20 And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelahites: of Perez, the family of the Perezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Numbers 26:20. 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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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיִּהְי֣וּ בְנֵי־יְהוּדָה֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְשֵׁלָ֗ה מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַשֵּׁ֣לָנִ֔י לְפֶ֕רֶץ מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַפַּרְצִ֑י לְזֶ֕רַח מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַזַּרְחִֽי׃
וַיִּהְי֣וּ
בְנֵי
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒
לְשֵׁלָ֗ה
מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת֙
הַשֵּׁ֣לָנִ֔י
לְפֶ֕רֶץ
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת
הַפַּרְצִ֑י
לְזֶ֕רַח
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת
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.
Τῷ Ἰασοὺβ, δῆμος ὁ Ἰασουβί· τῷ Σαμρὰμ, δῆμος ὁ Σαμραμί.
Τῷ
- 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
Ἰασοὺβ
- 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
- Ἰασοὺβ
- Transliteration
- iasoyb
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἰασοὺβ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 4
δῆμος
- 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
- δῆμος
- Transliteration
- demos
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- people, district
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- People, populace, or district.
- Occurrences
- 151
ὁ
- 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
Ἰασουβί
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἰασουβί
- Transliteration
- iasoybi
- Morphology
- dative singular or indeclinable form 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
τῷ
- 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
Σαμρὰμ
- 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.
- Lemma
- Σαμρὰμ
- Transliteration
- samram
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Σαμρὰμ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
δῆμος
- 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
- δῆμος
- Transliteration
- demos
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- people, district
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- People, populace, or district.
- Occurrences
- 151
ὁ
- 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
Σαμραμί
- 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.
- Lemma
- σαμραμί
- Transliteration
- samrami
- Morphology
- dative singular or indeclinable form 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
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
וַהֲווֹ בְנֵי יְהוּדָה לְזַרְעֲיַתְהוֹן לְשֵׁלָה זַרְעִית שֵׁלָה לְפֶרֶץ זַרְעִית פֶּרֶץ לְזֶרַח זַרְעִית זָרַח
וַהֲווֹ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הוו
- Transliteration
- whww
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 91
בְנֵי
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בר
- Transliteration
- bny
- Morphology
- noun plural construct
- Gloss
- sons, children of
- Occurrences
- 1211
יְהוּדָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יהודה
- Transliteration
- yhwdh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 48
לְזַרְעֲיַתְהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זרעיתהון
- Transliteration
- lzr'ythwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 53
לְשֵׁלָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שלה
- Transliteration
- lshlh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 7
זַרְעִית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זרעית
- Transliteration
- zr'yt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 119
שֵׁלָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שלה
- Transliteration
- shlh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 7
לְפֶרֶץ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פרץ
- Transliteration
- lprts
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 8
זַרְעִית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זרעית
- Transliteration
- zr'yt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 119
פֶּרֶץ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פרץ
- Transliteration
- prts
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 8
לְזֶרַח
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זרח
- Transliteration
- lzrch
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 9
זַרְעִית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זרעית
- Transliteration
- zr'yt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 119
זָרַח
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זרח
- Transliteration
- zrch
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 9
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.
ܘܗܘܘ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܝܗܘܕܐ ܠܫܪ̈ܒܬܗܘܢ. ܫܠܐ ܫܪܒܬܐ ܕܫܠܐ. ܦܪܨ ܫܪܒܬܐ ܕܦܪܨ. ܙܪܚ ܫܪܒܬܐ ܕܙܪܚ.
ܘܗܘܘ
- 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
- ܘܗܘܘ
- Transliteration
- whww
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 114
ܒܢ̈ܝ
- 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
- ܒܢܝ
- Transliteration
- bnay
- Morphology
- noun, masculine construct plural
- Gloss
- sons, children of
- Occurrences
- 882
ܝܗܘܕܐ
- 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
- ܝܗܘܕܐ
- Transliteration
- yhwd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 374
ܠܫܪ̈ܒܬܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܠܫܪܒܬܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lshrbthwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 57
ܫܠܐ
- 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
- ܫܠܐ
- Transliteration
- shl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 10
ܫܪܒܬܐ
- 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
- ܫܪܒܬܐ
- Transliteration
- shrbt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 157
ܕܫܠܐ
- 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
- ܕܫܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dshl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܦܪܨ
- 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
- ܦܪܨ
- Transliteration
- prs
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 10
ܫܪܒܬܐ
- 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
- ܫܪܒܬܐ
- Transliteration
- shrbt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 157
ܕܦܪܨ
- 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
- ܕܦܪܨ
- Transliteration
- dprs
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 7
ܙܪܚ
- 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
- ܙܪܚ
- Transliteration
- zrh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 11
ܫܪܒܬܐ
- 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
- ܫܪܒܬܐ
- Transliteration
- shrbt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 157
ܕܙܪܚ
- 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
- ܕܙܪܚ
- Transliteration
- dzrh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 6
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Fueruntque filii Juda per cognationes suas: Sela, a quo familia Selaitarum: Phares, a quo familia Pharesitarum: Zare, a quo familia Zareitarum.
fueruntque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- fueruntque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
{fueruntque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {fueruntque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
filii
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filius
- Transliteration
- filii
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 5067
Iuda
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Iuda
- Transliteration
- Iuda
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 970
per
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- per
- Transliteration
- per
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1915
cognationes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cognatio
- Transliteration
- cognationes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 161
suas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- suas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
Sela
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- selus
- Transliteration
- Sela
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 5
a
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- a
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
quo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
familia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- familia
- Transliteration
- familia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 251
Selanitarum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Selanitae
- Transliteration
- Selanitarum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1
Phares
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Phares
- Transliteration
- Phares
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 23
a
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- a
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
quo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
familia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- familia
- Transliteration
- familia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 251
Pharesitarum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Pharesitae
- Transliteration
- Pharesitarum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1
Zare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Zares
- Transliteration
- Zare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 5
a
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- a
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
quo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
familia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- familia
- Transliteration
- familia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 251
Zareitarum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Zareitae
- Transliteration
- Zareitarum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 2
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.
Genesis 46:12
And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
4 relevance votesNehemiah 11:24
And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.
4 relevance votesGenesis 38:5
Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
2 relevance votesNehemiah 11:4
And in Jerusalem there were living certain of the children of Judah and of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah, the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
2 relevance votesGenesis 38:11
Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's house.
2 relevance votesMatthew 1:3
And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram;
2 relevance votesNehemiah 11:6
All the sons of Perez living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of good position.
2 relevance votesGenesis 38:14
She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.
2 relevance votes1 Chronicles 4:21
The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of those who made delicate linen, of the family of Ashbea;
2 relevance votesLuke 3:33
The son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
2 relevance votes