Explore the New Testament from its Aramaic roots
Trace triliteral roots across two millennia of Aramaic literature.
Search 55710 verses across the Peshitta, the Targums (Onkelos, Jonathan, Writings), Biblical Aramaic, and Ephrem the Syrian. About this project →
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Indexed corpora
Peshitta NT
7,440verses
101,469 words
~ 2nd–5th c. CE · Classical Syriac
Peshitta OT
23,072verses
309,889 words
~ 2nd–5th c. CE · Classical Syriac
Biblical Aramaic
269verses
4,880 words
~ 6th–2nd c. BCE · Imperial
Targum Onkelos
5,846verses
82,684 words
~ 1st–3rd c. CE · Jewish Aramaic
Targum Jonathan
9,296verses
157,449 words
~ 1st–4th c. CE · Jewish Aramaic
Targum Writings
7,022verses
96,169 words
~ 4th–8th c. CE · Jewish Aramaic
Ephrem — Nisibis
1,435verses
29,477 words
~ 350–363 CE · Patristic Syriac
Ephrem — Other Works
1,330verses
76,999 words
~ 337–373 CE · Patristic Syriac
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Open the reader
Verse-by-verse Syriac with transliteration, gloss, and translation.
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Diachronic frequency
Plot a root's distribution across periods and corpora.
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Interlinear word study
Word-by-word alignment with root, stem, and morphological gloss.
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Concordance with KWIC
Keyword-in-context across all 55,710 verses, sortable by context.
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Browse 69 books
Direct chapter access across all eight corpora.
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Hapax & rare forms
Words attested only once or twice — useful for textual criticism.
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