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Chapter 23
Verse 12
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Numbers 23

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12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Numbers 23:12. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 64
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיַּ֖עַן וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הֲלֹ֗א אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׂ֤ים יְהוָה֙ בְּפִ֔י אֹת֥וֹ אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר לְדַבֵּֽר׃

11 word entries
וַיַּ֖עַן
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6030
Occurrences
174
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
הֲלֹ֗א
Lemma
i/3808
Morphology
Hebrew: particle + particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
272
אֵת֩
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
יָשִׂ֤ים
Lemma
7760 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7760
Occurrences
271
יְהוָה֙
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
בְּפִ֔י
Lemma
b/6310
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
73
אֹת֥וֹ
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker + suffix
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר
Lemma
8104
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8104
Occurrences
281
לְדַבֵּֽר
Lemma
l/1696
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb piel infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1696
Occurrences
56
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Καὶ εἶπε Βαλαὰμ πρὸς Βαλὰκ, οὐχὶ ὅσα ἂν ἐμβάλῃ ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὸ στόμα μου, τοῦτο φυλάξω λαλῆσαι;

18 word entries
Καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
εἶπε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eipe
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
Βαλαὰμ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Balaam
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Balaam
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Balaam, biblical personal name.
Occurrences
63
πρὸς
Status
Machine-aligned lexicon entry
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
Note
Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
Transliteration
pros
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with/toward
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
3989
Βαλὰκ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Balak
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Balak
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Balak, biblical royal personal name.
Occurrences
53
οὐχὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
ouchi
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, no
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Emphatic negative particle.
Occurrences
180
ὅσα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
hosa
Morphology
relative adjective/pronoun, nominative/accusative neuter plural
Gloss
as many as, whatever
Part of Speech
relative adjective/pronoun
Definition
As much as, as many as.
Occurrences
516
ἂν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἄν
Transliteration
an
Morphology
modal particle
Gloss
would, might
Part of Speech
modal particle
Definition
Modal particle marking contingency or potentiality.
Occurrences
633
ἐμβάλῃ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
embale
Morphology
subjunctive/dative singular pattern depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
Θεὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
theos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
God, god
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
3522
εἰς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
εἰς
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
preposition with accusative
Gloss
into, to, for
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
Occurrences
6787
τὸ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
στόμα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
stoma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
mouth
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Mouth, opening, or speech.
Occurrences
384
μου
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
τοῦτο
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
houtos
Morphology
demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
this one
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Definition
This, these.
Occurrences
3767
φυλάξω
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
phylaxo
Morphology
1st singular verb or contracted noun/adjective form depending on context
Gloss
I ...
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
14
λαλῆσαι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
lalesai
Morphology
aorist active infinitive
Gloss
to speak
Part of Speech
infinitive
Definition
To speak, say, or talk.
Occurrences
734
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וַאֲתֵיב וַאֲמַר הֲלָא יָת דִי יְשַׁוֵי יְיָ בְּפוּמִי יָתֵיהּ אֶטַר לְמַלָלָא

11 word entries
וַאֲתֵיב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'tyb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
30
וַאֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
and said, spoke
Occurrences
1144
הֲלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הלא
Transliteration
hl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
35
יָת
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
ית
Transliteration
yt
Morphology
accusative/direct object marker
Gloss
direct object marker
Occurrences
2463
דִי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
די
Transliteration
dy
Morphology
relative/genitive particle
Gloss
of, that, which
Occurrences
1640
יְשַׁוֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yshwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
10
יְיָ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yy
Morphology
divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss
the Lord
Occurrences
1694
בְּפוּמִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bpwmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
יָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
32
אֶטַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אטר
Transliteration
'tr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
לְמַלָלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmll'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
29
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܘܥܢܐ ܒܠܥܡ ܘܐܡܪ. ܗܐ ܡܕܡ ܕܣ̇ܐܡ ܡܪܝܐ ܒܦܘܡܝ. ܗ̇ܘ ܗܘ ܢ̇ܛܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܡܡܠܠܘ.

13 word entries
ܘܥܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'n'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
162
ܒܠܥܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bl'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
38
ܘܐܡܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1697
ܗܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܗܐ
Transliteration
h'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
591
ܡܕܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܕܡ
Transliteration
mdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
406
ܕܣ̇ܐܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
ds'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
4
ܡܪܝܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Transliteration
maryah
Morphology
divine title, emphatic form
Gloss
Lord
Occurrences
2917
ܒܦܘܡܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bpwmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
ܗ̇ܘ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
ܗܘ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
ܢ̇ܛܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܢܛܪ
Transliteration
ntr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
54
ܐܢܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1289
ܠܡܡܠܠܘ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lmmllw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
30
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Cui ille respondit: Num aliud possum loqui, nisi quod jusserit Dominus?

11 word entries
cui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
cui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
ille
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
ille
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
respondit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
respondit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
851
num
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
num
Transliteration
num
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
59
aliud
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
alius
Transliteration
aliud
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
577
possum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
possum
Transliteration
possum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
881
loqui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loqui
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543
nisi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nisi
Transliteration
nisi
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
265
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
iusserit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iubeo
Transliteration
iusserit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
140
Dominus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Dominus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Numbers 22:38

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

4 relevance votes

Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

3 relevance votes

Numbers 23:26

But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 26:25

When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

3 relevance votes

Numbers 24:13

If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak?

3 relevance votes

Titus 1:16

They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

2 relevance votes

Romans 16:18

For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

2 relevance votes

Numbers 22:20

And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.

2 relevance votes
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