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Ecclesiastes 10

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12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ecclesiastes 10:12. 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 61
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.

דִּבְרֵ֥י פִי־חָכָ֖ם חֵ֑ן וְשִׂפְת֥וֹת כְּסִ֖יל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃

7 word entries
דִּבְרֵ֥י
Lemma
1697
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
866
פִי
Lemma
6310
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
266
חָכָ֖ם
Lemma
2450
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2450
Occurrences
104
חֵ֑ן
Lemma
2580
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2580
Occurrences
67
וְשִׂפְת֥וֹת
Lemma
c/8193
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common feminine plural construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8193
Occurrences
10
כְּסִ֖יל
Lemma
3684
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H3684
Occurrences
43
תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ
Lemma
1104
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 3rd person feminine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1104
Occurrences
35
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.

Λόγοι στόματος σοφοῦ χάρις, καὶ χείλη ἄφρονος καταποντιοῦσιν αὐτόν.

9 word entries
Λόγοι
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
logoi
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative plural
Gloss
words, matters
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
1103
στόματος
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
σοφοῦ
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
sophoy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
14
χάρις
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
charis
Morphology
nominative singular feminine third-declension pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
135
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
χείλη
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
cheile
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative plural
Gloss
lips
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lip, edge, or shore.
Occurrences
117
ἄφρονος
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
aphronos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
18
καταποντιοῦσιν
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
katapontioysin
Morphology
verb, present/future active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
αὐτόν
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
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.

ܡ̈ܠܝ ܦܘܡܗ ܕܚܟܝܡܐ ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܘܣ̈ܦܘܬܗ ܕܣܟܠܐ ܡܛܒ̈ܥܢ ܠܗ

8 word entries
ܡ̈ܠܝ
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
ܡܠܝ
Transliteration
mly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
36
ܦܘܡܗ
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
pwmh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
115
ܕܚܟܝܡܐ
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
dhkym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
22
ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ
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
tshbwht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
54
ܘܣ̈ܦܘܬܗ
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
wspwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܕܣܟܠܐ
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
dskl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
29
ܡܛܒ̈ܥܢ
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
mtb'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܠܗ
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

מִלֵּי פוּם גְּבַר חַכִּים דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח בְּדָרָא כַּד אָתֵי פוּרְעָנוּתָא לְעַלְמָא מְצַלֵּי וּמַעֲדֵּי יָת פּוּרְעָנוּתָא וּמַשְׁכַּח רַחֲמִין קֳדָם יְיָ וְסִפְוָתֵיהּ דְּגַבְרָא שָׁטְיָא מִלִּין דִּנְזִיפוּתָא וּבְגִין כֵּן כּוּלֵּי עָלְמָא מִתְגַּמְרִין׃

28 word entries
מִלֵּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מלי
Transliteration
mly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
102
פוּם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
פום
Transliteration
pwm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
45
גְּבַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
גבר
Transliteration
gbr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
627
חַכִּים
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chkym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
42
דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'shtkch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
42
בְּדָרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דרא
Transliteration
bdr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
49
כַּד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כד
Transliteration
kd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
581
אָתֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אתי
Transliteration
'ty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
138
פוּרְעָנוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pwr'nwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
55
לְעַלְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'lm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
549
מְצַלֵּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
צלי
Transliteration
mtsly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
81
וּמַעֲדֵּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wm'dy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
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
4303
פּוּרְעָנוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pwr'nwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
55
וּמַשְׁכַּח
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wmshkch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
15
רַחֲמִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rchmyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
65
קֳדָם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
קדם
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
prepositional or nominal form
Gloss
before, in front of, east
Occurrences
2023
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
3908
וְסִפְוָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wspwtyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
8
דְּגַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dgbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
שָׁטְיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shty'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
39
מִלִּין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לין
Transliteration
mlyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
41
דִּנְזִיפוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dnzypwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
וּבְגִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbgyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
14
כֵּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כן
Transliteration
kn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
422
כּוּלֵּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולי
Transliteration
kwly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
11
עָלְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
549
מִתְגַּמְרִין׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mtgmryn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
5
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.

Verba oris sapientis gratia, et labia insipientis præcipitabunt eum;

9 word entries
verba
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verba
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
oris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
os
Transliteration
oris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
657
sapientis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapiens
Transliteration
sapientis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
208
gratia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gratia
Transliteration
gratia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
364
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
labia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
labium
Transliteration
labia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
109
insipientis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
insipientis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
53
praecipitabunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
praecipitabunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
21
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

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.

Colossians 4:6

Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

20 relevance votes

Luke 4:22

And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

9 relevance votes

Proverbs 22:11

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:2

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

8 relevance votes

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

7 relevance votes

Proverbs 26:9

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

3 relevance votes

Luke 19:22

He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 12:18

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

3 relevance votes

Psalms 37:30

The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 31:26

Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 10:8

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

2 relevance votes
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