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Verse 36
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Genesis 37

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36 And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 37:36. 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 51
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.

וְהַ֨מְּדָנִ֔ים מָכְר֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ אֶל־מִצְרָ֑יִם לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙ סְרִ֣יס פַּרְעֹ֔ה שַׂ֖ר הַטַּבָּחִֽים׃ פ

10 word entries
וְהַ֨מְּדָנִ֔ים
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + noun gentilic masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4092
Occurrences
1
מָכְר֥וּ
Lemma
4376
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4376
Occurrences
46
אֹת֖וֹ
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker + suffix
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
מִצְרָ֑יִם
Lemma
4714
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4714
Occurrences
467
לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙
Lemma
l/6318
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6318
Occurrences
1
סְרִ֣יס
Lemma
5631
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5631
Occurrences
20
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
Lemma
6547
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6547
Occurrences
231
שַׂ֖ר
Lemma
8269
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8269
Occurrences
272
הַטַּבָּחִֽים
Lemma
d/2876
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H2876
Occurrences
7
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.

Οἱ δὲ Μαδιηναῖοι ἀπέδοντο τὸν Ἰωσὴφ εἰς Αἴγυπτον τῷ Πετεφρῇ τῷ σπάδοντι Φαραὼ ἀρχιμαγείρῳ.

14 word entries
Οἱ
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
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
Μαδιηναῖοι
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
madienaioi
Morphology
nominative plural masculine 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
ἀπέδοντο
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
apedonto
Morphology
verb, middle/passive indicative, 3rd plural pattern
Gloss
they were ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
Ἰωσὴφ
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
Ioseph
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Joseph
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Joseph.
Occurrences
225
εἰς
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
εἰς
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
preposition with accusative
Gloss
into, to, for
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
Occurrences
6787
Αἴγυπτον
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
Aigypton
Morphology
proper noun, accusative feminine singular
Gloss
Egypt
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Egypt.
Occurrences
600
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
Πετεφρῇ
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
petephr
Morphology
nominative feminine 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
1
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
σπάδοντι
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
spadonti
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
1
Φαραὼ
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
Pharao
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Pharaoh
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Pharaoh.
Occurrences
267
ἀρχιμαγείρῳ
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
archimageiro
Morphology
1st singular verb or contracted noun/adjective form depending on context
Gloss
I ...
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
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.

וּמִדְיָנָאֵי זַבִּינוּ יָתֵהּ לְמִצְרָיִם לְפוֹטִיפַר רַבָּא דְפַרְעֹה רַב קָטוֹלַיָּא

9 word entries
וּמִדְיָנָאֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wmdyn'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
זַבִּינוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
zbynw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
יָתֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
יתה
Transliteration
yth
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
329
לְמִצְרָיִם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmtsrym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
273
לְפוֹטִיפַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lpwtypr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
רַבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רבא
Transliteration
rb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
138
דְפַרְעֹה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dpr'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
217
רַב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רב
Transliteration
rb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
45
קָטוֹלַיָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qtwly'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
6
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.

ܘܡܕܝܢ̈ܝܐ ܙܒܢܘܗܝ ܒܡܨܪܝܢ. ܠܦܘܛܝܦܪ ܡܗܝܡܢܐ ܪܒ ܕܚܫ̈ܐ ܕܦܪܥܘܢ.

8 word entries
ܘܡܕܝܢ̈ܝܐ
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
WMDJN"J>
Morphology
W-MDJNJ/(J~>
Occurrences
0
ܙܒܢܘܗܝ
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
ZBNWHJ
Morphology
!!ZBN=[W:d-HJ
Occurrences
0
ܒܡܨܪܝܢ
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
BMYRJN
Morphology
B-MYRJN/
Occurrences
0
ܠܦܘܛܝܦܪ
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
LPWVJPR
Morphology
L-PWVJPR/
Occurrences
0
ܡܗܝܡܢܐ
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
MHJMN>
Morphology
!M!HJMN[/~>:dp
Occurrences
0
ܪܒ
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
RB
Morphology
RB/
Occurrences
0
ܕܚܫ̈ܐ
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
DXC">
Morphology
DXC/(J~>
Occurrences
0
ܕܦܪܥܘܢ
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
DPR<WN
Morphology
D-PR<WN/
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.

Madianitæ vendiderunt Joseph in Ægypto Putiphari eunucho Pharaonis, magistro militum.

10 word entries
Madianei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Madianei
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1
vendiderunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uendo
Transliteration
vendiderunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
118
Ioseph
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ioseph
Transliteration
Ioseph
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
185
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
Aegypto
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Aegypto
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
617
Putiphar
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Putiphar
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
2
eunucho
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
eunucho
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
52
Pharaonis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Pharao
Transliteration
Pharaonis
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
125
magistro
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
magistro
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
87
militiae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
militia
Transliteration
militiae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
69

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.

Genesis 37:28

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

4 relevance votes

Genesis 40:4

And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

4 relevance votes

Isaiah 56:3

And let not the man from a strange country, who has been joined to the Lord, say, The Lord will certainly put a division between me and his people: and let not the unsexed man say, See, I am a dry tree.

2 relevance votes

2 Kings 25:8

Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem;

2 relevance votes

Esther 1:10

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven unsexed servants who were waiting before Ahasuerus the king,

1 relevance votes
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