ARAMAIC NEW TESTAMENT

Every word is a root, and every root is a constellation.

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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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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ܙܥܪ Z-E-R
small, few
Peshitta Occurrences
Form Transliteration Gloss References
ܙܥܘܪܐ
zʿwrʾ
zewr'
small Matthew 5:19 Matthew 10:42 Matthew 11:11 Matthew 18:6 Matthew 18:10 Matthew 18:14 Matthew 25:40 Matthew 25:45 Mark 9:42 Mark 15:40 Luke 4:5 Luke 7:28 Luke 12:32 Luke 15:12 Luke 15:13 Luke 17:2 Luke 22:26 Acts 5:34 Acts 27:40 1 Timothy 4:8 ... +11
ܙܥܘܪ
zʿwr
zewr
small/little Matthew 14:31 Matthew 28:12 Luke 19:3 2 Corinthians 4:17 Hebrews 10:37 Hebrews 11:25 Hebrews 11:32 Hebrews 12:10 Psalms 119:141 Isaiah 10:25 Isaiah 16:14 Isaiah 26:20 Isaiah 29:17
ܙܥܘܪܝܢ
zʿwryn
zewryn
small, few Matthew 9:37 Luke 10:2 Luke 13:23 Acts 9:43 Acts 17:4
ܙܥܘܪ̈ܝܢ
zʿwryn
zewryn
small, few Psalms 105:12 Psalms 109:8 Ezekiel 42:5 Ezekiel 42:6
ܙܥܘܪܝ
zʿwry
zewry
small, few Matthew 6:30 Matthew 8:26 Matthew 16:8 Luke 12:28
ܙܥܘܪ̈ܐ
zʿwrʾ
zewr'
small, few Psalms 115:13 Isaiah 36:9 Ezekiel 5:3
ܙܥܘܪܬܐ
zʿwrtʾ
zewrth'
small, few Luke 12:26 James 3:5 Ezekiel 16:46
ܕܙܥܘܪ
dzʿwr
dzewr
small, few Luke 9:48 1 Corinthians 12:24
ܘܙܥܘܪܝܢ
wzʿwryn
wzewryn
small, few Matthew 20:16 Matthew 22:14
ܠܙܥܘܪܐ
lzʿwrʾ
lzewr'
small, few Acts 26:22 Romans 9:12
ܙܥܘܪܗܘܢ
zʿwrhwn
zewrhwn
small, few 1 Corinthians 15:9 Hebrews 8:11
ܘܙܥܘܪܐ
wzʿwrʾ
wzewr'
small, few Matthew 7:14
ܘܐܙܥܪ
wʾzʿr
w'zer
and-[impf]small, few Aphel Ezekiel 29:15
ܕܙܥܘܪ̈ܝܢ
dzʿwryn
dzewryn
small, few Proverbs 30:24
ܢܙܥܪ
nzʿr
nzer
[impf]small, few Proverbs 13:11
ܘܙܥܘܪ
wzʿwr
wzewr
small, few Proverbs 11:24
ܠܙܥܘܪܝ
lzʿwry
lzewry
small, few 1 Thessalonians 5:14
ܘܡܙܥܪܝܢ
wmzʿryn
wmzeryn
and.from-small, few[pl] Proverbs 14:34
ܐܙܥܪ
ʾzʿr
'zer
[impf]small, few Aphel Psalms 107:38
ܘܠܙܥܘܪܬܐ
wlzʿwrtʾ
wlzewrth'
small, few Ezekiel 16:61
ܘܙܥܪܘ
wzʿrw
wzerw
and-small, few[3pl] Peal Psalms 107:39
ܠܙܥܘܪ̈ܝ
lzʿwry
lzewry
small, few Isaiah 35:4
ܕܙܥܘܪܐ
dzʿwrʾ
dzewr'
small, few Ephesians 3:8
Hebrew Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
זָעֵר zaer small
זְעֵירוּת zeiyrút smallness, fewness
זָעִיר zá'ir tiny, small
הִזְעִיר hiz'ír to reduce, diminish
Arabic Cognates
Word Transliteration Meaning
زَعِيرٌ za'ír small, minute
زَعَرَ za'ara to be or become small
زَعْرَةٌ za'rát smallness, minuteness