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Lamentations 3

Bible in Basic English, Verse 38

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³⁸ Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Lamentations 3:38. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

מִפִּ֤י עֶלְיוֹן֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָרָע֖וֹת וְהַטּֽוֹב׃

6 word entries

מִפִּ֤י

Lemma: m/6310
Morphology: Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech: preposition
Strong's: H6310
Occurrences: 51

עֶלְיוֹן֙

Lemma: 5945 b
Morphology: Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech: adjective
Strong's: H5945
Occurrences: 25

לֹ֣א

Lemma: 3808
Morphology: Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech: particle
Strong's: H3808
Occurrences: 3277

תֵצֵ֔א

Lemma: 3318
Morphology: Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech: verb
Strong's: H3318
Occurrences: 539

הָרָע֖וֹת

Lemma: d/7451 c
Morphology: Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech: particle
Strong's: H7451
Occurrences: 80

וְהַטּֽוֹב

Lemma: c/d/2896 a
Morphology: Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + adjective
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: H2896
Occurrences: 4

Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

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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.

Ἐκ στόματος ὑψίστου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεται τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν.

10 word entries

Ἐκ

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: ἐκ
Transliteration: ek
Morphology: preposition with genitive
Gloss: from, out of
Part of Speech: preposition
Definition: Preposition commonly taking the genitive; form before a vowel.
Occurrences: 3500

στόματος

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: στόμα
Transliteration: stoma
Morphology: noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss: mouth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Mouth, opening, or speech.
Occurrences: 384

ὑψίστου

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: ὕψιστος
Transliteration: hypsistou
Morphology: superlative adjective/substantive, masculine/neuter genitive singular
Gloss: of the Most High
Part of Speech: adjective/substantive
Definition: Highest, most high; often a divine title.
Occurrences: 81

οὐκ

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: οὐ
Transliteration: ou
Morphology: negative particle
Gloss: not
Part of Speech: particle
Definition: Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences: 5892

ἐξελεύσεται

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: ἐξέρχομαι
Transliteration: exeleusetai
Morphology: verb, future middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss: he/she/it will go out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: To go out, come out, or depart.
Occurrences: 386

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: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

κακὰ

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: κακός
Transliteration: kaka
Morphology: adjective/substantive, nominative/accusative neuter plural
Gloss: evil things, bad things
Part of Speech: adjective/substantive
Definition: Bad, evil, harmful, or wicked.
Occurrences: 242

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

τὸ

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: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

ἀγαθόν

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.
Lemma: Ἀγαθόν
Transliteration: agathon
Morphology: proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss: Ἀγαθόν
Part of Speech: proper noun
Definition: Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences: 21

Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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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.

ܡܢ ܦܘܡܗ ܕܥܠܝܐ݃ ܠܐ ܢܦܩ̈ܢ ܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ ܘܛܒ̈ܬܐ̣

7 word entries

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

ܦܘܡܗ

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: ܦܘܡܗ
Transliteration: pwmh
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences: 115

ܕܥܠܝܐ݃

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: ܕܥܠܝܐ
Transliteration: d'ly'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences: 3

ܠܐ

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: ܠܐ
Transliteration: la
Morphology: negative particle
Gloss: not
Occurrences: 2566

ܢܦܩ̈ܢ

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: ܢܦܩܢ
Transliteration: npqn
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences: 8

ܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ

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: ܒܝܫܬܐ
Transliteration: bysht'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences: 352

ܘܛܒ̈ܬܐ̣

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: ܘܛܒܬܐ
Transliteration: wtbt'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 7

Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

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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.

מִפִּי אֱלָהָא לָא תִיפּוֹק בִּישָׁתָא אֱלָהֵן עַל בְּרַת קָלָא רְמִיזָא בְּגִין חֲטוּפִין דְאִתְמְלִיאַת אַרְעָא וּבְעִידַן דְבָעֵי לְמִגְזַר טוּבָא בְּעַלְמָא מִן פּוּם קְוּדְשָׁא נַפְקָא׃

23 word entries

מִפִּי

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: מפי
Transliteration: mpy
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 1

אֱלָהָא

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: אלה
Transliteration: 'lh'
Morphology: noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss: God
Occurrences: 779

לָא

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: לא
Transliteration: l'
Morphology: negative particle
Gloss: not
Occurrences: 2611

תִיפּוֹק

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: תיפוק
Transliteration: typwq
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 2

בִּישָׁתָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: ישתא
Transliteration: bysht'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 193

אֱלָהֵן

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: אלהן
Transliteration: 'lhn
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 58

עַל

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: על
Transliteration: 'l
Morphology: preposition
Gloss: on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences: 3568

בְּרַת

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: ברת
Transliteration: brt
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 29

קָלָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: קלא
Transliteration: ql'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 38

רְמִיזָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: רמיזא
Transliteration: rmyz'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 1

בְּגִין

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: גין
Transliteration: bgyn
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences: 102

חֲטוּפִין

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: חטופין
Transliteration: chtwpyn
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 26

דְאִתְמְלִיאַת

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: אתמליאת
Transliteration: d'tmly't
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences: 17

אַרְעָא

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: ארע
Transliteration: 'r''
Morphology: noun feminine singular emphatic
Gloss: earth, land
Occurrences: 1735

וּבְעִידַן

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: בעידן
Transliteration: wb'ydn
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 3

דְבָעֵי

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: בעי
Transliteration: db'y
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences: 52

לְמִגְזַר

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: מגזר
Transliteration: lmgzr
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences: 6

טוּבָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: טובא
Transliteration: twb'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 39

בְּעַלְמָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: עלמא
Transliteration: b'lm'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 549

מִן

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: מן
Transliteration: mn
Morphology: preposition
Gloss: from, out of, than
Occurrences: 2836

פּוּם

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: פום
Transliteration: pwm
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 45

קְוּדְשָׁא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: קודשא
Transliteration: qwdsh'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 130

נַפְקָא׃

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: נפקא
Transliteration: npq'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 14

Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Source

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Mem Ex ore Altissimi non egredientur nec mala nec bona?

10 word entries

MEM

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: ego
Transliteration: MEM
Morphology: GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences: 6108

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: ex
Transliteration: ex
Morphology: GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences: 1715

ore

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: os
Transliteration: ore
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 657

Altissimi

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: altus
Transliteration: Altissimi
Morphology: GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences: 112

non

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: non
Transliteration: non
Morphology: GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences: 7320

egredientur

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: egredior
Transliteration: egredientur
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 667

nec

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: nec
Transliteration: nec
Morphology: GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences: 750

mala

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: malus
Transliteration: mala
Morphology: GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences: 671

nec

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: nec
Transliteration: nec
Morphology: GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences: 750

bona

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: bonus
Transliteration: bona
Morphology: GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences: 847

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