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Judges 21

Bible in Basic English, Verse 16

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16 Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?

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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.

וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ זִקְנֵ֣י הָעֵדָ֔ה מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים לְנָשִׁ֑ים כִּֽי־נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן אִשָּֽׁה׃

11 word entries
וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
זִקְנֵ֣י
Lemma
2205
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2205
Occurrences
103
הָעֵדָ֔ה
Lemma
d/5712
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5712
Occurrences
78
מַה
Lemma
4100
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
449
נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה
Lemma
6213 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
1634
לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים
Lemma
l/3498
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb niphal participle passive
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3498
Occurrences
2
לְנָשִׁ֑ים
Lemma
l/802
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H802
Occurrences
81
כִּֽי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה
Lemma
8045
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal perfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8045
Occurrences
46
מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן
Lemma
m/1144
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1144
Occurrences
8
אִשָּֽׁה
Lemma
802
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H802
Occurrences
438
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 εἶπον οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῆς συναγωγῆς, τί ποιήσωμεν τοῖς περισσοῖς εἰς γυναῖκας; ὅτι ἠφανίσθη ἀπὸ Βενιαμὶν γυνή.

17 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
εἶπον
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
eipon
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
Gloss
I/they said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
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
πρεσβύτεροι
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
presbyteroi
Morphology
comparative adjective/substantive, masculine nominative plural
Gloss
elders
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Elder, older person, or community leader.
Occurrences
153
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
συναγωγῆς
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
synagoges
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive singular
Gloss
of assembly
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Assembly, gathering, congregation, or synagogue.
Occurrences
166
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
ποιήσωμεν
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
poiesomen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
25
τοῖς
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
περισσοῖς
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
perissois
Morphology
dative plural masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
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
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
γυναῖκας
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
gynaikas
Morphology
noun, feminine accusative plural
Gloss
women, wives
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Woman or wife.
Occurrences
889
ὅτι
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
ὅτι
Transliteration
hoti
Morphology
subordinating conjunction
Gloss
that, because, for
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Conjunction introducing cause, content, or explanation.
Occurrences
3703
ἠφανίσθη
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
ephanisthe
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
ἀπὸ
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
ἀπό
Transliteration
apo
Morphology
preposition with genitive
Gloss
from, away from
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
Occurrences
3869
Βενιαμὶν
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
Beniamin
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Benjamin
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Benjamin.
Occurrences
165
γυνή
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
gyne
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
889
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.

ܘܐܡܪܘ ܣܒ̈ܐ ܕܥܡܐ ܡܢܐ ܢܥܒܕ ܠܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܐܫܬܒܩܘ ܕܠܐ ܢܫ̈ܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܐܫܬܚܪܘ ܡܛܠ ܕܣܦ ܠܗܝܢ ܢ̈ܫܐ ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ

16 word entries
ܘܐܡܪܘ
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>MRW
Morphology
W->MR[W
Occurrences
0
ܣܒ̈ܐ
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
SB">
Morphology
SB/(J~>
Occurrences
0
ܕܥܡܐ
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<M>
Morphology
D-<M=/~>
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
ܢܥܒܕ
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
N<BD
Morphology
!N=!<BD[
Occurrences
0
ܠܐܝܠܝܢ
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>JLJN
Morphology
L->JLJN
Occurrences
0
ܕܐܫܬܒܩܘ
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>CTBQW
Morphology
D-@>(T&C@(C&TBQ[W
Occurrences
0
ܕܠܐ
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
DL>
Morphology
D-L>
Occurrences
0
ܢܫ̈ܐ
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
NC">
Morphology
NC/(J~>
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
ܕܐܫܬܚܪܘ
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>CTXRW
Morphology
D-@>(T&C@](C&T](>XR[W
Occurrences
0
ܡܛܠ
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
MVL
Morphology
MVL
Occurrences
0
ܕܣܦ
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
DSP
Morphology
D-S(WP==[(J=
Occurrences
0
ܠܗܝܢ
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
LHJN
Morphology
L-HJN
Occurrences
0
ܢ̈ܫܐ
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
N"C>
Morphology
NC/(J~>
Occurrences
0
ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ
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
DBNJMJN
Morphology
D-BNJMJN/
Occurrences
0
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.

וַאֲמַרוּ סָבֵי כְנִשְׁתָּא מַה נַעְבֵּד לִדְאִשְׁתַּאֲרוּ לִנְשִׁין אֲרֵי פְסָקַת מִדְבֵית בִּנְיָמִן אִתְּתָא׃

12 word entries
וַאֲמַרוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'mrw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
310
סָבֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
סבי
Transliteration
sby
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
61
כְנִשְׁתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
knsht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
169
מַה
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
417
נַעְבֵּד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
n'bd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
9
לִדְאִשְׁתַּאֲרוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ld'sht'rw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
לִנְשִׁין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lnshyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
אֲרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ארי
Transliteration
'ry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1969
פְסָקַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
psqt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
8
מִדְבֵית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mdbyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
93
בִּנְיָמִן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bnymn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
35
אִתְּתָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
180
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.

Dixeruntque majores natu: Quid faciemus reliquis, qui non acceperunt uxores? omnes in Benjamin feminæ conciderunt,

16 word entries
dixeruntque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixeruntque
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
{dixeruntque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{dixeruntque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
maiores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magnus
Transliteration
maiores
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1017
natu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
natu
Transliteration
natu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
42
quid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quid
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
faciemus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
faciemus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
reliquis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
reliquis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
202
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
acceperunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
accipio
Transliteration
acceperunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
632
uxores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uxor
Transliteration
uxores
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
505
omnes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnes
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
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
Beniamin
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Beniamin
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
158
feminae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
femina
Transliteration
feminae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
42
conciderunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
concido
Transliteration
conciderunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
49
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