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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ܝܫܥ Y-SH-ʿ
save, Jesus
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