Genesis
Chapter 21
Verse 29
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Genesis 21

Bible in Basic English, Verse 29

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29 Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 21:29. 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 62
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.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה הֵ֗נָּה שֶׁ֤בַע כְּבָשֹׂת֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִצַּ֖בְתָּ לְבַדָּֽנָה׃

12 word entries
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ
Lemma
40
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H40
Occurrences
53
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
אַבְרָהָ֑ם
Lemma
85
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H85
Occurrences
139
מָ֣ה
Lemma
4100
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
449
הֵ֗נָּה
Lemma
2007
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H2007
Occurrences
25
שֶׁ֤בַע
Lemma
7651
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7651
Occurrences
293
כְּבָשֹׂת֙
Lemma
3535
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3535
Occurrences
5
הָאֵ֔לֶּה
Lemma
d/428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + pronoun
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H428
Occurrences
276
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
הִצַּ֖בְתָּ
Lemma
5324
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil perfect 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5324
Occurrences
44
לְבַדָּֽנָה
Lemma
l/905
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H905
Occurrences
127
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 εἶπεν Ἀβιμέλεχ τῷ Ἁβραὰμ, τί εἰσιν αἱ ἑπτὰ ἀμνάδες τῶν προβάτων τούτων, ἃς ἔστησας μόνας;

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
εἶπεν
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
eipen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
Ἀβιμέλεχ
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
Abimelech
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Abimelech
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Abimelech.
Occurrences
77
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
Ἁβραὰμ
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
Abraam
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Abraham
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Abraham.
Occurrences
153
τί
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
τίς
Transliteration
tis
Morphology
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Gloss
who, someone
Part of Speech
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Definition
Interrogative or indefinite pronoun depending on accent/context.
Occurrences
1124
εἰσιν
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
eisin
Morphology
verb, present active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they are
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
αἱ
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
ἑπτὰ
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
hepta
Morphology
numeral, indeclinable
Gloss
seven
Part of Speech
numeral
Definition
The numeral seven.
Occurrences
286
ἀμνάδες
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
amnades
Morphology
nominative/vocative plural masculine/feminine 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
2
τῶν
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
προβάτων
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
probaton
Morphology
noun, neuter genitive plural
Gloss
of sheep
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Sheep or flock animals.
Occurrences
249
τούτων
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
houtos
Morphology
demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
this one
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Definition
This, these.
Occurrences
3767
ἃς
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
ὅς
Transliteration
has
Morphology
relative pronoun, accusative feminine plural
Gloss
which, whom
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Definition
Relative pronoun who, which, that.
Occurrences
4123
ἔστησας
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
estesas
Morphology
aorist active participle nominative masculine singular pattern, or 2nd singular verb depending on context
Gloss
having ...
Part of Speech
participle/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
7
μόνας
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
monas
Morphology
accusative plural feminine or genitive singular feminine 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
8
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.

וַאֲמַר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְאַבְרָהָם מָה אִנּוּן שְׁבַע חוּרְפַן אִלֵּין דַּאֲקֵמְתָּא בִּלְחוֹדֵיהֶן

10 word entries
וַאֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
and said, spoke
Occurrences
1144
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bymlk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
24
לְאַבְרָהָם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'brhm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
152
מָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מה
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
69
אִנּוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'nwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
120
שְׁבַע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שבע
Transliteration
shb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
99
חוּרְפַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chwrpn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
אִלֵּין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
187
דַּאֲקֵמְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'qmt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
בִּלְחוֹדֵיהֶן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
blchwdyhn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
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.

ܘܐܡ̣ܪ ܐܒܝܡܠܟ ܠܐܒܪܗܡ. ܡܢܐ ܐ̈ܢܝܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܫܒܥ ܦܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܥܢܐ ܕܐܩܝܡܬ ܒܠܚܘܕܝܗܝܢ.

11 word entries
ܘܐܡ̣ܪ
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>M#R
Morphology
W->MR[
Occurrences
0
ܐܒܝܡܠܟ
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
>BJMLK
Morphology
>BJMLK/
Occurrences
0
ܠܐܒܪܗܡ
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>BRHM
Morphology
L->BRHM/
Occurrences
0
ܡܢܐ
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
ܐ̈ܢܝܢ
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
>"NJN
Morphology
>NJN
Occurrences
0
ܗܠܝܢ
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
HLJN
Morphology
HLJN
Occurrences
0
ܫܒܥ
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
CB<
Morphology
CB</
Occurrences
0
ܦܪ̈ܬܐ
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
PR"T>
Morphology
PR(>/T=~>
Occurrences
0
ܕܥܢܐ
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<N>
Morphology
D-<N/~>
Occurrences
0
ܕܐܩܝܡܬ
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>QJMT
Morphology
D-]>]Q(W&JM[T=
Occurrences
0
ܒܠܚܘܕܝܗܝܢ
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
BLXWDJHJN
Morphology
B-LXWD/J-HJN
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.

Cui dixit Abimelech: Quid sibi volunt septem agnæ istæ, quas stare fecisti seorsum?

13 word entries
cui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
cui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
dixit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
Abimelech
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Abimelech
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
24
quid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quid
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
sibi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sui
Transliteration
sibi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1317
volunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uolo
Transliteration
volunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
538
septem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
septem
Transliteration
septem
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
397
agnae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
agna
Transliteration
agnae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
4
istae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iste
Transliteration
istae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
877
quas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quas
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
stare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sto
Transliteration
stare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
646
fecisti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
fecisti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
seorsum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seorsum
Transliteration
seorsum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
39

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