Ecclesiastes 3

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¹ For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ecclesiastes 3:1. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

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Word Entries 46

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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

לַכֹּ֖ל זְמָ֑ן וְעֵ֥ת לְכָל־חֵ֖פֶץ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ ס

7 word entries

לַכֹּ֖ל

Lemma: l/3605
Morphology: Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech: preposition
Strong's: H3605
Occurrences: 332

זְמָ֑ן

Lemma: 2165
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H2165
Occurrences: 2

וְעֵ֥ת

Lemma: c/6256
Morphology: Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: H6256
Occurrences: 18

לְכָל

Lemma: l/3605
Morphology: Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech: preposition
Strong's: H3605
Occurrences: 332

חֵ֖פֶץ

Lemma: 2656
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H2656
Occurrences: 33

תַּ֥חַת

Lemma: 8478
Morphology: Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech: preposition
Strong's: H8478
Occurrences: 423

הַשָּׁמָֽיִם

Lemma: d/8064
Morphology: Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech: particle
Strong's: H8064
Occurrences: 246

Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

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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.

Τοῖς πᾶσιν ὁ χρόνος, καὶ καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν.

12 word entries

Τοῖς

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: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

πᾶσιν

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: πᾶς
Transliteration: pas
Morphology: adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: all, every
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: All, every, whole.
Occurrences: 6138

ὁ

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: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

χρόνος

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.
Lemma: χρόνος
Transliteration: chronos
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: 67

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

καιρὸς

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: καιρός
Transliteration: kairos
Morphology: noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss: time, season
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Time, season, or appointed moment.
Occurrences: 329

τῷ

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: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

παντὶ

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: πᾶς
Transliteration: pas
Morphology: adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: all, every
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: All, every, whole.
Occurrences: 6138

πράγματι

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.
Lemma: πράγματι
Transliteration: pragmati
Morphology: dative singular or indeclinable form 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: 6

ὑπὸ

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: ὑπό
Transliteration: hypo
Morphology: preposition
Gloss: under, by
Part of Speech: preposition
Definition: Elided form of ὑπό.
Occurrences: 443

τὸν

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: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

οὐρανόν

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.
Lemma: οὐρανόν
Transliteration: oyranon
Morphology: accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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: 27

Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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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.

ܠܟܠ ܡܕܡ ܙܒܢܐ ܘܙܒܢܐ ܠܟܠ ܨܒܘ ܬܚܝܬ ܫܡܫܐ

8 word entries

ܠܟܠ

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: ܠܟܠ
Transliteration: lkl
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences: 86

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

ܙܒܢܐ

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: ܙܒܢܐ
Transliteration: zbn'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 147

ܘܙܒܢܐ

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: ܘܙܒܢܐ
Transliteration: wzbn'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 22

ܠܟܠ

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: ܠܟܠ
Transliteration: lkl
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences: 86

ܨܒܘ

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: ܨܒܘ
Transliteration: sbw
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences: 38

ܬܚܝܬ

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: ܬܚܝܬ
Transliteration: thyt
Morphology: possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences: 116

ܫܡܫܐ

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: ܫܡܫܐ
Transliteration: shmsh'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 99

Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

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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.

לְכָל גְּבַר יֵיתֵי זִמְנָא וְעִדָּנָא לְכָל עִסְקָא תְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָּא׃

9 word entries

לְכָל

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: לכל
Transliteration: lkl
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 312

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

יֵיתֵי

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: ייתי
Transliteration: yyty
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 82

זִמְנָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: זמנא
Transliteration: zmn'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 68

וְעִדָּנָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: עדנא
Transliteration: w'dn'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 140

לְכָל

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: לכל
Transliteration: lkl
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 312

עִסְקָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: עסקא
Transliteration: 'sq'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 12

תְּחוֹת

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: תחות
Transliteration: tchwt
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 145

שְׁמַיָּא׃

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: שמיא
Transliteration: shmy'
Morphology: noun masculine plural emphatic
Gloss: heavens, sky
Occurrences: 368

Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

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Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

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

[Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo.

10 word entries

omnia

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: omnis
Transliteration: omnia
Morphology: GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences: 5506

tempus

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: tempus
Transliteration: tempus
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 761

habent

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: habeo
Transliteration: habent
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 1641

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

suis

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: suus
Transliteration: suis
Morphology: GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences: 5783

spatiis

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: spatium
Transliteration: spatiis
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 24

transeunt

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: transeo
Transliteration: transeunt
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 403

universa

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: uniuersus
Transliteration: universa
Morphology: GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences: 889

sub

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: sub
Transliteration: sub
Morphology: GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences: 330

caelo

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: caelum
Transliteration: caelo
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Gloss: heaven
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: heaven, sky
Etymology: Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
Occurrences: 740

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I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

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And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times.

54 relevance votes

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In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

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2 Kings 5:26

And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?

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