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Job 3

Bible in Basic English, Verse 9

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9 Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 3:9. 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.

יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֪י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ יְקַו־לְא֥וֹר וָאַ֑יִן וְאַל־יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃

10 word entries
יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮
Lemma
2821
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2821
Occurrences
13
כּוֹכְבֵ֪י
Lemma
3556
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3556
Occurrences
11
נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ
Lemma
5399
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5399
Occurrences
5
יְקַו
Lemma
6960 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6960
Occurrences
33
לְא֥וֹר
Lemma
l/216
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H216
Occurrences
22
וָאַ֑יִן
Lemma
c/369
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H369
Occurrences
265
וְאַל
Lemma
c/408
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H408
Occurrences
148
יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה
Lemma
7200
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal jussive 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
675
בְּעַפְעַפֵּי
Lemma
b/6079
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6079
Occurrences
2
שָֽׁחַר
Lemma
7837
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7837
Occurrences
11
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.

Σκοτωθείη τὰ ἄστρα τῆς νυκτὸς ἐκείνης· ὑπομείναι, καὶ εἰς φωτισμὸν μὴ ἔλθοι, καὶ μὴ ἴδοι Ἑωσφόρον ἀνατέλλοντα.

17 word entries
Σκοτωθείη
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
skototheie
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
τὰ
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
ἄστρα
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
astra
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
17
τῆς
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
νυκτὸς
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
νύξ
Transliteration
nyktos
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive singular
Gloss
of night
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Night.
Occurrences
157
ἐκείνης
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
ekeines
Morphology
genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine 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
29
ὑπομείναι
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
ypomeinai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
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
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
φωτισμὸν
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
photismon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
2
μὴ
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
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
ἔλθοι
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
elthoi
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
9
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
μὴ
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
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
ἴδοι
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
idoi
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
8
Ἑωσφόρον
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
eosphoron
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
ἀνατέλλοντα
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
anatellonta
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
3
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.

ܢܚܫܟܘܢ ܟܘܟ̈ܒܝ ܫܦܪܗ ܢܣܟܘܢ ܠܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܠܐ ܢܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܘܠܐ ܢܚܙܐ ܒܙ̈ܠܝܩܝ ܫܦܪܐ

12 word entries
ܢܚܫܟܘܢ
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
nhshkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1
ܟܘܟ̈ܒܝ
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
kwkby
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܫܦܪܗ
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
shprh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܢܣܟܘܢ
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
nskwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
2
ܠܢܘܗܪܐ
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
lnwhr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
13
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1993
ܢܗܘܐ
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
nhw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
324
ܠܗ
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1993
ܢܚܙܐ
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
nhz'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
33
ܒܙ̈ܠܝܩܝ
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
bzlyqy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
ܫܦܪܐ
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
shpr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
10
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.

יִתְחַשְׁכוּן כּוֹכְבֵי נֶשֶׁף שִׁירֵיהּ יִסְתְּכֵי לְאַנְהָרָא וְלָא יֶחֱמֵי בְּתִימוֹרֵי קְרַצְתָּא׃

10 word entries
יִתְחַשְׁכוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytchshkwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
כּוֹכְבֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
kwkby
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
5
נֶשֶׁף
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נשף
Transliteration
nshp
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
שִׁירֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shyryh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
יִסְתְּכֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ystky
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
לְאַנְהָרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'nhr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
13
וְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולא
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1587
יֶחֱמֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ychmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
14
בְּתִימוֹרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
btymwry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
3
קְרַצְתָּא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qrtst'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
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.

Obtenebrentur stellæ caligine ejus; expectet lucem, et non videat, nec ortum surgentis auroræ.

13 word entries
obtenebrentur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
obtenebrentur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1
stellae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stella
Transliteration
stellae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
59
caligine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caligo
Transliteration
caligine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
48
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
expectet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
expectet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
123
lucem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lux
Transliteration
lucem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
154
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
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
videat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
videat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
nec
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nec
Transliteration
nec
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
750
ortum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ortus
Transliteration
ortum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
35
surgentis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
surgo
Transliteration
surgentis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
421
aurorae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aurora
Transliteration
aurorae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8

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.

Job 41:18

His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.

4 relevance votes

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.

2 relevance votes

Jeremiah 8:15

We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.

2 relevance votes

Job 30:26

For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

2 relevance votes
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