When I started studying Aramaic/Syriac at Uppsala University I was looking for some good Syriac lexicons / analytic tools on the Internet as a supplement for a real lexicon. I found a few, but unfortunately they were all lacking some functionality that I wanted. Then I came across Dr. George A. Kiraz's wonderful Syriac Electronic Data Retrieval Archive (SEDRA3) and it looked really promising! Lots and lots of useful information about all the words of the Syriac New Testament packed into a database. My fingers started to itch and I just had to code something so I could easily access all the information in the database. And this is the result, a Web-based Analytical Lexicon of the Syriac New Testament. It's still a work in progress with some rough edges, but overall it's working pretty well.

Once the lexicon was working properly I also got the urge to make a tool to easily access every verse in the Peshitta. This Peshitta tool is found under Peshitta in the menu above. It utilizes the lexcion API in order to let one get a full grammatical analysis of any verse found in the Peshitta. As extra functionality it also includes options to pick and show one or more different english (interlinear) translations of the verse for easy reference and comparison. Any new tools and features that I come up with will be added as they mature and become usable for public use :-)

And last but not least, I have the honor to host and help spread the transcription of the Khabouris Codex, a magnificant work done by S. P. Silver. This work is an invaluable resource not only for the Aramaic- and Peshitta New Testament scholars, but also for the world. It's all freely available here on dukhrana.com, so make sure you check it out!

All these tools help me a lot in my Aramaic/Syriac- and Peshitta studies, and hopefully they will also be of help to someone else. If you have any comments, suggestions or corrections then please don't hesitate to e-mail me at ljl@dukhrana.com.