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Isaiah 16

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2 For the daughters of Moab will be like wandering birds, like a place from which the young birds have gone in flight, at the ways across the Arnon.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Isaiah 16:2. 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 64
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.

וְהָיָ֥ה כְעוֹף־נוֹדֵ֖ד קֵ֣ן מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹת מוֹאָ֔ב מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת לְאַרְנֽוֹן׃

10 word entries
וְהָיָ֥ה
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
כְעוֹף
Lemma
k/5775
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5775
Occurrences
3
נוֹדֵ֖ד
Lemma
5074
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5074
Occurrences
24
קֵ֣ן
Lemma
7064
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7064
Occurrences
12
מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח
Lemma
7971
Morphology
Hebrew: verb pual participle passive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7971
Occurrences
405
תִּֽהְיֶ֨ינָה֙
Lemma
1961
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person feminine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1660
בְּנ֣וֹת
Lemma
1323
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1323
Occurrences
388
מוֹאָ֔ב
Lemma
4124
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4124
Occurrences
160
מַעְבָּרֹ֖ת
Lemma
4569 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4569
Occurrences
5
לְאַרְנֽוֹן
Lemma
l/769
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H769
Occurrences
1
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.

Ἔσῃ γὰρ ὡς πετεινοῦ ἀνιπταμένου νοσσὸς ἀφῃρημένος, ἔσῃ θυγάτηρ Μωὰβ, ἔπειτα δέ Ἀρνῶν πλείονα

14 word entries
Ἔσῃ
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
ese
Morphology
verb, future middle indicative, 2nd singular
Gloss
you will be
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
γὰρ
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
γάρ
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
postpositive explanatory conjunction
Gloss
for, because
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Explanatory or causal conjunction.
Occurrences
1390
ὡς
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
ὡς
Transliteration
hos
Morphology
comparative conjunction/adverb
Gloss
as, like, when
Part of Speech
conjunction/adverb
Definition
Comparative or temporal conjunction/adverb.
Occurrences
1899
πετεινοῦ
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
peteinoy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
ἀνιπταμένου
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
aniptamenoy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
νοσσὸς
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
nossos
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
1
ἀφῃρημένος
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
apheremenos
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
1
ἔσῃ
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
ese
Morphology
verb, future middle indicative, 2nd singular
Gloss
you will be
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
θυγάτηρ
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
thygater
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
daughter
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Daughter or female descendant.
Occurrences
506
Μωὰβ
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
Moab
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Moab
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Moab.
Occurrences
174
ἔπειτα
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
epeita
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
δέ
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
Ἀρνῶν
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
arnon
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀρνῶν
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
19
πλείονα
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
pleiona
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
12
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.

ܘܢܗܘܐ ܐܝܟ ܦܪܚܬܐ ܕܡܫܢܝܐ ܩܢܗ̇ ܘܒܢ̈ܬ ܡܘܐܒ ܫܒܝ̈ܩܬܐ ܢܗ̈ܘܝܢ ܒܡܥܒܪܬܐ ܕܐܪܢܘܢ

11 word entries
ܘܢܗܘܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wnhw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
171
ܐܝܟ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2051
ܦܪܚܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
prht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
20
ܕܡܫܢܝܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dmshny'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܩܢܗ̇
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܩܢܗ
Transliteration
qnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܘܒܢ̈ܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wbnt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܡܘܐܒ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
mw'b
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
59
ܫܒܝ̈ܩܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
shbyqt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
6
ܢܗ̈ܘܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
nhwyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
33
ܒܡܥܒܪܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bm'brt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
ܕܐܪܢܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
d'rnwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

וִיהֵי כְעוֹפָא דְאַפְרָחוֹהִי מִקִנֵיהּ וִיטַלְטֵיל יִתַּפְקָן וִיהֶוְיָן בְּנַת מוֹאָב מְגִיזַן לְהוֹן לְאַרְנוֹן׃

12 word entries
וִיהֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
יהי
Transliteration
wyhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
508
כְעוֹפָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
k'wp'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
45
דְאַפְרָחוֹהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'prchwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
מִקִנֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mqnyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
4
וִיטַלְטֵיל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wytltyl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
יִתַּפְקָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytpqn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
וִיהֶוְיָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wyhwyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
28
בְּנַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בנת
Transliteration
bnt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
35
מוֹאָב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ואב
Transliteration
mw'b
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
56
מְגִיזַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mgyzn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
לְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הון
Transliteration
lhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1262
לְאַרְנוֹן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'rnwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
11
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 erit: sicut avis fugiens, et pulli de nido avolantes, sic erunt filiæ Moab in transcensu Arnon.

17 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
erit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
sicut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sicut
Transliteration
sicut
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1559
avis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
auis
Transliteration
avis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
52
fugiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fugio
Transliteration
fugiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
351
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
pulli
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pullus
Transliteration
pulli
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
44
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
nido
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nidus
Transliteration
nido
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
15
avolantes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
auolo
Transliteration
avolantes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
11
sic
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sic
Transliteration
sic
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
584
erunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
filiae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filia
Transliteration
filiae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
566
Moab
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
moabes
Transliteration
Moab
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
29
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
transcensu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
transcensu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1
Arnon
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Arnon
Transliteration
Arnon
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
24

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.

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

4 relevance votes

Judges 11:18

Then he went on through the waste land and round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon; they did not come inside the limit of Moab, for the Arnon was the limit of Moab.

3 relevance votes

Isaiah 13:14

And it will be that, like a roe in flight, and like wandering sheep, they will go every man to his people and to his land.

2 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 2:36

From Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon and from the town in the valley as far as Gilead, no town was strong enough to keep us out; the Lord our God gave them all into our hands:

2 relevance votes

Jeremiah 48:20

Moab has been put to shame, she is broken: make loud sounds of grief, crying out for help; give the news in Arnon, that Moab has been made waste.

2 relevance votes

Joshua 13:16

Their limit was from Aroer, on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land by Medeba;

2 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 3:8

At that time we took their land from the two kings of the Amorites on the far side of Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon;

2 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 3:12

And this land which we took at that time, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead with its towns, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites.

2 relevance votes
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