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Genesis 11

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2 And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 11:2. 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 59
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.

וַֽיְהִ֖י בְּנָסְעָ֣ם מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ בִקְעָ֛ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃

9 word entries
וַֽיְהִ֖י
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
בְּנָסְעָ֣ם
Lemma
b/5265
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5265
Occurrences
6
מִקֶּ֑דֶם
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6924
Occurrences
23
וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ
Lemma
c/4672
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4672
Occurrences
89
בִקְעָ֛ה
Lemma
1237
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1237
Occurrences
5
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
Lemma
b/776
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H776
Occurrences
484
שִׁנְעָ֖ר
Lemma
8152
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8152
Occurrences
7
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ
Lemma
c/3427
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3427
Occurrences
324
שָֽׁם
Lemma
8033
Morphology
Hebrew: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
H8033
Occurrences
671
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 ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κινῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν, εὗρον πεδίον ἐν γῇ Σεναὰρ, καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐκεῖ.

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
ἐγένετο
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
egeneto
Morphology
verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it became, happened
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To become, happen, come to be, or be made.
Occurrences
1418
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
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
κινῆσαι
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
kinesai
Morphology
Greek -σαι form; likely aorist infinitive or middle/passive verb form depending on context
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
αὐτοὺς
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
ἀπὸ
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
ἀπό
Transliteration
apo
Morphology
preposition with genitive
Gloss
from, away from
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
Occurrences
3869
ἀνατολῶν
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
anatolon
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive plural
Gloss
of east; of risings
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Rising, east, or sunrise.
Occurrences
135
εὗρον
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
heuron
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
Gloss
they found; I found
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To find or discover.
Occurrences
152
πεδίον
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
pedion
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
plain, field
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Plain, field, or level place.
Occurrences
98
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
Σεναὰρ
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
senaar
Morphology
indeclinable or neuter noun 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
1
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
κατῴκησαν
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
katkesan
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural pattern
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
31
ἐκεῖ
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
ekei
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
there
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
There, in that place.
Occurrences
751
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.

וַהֲוָה בְּמִטַּלְהוֹן בְּקַדְמֵיתָא וְאַשְׁכָּחוּ בִקְעֲתָא בְּאַרְעָא דְבָבֶל וִיתִיבוּ תַמָּן

9 word entries
וַהֲוָה
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוה
Transliteration
whwh
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root הוה
Gloss
and was, became, happened
Occurrences
292
בְּמִטַּלְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bmtlhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
בְּקַדְמֵיתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bqdmyt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
15
וְאַשְׁכָּחוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'shkchw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
בִקְעֲתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bq't'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
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
דְבָבֶל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בבל
Transliteration
dbbl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
6
וִיתִיבוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wytybw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
10
תַמָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תמן
Transliteration
tmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
254
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.

ܘܗ̣ܘܐ ܕܟܕ ܫܩܠܘ ܡܢ ܡܕܢܚܐ. ܐܫܟܚܘ ܦܩܥܬܐ ܒܐܪܥܐ ܕܣܢܥܪ ܘܝܬܒܘ ܬܡܢ .

11 word entries
ܘܗ̣ܘܐ
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
WH#W>
Morphology
W-HW(J&>[
Occurrences
0
ܕܟܕ
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
DKD
Morphology
D-KD
Occurrences
0
ܫܩܠܘ
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
CQLW
Morphology
CQL[W
Occurrences
0
ܡܢ
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
MN
Morphology
MN
Occurrences
0
ܡܕܢܚܐ
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
MDNX>
Morphology
MDNX/~>
Occurrences
0
ܐܫܟܚܘ
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
>CKXW
Morphology
]>]CKX[W
Occurrences
0
ܦܩܥܬܐ
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
PQ<T>
Morphology
PQ<(>/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
ܕܣܢܥܪ
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
DSN<R
Morphology
D-SN<R/
Occurrences
0
ܘܝܬܒܘ
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
WJTBW
Morphology
W-JTB[W
Occurrences
0
ܬܡܢ
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
TMN
Morphology
TMN
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.

Cumque proficiscerentur de oriente, invenerunt campum in terra Sennaar, et habitaverunt in eo.

14 word entries
cumque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cumque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
{cumque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{cumque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
proficiscerentur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
proficiscerentur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
153
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
oriente
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Oriens
Transliteration
oriente
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
23
invenerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inuenio
Transliteration
invenerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
682
campum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
campus
Transliteration
campum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
58
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
Sennaar
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sennar
Transliteration
Sennaar
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
3
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
habitaverunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habito
Transliteration
habitaverunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
650
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
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

Ranked cross references

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Genesis 10:10

And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

7 relevance votes

Daniel 1:2

And the Lord gave into his hands Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he took them away into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he put the vessels into the store-house of his god.

7 relevance votes

Genesis 14:1

Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

5 relevance votes

Isaiah 11:11

And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.

4 relevance votes

Zechariah 5:11

And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.

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So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.

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So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

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