus	Matthew 27:22 John 19:18 Acts 7:55 Hebrews 12:24
ܕܠܝܫܘܥ	dlyšwʿ dlyshwe	save, Jesus	Matthew 28:5 Acts 17:18 Galatians 4:14

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
יֵשׁוּעַ	Yeshua	Jesus/salvation
יָשַׁע	yasha	to save
מוֹשִׁיעַ	moshia	savior
יִישָׁע	yish'a	salvation
יְשָׁעְיָה	yesha'yah	Isaiah

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
يَسُوعُ	Yasu'	Jesus
وَسِعَ	wasi'a	to be spacious/ample
سَعَة	sa'a	spaciousness
مُنْقِذ	munqidh	savior
اتَّسَعَ	ittasa'a	to expand, to become spacious