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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ܐܚܪ A-KH-R — another, other, last

Semantic field: otherness, what comes after, the different one

What gets lost in translation: In Aramaic, ܐܚܪ (akhr) fuses 'other' with 'last' and 'what comes after' — the other is always the one who follows, the end point of a sequence. This temporal-eschatological dimension is absent from Gr… Explore this root →

אַחֵר akherאַחֲרוֹן akharon آخَر ākharآخِر ākhir

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be victorious, be pure

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܙܟܐ	zkʾ zk'	be victorious, be pure Peal	1 John 5:4

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
זָכָה	zaká	to be pure, be innocent
זַךְ	zakh	pure, clean

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
زَكَاة	zakat	alms (purification)
زَكِيّ	zaki	pure/intelligent
تَزْكِيَة	tazkiya	purification
زَكَا	zaka	to grow, flourish
زَكِيٌّ	zakiyy	pure, intelligent
تَزْكِيَةٌ	tazkiyah	purification