16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 16:16. 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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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וְאַבְרָ֕ם בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים בְּלֶֽדֶת־הָגָ֥ר אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל לְאַבְרָֽם׃ ס
וְאַבְרָ֕ם
בֶּן
שְׁמֹנִ֥ים
שָׁנָ֖ה
וְשֵׁ֣שׁ
שָׁנִ֑ים
בְּלֶֽדֶת
אֶת
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.
Ἅβραμ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ὀγδοηκονταὲξ, ἡνίκα ἔτεκεν Ἄγαρ τῷ Ἅβραμ τὸν Ἰσμαήλ.
Ἅβραμ
- 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
- Ἅβραμ
- Transliteration
- Abram
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Abram
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Abram, patriarchal personal name.
- Occurrences
- 66
δὲ
- 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
- δέ
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- postpositive conjunction/particle
- Gloss
- but, and, now
- Part of Speech
- conjunction/particle
- Definition
- Postpositive connective conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 4634
ἦν
- 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
- εἰμί
- Transliteration
- en
- Morphology
- verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it was
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To be or exist.
- Strong's
- G1510
- Occurrences
- 5427
ἐτῶν
- 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
- ἔτος
- Transliteration
- eton
- Morphology
- noun, neuter genitive plural
- Gloss
- of years
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Year.
- Occurrences
- 657
ὀγδοηκονταὲξ
- 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.
- Lemma
- ὀγδοηκονταὲξ
- Transliteration
- ogdoekontaex
- Morphology
- third-declension nominative singular 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
ἡνίκα
- 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
- ἡνίκα
- Transliteration
- henika
- Morphology
- temporal conjunction/adverb
- Gloss
- when, at the time when
- Part of Speech
- conjunction/adverb
- Definition
- Temporal conjunction/adverb.
- Occurrences
- 98
ἔτεκεν
- 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
- τίκτω
- Transliteration
- eteken
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she begot; bore
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To beget, give birth to, or bear.
- Occurrences
- 104
Ἄγαρ
- 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
- Ἄγαρ
- Transliteration
- agar
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἄγαρ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 13
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
Ἅβραμ
- 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
- Ἅβραμ
- Transliteration
- Abram
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Abram
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Abram, patriarchal personal name.
- Occurrences
- 66
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
Ἰσμαήλ
- 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
- Ἰσμαήλ
- Transliteration
- ismael
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἰσμαήλ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 8
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
וְאַבְרָם בַּר תְּמָנָן וְשִׁית שְׁנִין כַּד יְלִידַת הָגָר יָת יִשְׁמָעֵאל לְאַבְרָם
וְאַבְרָם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אברם
- Transliteration
- w'brm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 58
בַּר
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בר
- Transliteration
- br
- Morphology
- noun masculine singular
- Gloss
- son
- Occurrences
- 1211
תְּמָנָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תמנן
- Transliteration
- tmnn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 6
וְשִׁית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שית
- Transliteration
- wshyt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 30
שְׁנִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שנין
- Transliteration
- shnyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 179
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
- 120
יְלִידַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ילידת
- Transliteration
- ylydt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 59
הָגָר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הגר
- Transliteration
- hgr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 12
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
יִשְׁמָעֵאל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ישמעאל
- Transliteration
- yshm''l
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 17
לְאַבְרָם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אברם
- Transliteration
- l'brm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 58
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.
ܘܐܒܪܡ ܒܪ ܬܡܢܐܝܢ ܗܘܐ ܘܫܬ ܫ̈ܢܝܢ. ܟܕ ܝܠ̣ܕܬ ܗܓܪ ܐܝܫܡܥܝܠ ܠܐܒܪܡ.
ܘܐܒܪܡ
- 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
- W>BRM
- Morphology
- W->BRM/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܒܪ
- 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
- BR
- Morphology
- BR/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܬܡܢܐܝܢ
- 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>JN
- Morphology
- TMN>/JN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܗܘܐ
- 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>
- Morphology
- HW(J&>[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܫܬ
- 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
- WCT
- Morphology
- W-CT/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܫ̈ܢܝܢ
- 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
- C"NJN
- Morphology
- CN(>/JN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܟܕ
- 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
- KD
- Morphology
- KD
- Occurrences
- 0
ܝܠ̣ܕܬ
- 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
- JL#DT
- Morphology
- JLD[T==
- Occurrences
- 0
ܗܓܪ
- 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
- HGR
- Morphology
- HGR/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܐܝܫܡܥܝܠ
- 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
- >JCM<JL
- Morphology
- >JCM<JL/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܐܒܪܡ
- 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
- L>BRM
- Morphology
- L->BRM/
- Occurrences
- 0
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Octoginta et sex annorum erat Abram quando peperit ei Agar Ismaëlem.
octoginta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- octoginta
- Transliteration
- octoginta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 43
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
sex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sex
- Transliteration
- sex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 128
annorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- annus
- Transliteration
- annorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 831
erat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
quando
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quando
- Transliteration
- quando
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 289
peperit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pario
- Transliteration
- peperit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 139
ei
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- ei
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
Agar
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Agar
- Transliteration
- Agar
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 9
Ismahelem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Ismael
- Transliteration
- Ismahelem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 47