20 Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Jeremiah 46:20. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
עֶגְלָ֥ה יְפֵֽה־פִיָּ֖ה מִצְרָ֑יִם קֶ֥רֶץ מִצָּפ֖וֹן בָּ֥א בָֽא׃
עֶגְלָ֥ה
קֶ֥רֶץ
מִצָּפ֖וֹן
בָּ֥א
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.
ܡܨܪܝܢ ܥܓܠܬܐ ܫܦܝܪܬܐ ܡܨܝܪܬܐ ܚܝܠܐ ܡܢ ܓܪܒܝܐ ܐܬܐ ܥܠܝܗ̇
ܡܨܪܝܢ
- 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
- ܡܨܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- msryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 61
ܥܓܠܬܐ
- 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
- ܥܓܠܬܐ
- Transliteration
- 'glt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 12
ܫܦܝܪܬܐ
- 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
- ܫܦܝܪܬܐ
- Transliteration
- shpyrt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 14
ܡܨܝܪܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܨܝܪܬܐ
- Transliteration
- msyrt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 2
ܚܝܠܐ
- 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
- ܚܝܠܐ
- Transliteration
- hyl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 331
ܡܢ
- 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
- ܡܢ
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5552
ܓܪܒܝܐ
- 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
- ܓܪܒܝܐ
- Transliteration
- grby'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 28
ܐܬܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܐܬܐ
- Transliteration
- etha
- Morphology
- verb root/form
- Gloss
- came
- Occurrences
- 214
ܥܠܝܗ̇
- 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
- ܥܠܝܗ
- Transliteration
- 'lyh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 124
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.
מַלְכוּת יָאַיָא הֲוַת מִצְרַיִם עַמְמִין קְטוֹלִין מִצִפּוּנָא יֵיתוּן עֲלָהּ לְמִבְזָהּ׃
מַלְכוּת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לכות
- Transliteration
- mlkwt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 65
יָאַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יאיא
- Transliteration
- y'y'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 6
הֲוַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הות
- Transliteration
- hwt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 264
מִצְרַיִם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צרים
- Transliteration
- mtsrym
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 51
עַמְמִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עממין
- Transliteration
- 'mmyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 116
קְטוֹלִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קטולין
- Transliteration
- qtwlyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 23
מִצִפּוּנָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צפונא
- Transliteration
- mtspwn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 125
יֵיתוּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ייתון
- Transliteration
- yytwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 86
עֲלָהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עלה
- Transliteration
- 'lh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 188
לְמִבְזָהּ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מבזה
- Transliteration
- lmbzh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 3
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Vitula elegans atque formosa Ægyptus, stimulator ab aquilone veniet ei.
vitula
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uitula
- Transliteration
- vitula
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 9
eligans
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- eligo
- Transliteration
- eligans
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 325
atque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- atque
- Transliteration
- atque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 755
formonsa
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- formosus
- Transliteration
- formonsa
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 4
Aegyptus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Aegyptus
- Transliteration
- Aegyptus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 617
stimulator
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- stimulator
- Transliteration
- stimulator
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1
ab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- ab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
aquilone
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aquilo
- Transliteration
- aquilone
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 131
veniet
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- veniet
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
ei
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- ei
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
Coverage: Source-structure exceptions
Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.
Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.
Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate structure
Greek Jeremiah follows a shorter and differently ordered Septuagint tradition, so some Hebrew/English verse numbers do not have a one-to-one Greek panel.
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.
Jeremiah 47:2
This is what the Lord has said: See, waters are coming up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, overflowing the land and everything in it, the town and those who are living in it; and men will give a cry, and all the people of the land will be crying out in pain.
4 relevance votesHosea 10:11
And Ephraim is a trained cow, taking pleasure in crushing the grain; but I have put a yoke on her fair neck; I will put a horseman on the back of Ephraim; Judah will be working the plough, Jacob will be turning up the earth.
4 relevance votesJeremiah 1:14
Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land.
3 relevance votesJeremiah 46:6
Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.
3 relevance votesJeremiah 46:24
The daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be given up into the hands of the people of the north.
2 relevance votesJeremiah 50:11
Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;
2 relevance votesJeremiah 46:10
But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.
2 relevance votesJeremiah 25:9
See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.
2 relevance votes