Lamentations
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Lamentations 5

Bible in Basic English, Verse 18

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18 Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Lamentations 5:18. 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 40
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.

עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ פ

7 word entries
עַ֤ל
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
הַר
Lemma
2022
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2022
Occurrences
206
צִיּוֹן֙
Lemma
6726
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6726
Occurrences
107
שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם
Lemma
s/8074
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative + verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H8074
Occurrences
1
שׁוּעָלִ֖ים
Lemma
7776
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7776
Occurrences
6
הִלְּכוּ
Lemma
1980
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1980
Occurrences
372
בֽוֹ
Lemma
b
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
1362
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.

Ἐπʼ ὄρος Σιὼν, ὅτι ἠφανίσθη, ἀλώπεκες διῆλθον ἐν αὐτῇ.

9 word entries
Ἐπʼ
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
ἐπί
Transliteration
ep
Morphology
preposition, elided form
Gloss
on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences
6685
ὄρος
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
oros
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
mountain
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Mountain or hill.
Occurrences
607
Σιὼν
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
Sion
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Zion
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Zion.
Occurrences
181
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
ἀλώπεκες
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
alopekes
Morphology
nominative/vocative plural masculine/feminine 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
διῆλθον
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
dielthon
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
24
ἐν
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
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
αὐτῇ
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
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.

ܥܠ ܛܘܪܐ ܕܨܗܝܘܢ ܕܚ̣ܪܒ̣̇. ܘܬ̈ܥܠܐ ܗܠܟܘ ܒܗ

7 word entries
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3346
ܛܘܪܐ
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
twr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
170
ܕܨܗܝܘܢ
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
dshywn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
54
ܕܚ̣ܪܒ̣̇
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
dhrb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
10
ܘܬ̈ܥܠܐ
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
wt'l'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܗܠܟܘ
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
hlkw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
18
ܒܗ
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
ܒܗ
Transliteration
bh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
571
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.

עַל טוּרָא דְצִיּוֹן דְהוּא צָדֵי תַעֲלִין הֲלִיכוּ בֵיהּ׃

8 word entries
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
טוּרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
twr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
181
דְצִיּוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dtsywn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
154
דְהוּא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוא
Transliteration
dhw'
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
of/that he, it
Occurrences
992
צָדֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
צדי
Transliteration
tsdy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
8
תַעֲלִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
t'lyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
הֲלִיכוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
hlykw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
42
בֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ביה
Transliteration
byh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
359
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.

propter montem Sion quia disperiit; vulpes ambulaverunt in eo.

9 word entries
propter
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
propter
Transliteration
propter
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
688
montem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mons
Transliteration
montem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
644
Sion
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Sion
Transliteration
Sion
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
174
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
disperiit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
disperiit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12
vulpes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uulpes
Transliteration
vulpes
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8
ambulaverunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ambulo
Transliteration
ambulaverunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
412
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
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
eo
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
698

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.

Micah 3:12

For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.

4 relevance votes

Jeremiah 9:11

And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.

3 relevance votes

Jeremiah 17:3

I will give your wealth and all your stores to be taken away in war without a price, because of your sins in every part of your land.

2 relevance votes

Jeremiah 52:13

And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire:

2 relevance votes

Jeremiah 26:9

Why have you said in the name of the Lord, This house will be like Shiloh, and this land a waste with no one living in it? And all the people had come together to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

2 relevance votes
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