Exodus
Chapter 18
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Exodus 18

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3 And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land:

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Exodus 18:3. 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 68
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.

וְאֵ֖ת שְׁנֵ֣י בָנֶ֑יהָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאֶחָד֙ גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔ם כִּ֣י אָמַ֔ר גֵּ֣ר הָיִ֔יתִי בְּאֶ֖רֶץ נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

13 word entries
וְאֵ֖ת
Lemma
c/853
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
2230
שְׁנֵ֣י
Lemma
8147
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H8147
Occurrences
536
בָנֶ֑יהָ
Lemma
1121 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1121
Occurrences
4020
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
שֵׁ֤ם
Lemma
8034
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8034
Occurrences
521
הָֽאֶחָד֙
Lemma
d/259
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + adjective
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H259
Occurrences
150
גֵּֽרְשֹׁ֔ם
Lemma
1647
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1647
Occurrences
12
כִּ֣י
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
אָמַ֔ר
Lemma
559
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
1301
גֵּ֣ר
Lemma
1616
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1616
Occurrences
30
הָיִ֔יתִי
Lemma
1961
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1660
בְּאֶ֖רֶץ
Lemma
b/776
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H776
Occurrences
484
נָכְרִיָּֽה
Lemma
5237
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H5237
Occurrences
30
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 τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς αὐτῆς· ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ αὐτῶν Γηρσάμ, λέγων, πάροικος ἤμην ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ·

16 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
τοὺς
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
δύο
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
δύο
Transliteration
duo
Morphology
numeral, indeclinable or irregular
Gloss
two
Part of Speech
numeral
Definition
The numeral two.
Occurrences
520
υἱοὺς
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
huios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
son
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Son, descendant, or member of a group.
Occurrences
4805
αὐτῆς
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
ὄνομα
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
onoma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
name
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Name.
Occurrences
908
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἑνὶ
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
εἷς
Transliteration
heis
Morphology
numeral/adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
one
Part of Speech
numeral/adjective
Definition
One, a single one.
Occurrences
785
αὐτῶν
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
Γηρσάμ
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
gersam
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Γηρσάμ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
λέγων
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
legon
Morphology
participle, present active masculine nominative singular
Gloss
saying
Part of Speech
participle
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
πάροικος
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
paroikos
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
10
ἤμην
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
emen
Morphology
verb, imperfect middle/deponent indicative, 1st singular
Gloss
I was
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
ἐν
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
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
γῇ
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
γῆ
Transliteration
ge
Morphology
noun, feminine dative singular
Gloss
earth, land
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Earth, ground, or land.
Strong's
G1093
Occurrences
2962
ἀλλοτρίᾳ
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
allotria
Morphology
dative singular feminine pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
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.

וְיָת תְּרֵין בְּנָהָא דִי שׁוּם חַד גֵרְשֹׁם אֲרֵי אֲמַר דַיָר הֲוֵיתִי בְּאַרְעָא נוּכְרָאָה:

13 word entries
וְיָת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
וית
Transliteration
wyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
775
תְּרֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tryn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
204
בְּנָהָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נהא
Transliteration
bnh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
9
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
שׁוּם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שום
Transliteration
shwm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
50
חַד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חד
Transliteration
chd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
282
גֵרְשֹׁם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
grshm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
אֲרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ארי
Transliteration
'ry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
989
אֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
'mr
Morphology
verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
1144
דַיָר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דיר
Transliteration
dyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
11
הֲוֵיתִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
hwyty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
7
בְּאַרְעָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
ארע
Transliteration
b'r''
Morphology
prefixed preposition ב + noun feminine singular emphatic
Gloss
in/with earth, land
Occurrences
840
נוּכְרָאָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nwkr'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
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.

ܘܠܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܒܢܝ̈ܗ̇ ܕܫܡܗ ܕܚܕ̣ ܓܪܫܘܢ. ܡܛܠ ܕܐܡ̣ܪ̣ ܕܬܘܬܒܐ ܗܘ̣ܝܬ ܒܐܪܥܐ ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ.

11 word entries
ܘܠܬܪ̈ܝܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WLTR"JN
Morphology
W-L-TR/JN=
Occurrences
0
ܒܢܝ̈ܗ̇
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
BNJ"H^
Morphology
BN/J-H=
Occurrences
0
ܕܫܡܗ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DCMH
Morphology
D-CM/-H
Occurrences
0
ܕܚܕ̣
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DXD#
Morphology
D-XD/
Occurrences
0
ܓܪܫܘܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
GRCWN
Morphology
GRCWN/
Occurrences
0
ܡܛܠ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
MVL
Morphology
MVL
Occurrences
0
ܕܐܡ̣ܪ̣
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
D>M#R#
Morphology
D->MR[
Occurrences
0
ܕܬܘܬܒܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DTWTB>
Morphology
D-TWTB/~>
Occurrences
0
ܗܘ̣ܝܬ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
HW#JT
Morphology
HWJ[T
Occurrences
0
ܒܐܪܥܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
B>R<>
Morphology
B->R</~>
Occurrences
0
ܢܘܟܪܝܬܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
NWKRJT>
Morphology
NWKRJ/T~>
Occurrences
0
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.

et duos filios ejus: quorum unus vocabatur Gersam, dicente patre: Advena fui in terra aliena;

15 word entries
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
duos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
duo
Transliteration
duos
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
695
filios
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filios
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
quorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
unus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unus
Transliteration
unus
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
1077
vocabatur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uoco
Transliteration
vocabatur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
652
Gersan
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Gersan
Transliteration
Gersan
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
2
dicente
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dicente
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
patre
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
patre
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
advena
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aduena
Transliteration
advena
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
81
fui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
fui
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
terra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
terra
Transliteration
terra
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
earth
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
earth, land, ground
Etymology
Latin noun behind English terrestrial and terrain.
Occurrences
3087
aliena
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
alienus
Transliteration
aliena
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
198

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.

Exodus 2:22

And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.

6 relevance votes

Acts 7:29

And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.

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Psalms 39:12

Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

3 relevance votes

Hebrews 11:13

All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

3 relevance votes

Exodus 4:20

And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.

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1 Peter 2:11

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

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