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Chapter 1
Verse 16
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16 These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Numbers 1:16. 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 58
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.

אֵ֚לֶּה קריאי הָעֵדָ֔ה נְשִׂיאֵ֖י מַטּ֣וֹת אֲבוֹתָ֑ם רָאשֵׁ֛י אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽם׃

11 word entries
אֵ֚לֶּה
Lemma
428
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H428
Occurrences
320
קריאי
Lemma
7148
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7148
Occurrences
3
קְרוּאֵ֣י
Lemma
7121
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle passive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7121
Occurrences
350
הָעֵדָ֔ה
Lemma
d/5712
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5712
Occurrences
78
נְשִׂיאֵ֖י
Lemma
5387 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5387
Occurrences
69
מַטּ֣וֹת
Lemma
4294
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4294
Occurrences
94
אֲבוֹתָ֑ם
Lemma
1
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1
Occurrences
995
רָאשֵׁ֛י
Lemma
7218 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7218
Occurrences
387
אַלְפֵ֥י
Lemma
505
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H505
Occurrences
445
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
Lemma
3478
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3478
Occurrences
2260
הֵֽם
Lemma
1992
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H1992
Occurrences
395
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.

Οὗτοι ἐπίκλητοι τῆς συναγωγῆς, ἄρχοντες τῶν φυλῶν κατὰ πατριὰς αὐτῶν, χιλίαρχοι Ἰσραήλ εἰσι.

13 word entries
Οὗτοι
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
houtos
Morphology
demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
this one
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Definition
This, these.
Occurrences
3767
ἐπίκλητοι
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
epikletoi
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
3
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
ἄρχοντες
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
archon
Morphology
noun/participle substantive, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
ruler, leader
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Ruler, leader, or official.
Occurrences
577
τῶν
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
φυλῶν
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
phylon
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive plural
Gloss
of tribes
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Tribe, clan, or people-group.
Occurrences
251
κατὰ
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
kata
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
according to, against, down
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of κατά.
Occurrences
1973
πατριὰς
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
patrias
Morphology
accusative plural feminine or genitive singular 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
14
αὐτῶν
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
χιλίαρχοι
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
chiliarchoi
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
10
Ἰσραήλ
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
Israel
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Israel
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Israel; the patriarch, people, or land depending on context.
Occurrences
2695
εἰσι
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
eisi
Morphology
verb, present active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they are
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

אִלֵין מְעַרְעֵי כְנִשְׁתָּא רַבְרְבֵי שִׁבְטֵי אֲבָהַתְהוֹן רֵישֵׁי אַלְפַיָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל אִנוּן

10 word entries
אִלֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
187
מְעַרְעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
m'r'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
6
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
92
רַבְרְבֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rbrby
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
31
שִׁבְטֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shbty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
אֲבָהַתְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bhthwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
48
רֵישֵׁי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
ריש
Transliteration
ryshy
Morphology
noun masculine singular
Gloss
head, chief, beginning
Occurrences
128
אַלְפַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lpy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
דְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
dyshr'l
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + proper noun
Gloss
of/that Israel
Occurrences
609
אִנוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'nwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
120
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.

ܗܠܝܢ ܩܪ̈ܝܚܐ ܕܟܢܘܫܬܐ. ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ ܕܫܒ̈ܛܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܒܗܝ̈ܗܘܢ. ܪ̈ܫܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܕܐܠܦ̈ܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ.

11 word entries
ܗܠܝܢ
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
hlyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
840
ܩܪ̈ܝܚܐ
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
qryh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܕܟܢܘܫܬܐ
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
dknwsht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
16
ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ
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
rwrbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
119
ܕܫܒ̈ܛܐ
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
dshbt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
51
ܕܒܝܬ
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
dbyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
401
ܐܒܗܝ̈ܗܘܢ
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
'bhyhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
75
ܪ̈ܫܐ
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
ܪܫܐ
Transliteration
rsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
83
ܐܢܘܢ
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
'nwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1636
ܕܐܠܦ̈ܐ
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
d'lp'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
12
ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ
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
d'ysryl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
669
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.

Hi nobilissimi principes multitudinis per tribus et cognationes suas, et capita exercitus Israël,

13 word entries
hii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hii
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
nobilissimi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nobilis
Transliteration
nobilissimi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
34
principes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
principes
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
830
multitudinis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
multitudinis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
391
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
tribus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tres
Transliteration
tribus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
502
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
cognationes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
cognationes
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
161
suas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suas
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
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
capita
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caput
Transliteration
capita
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
501
exercitus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
exercitus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
631
Israhel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Israel
Transliteration
Israhel
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
2547

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.

Exodus 18:21

But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

5 relevance votes

Exodus 18:25

And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.

5 relevance votes

Numbers 7:2

Then the chiefs of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings; these were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered.

5 relevance votes

Numbers 26:9

And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram who had a place in the meeting of the people, who together with Korah made an outcry against Moses and Aaron and against the Lord:

4 relevance votes

Numbers 1:4

And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.

3 relevance votes

Numbers 16:2

And came before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty chiefs of the people, men of good name who had a place in the meeting of the people.

3 relevance votes

Micah 5:2

And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.

2 relevance votes

1 Samuel 22:7

Then Saul said to his servants who were there about him, Give ear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give to every one of you fields and vine-gardens, will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands;

2 relevance votes

Numbers 11:17

And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.

2 relevance votes

1 Samuel 23:23

So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.

2 relevance votes

Judges 6:15

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

2 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 1:15

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

2 relevance votes
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