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Chapter 15
Verse 1
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Proverbs 15

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1 By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 15:1. 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 46
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.

מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּדְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃

8 word entries
מַֽעֲנֶה
Lemma
4617
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4617
Occurrences
6
רַּ֭ךְ
Lemma
7390
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7390
Occurrences
10
יָשִׁ֣יב
Lemma
7725
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7725
Occurrences
534
חֵמָ֑ה
Lemma
2534
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2534
Occurrences
81
וּדְבַר
Lemma
c/1697
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
39
עֶ֝֗צֶב
Lemma
6089 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6089
Occurrences
3
יַעֲלֶה
Lemma
5927
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5927
Occurrences
451
אָֽף
Lemma
639
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H639
Occurrences
204
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.

Ὀργὴ ἀπόλλυσι καὶ φρονίμους, ἀπόκρισις δὲ ὑποπίπτουσα ἀποστρέφει θυμὸν, λόγος δὲ λυπηρὸς ἐγείρει ὀργάς.

14 word entries
Ὀργὴ
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
orge
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
wrath, anger
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Wrath, anger, or indignation.
Occurrences
216
ἀπόλλυσι
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
apollysi
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
4
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
φρονίμους
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
phronimoys
Morphology
accusative plural masculine or genitive singular neuter 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
4
ἀπόκρισις
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
apokrisis
Morphology
nominative singular feminine third-declension pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
δὲ
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
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
ὑποπίπτουσα
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.
Transliteration
ypopiptoysa
Morphology
present active participle, nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss
doing/being ...
Part of Speech
participle
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἀποστρέφει
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.
Transliteration
apostrephei
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
2
θυμὸν
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
thymon
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
36
λόγος
Status
Machine-aligned lexicon entry
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
Note
Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
Transliteration
logos
Morphology
noun
Gloss
Word
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
1103
δὲ
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
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
λυπηρὸς
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.
Transliteration
lyperos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive 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
2
ἐγείρει
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
egeirei
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
8
ὀργάς
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.
Transliteration
orgas
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
2
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.

ܡܠܬܐ ܪܟܝܟܬܐ ܡܗܦܟܐ ܚܡܬܐ ܘܡܠܬܐ ܩܫܝܬܐ ܡܥܝܪܐ ܪܘܓܙܐ

8 word entries
ܡܠܬܐ
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.
Transliteration
meltha
Morphology
noun, feminine emphatic singular
Gloss
word, matter
Occurrences
116
ܪܟܝܟܬܐ
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
rkykt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܡܗܦܟܐ
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
mhpk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
ܚܡܬܐ
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
hmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
43
ܘܡܠܬܐ
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
wmlt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
ܩܫܝܬܐ
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
qshyt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
11
ܡܥܝܪܐ
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
m'yr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
ܪܘܓܙܐ
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
rwgz'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
47
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.

מִלְתָא רְכִכְתָּא מְהַפְּכָא חֶמְתָּא וּמִלְתָא דְעַזִיזָא מַסְקָא רוּגְזָא׃

8 word entries
מִלְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לתא
Transliteration
mlt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
24
רְכִכְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rkkt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
מְהַפְּכָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mhpk'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
חֶמְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chmt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
7
וּמִלְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wmlt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
7
דְעַזִיזָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'zyz'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
מַסְקָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
סקא
Transliteration
msq'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
14
רוּגְזָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rwgz'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
81
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.

[Responsio mollis frangit iram; sermo durus suscitat furorem.

8 word entries
responsio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
responsio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
4
mollis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mollis
Transliteration
mollis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
11
frangit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
frango
Transliteration
frangit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
43
iram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ira
Transliteration
iram
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
265
sermo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sermo
Transliteration
sermo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
626
durus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
durus
Transliteration
durus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
64
suscitat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suscito
Transliteration
suscitat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
163
furorem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
furor
Transliteration
furorem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
233

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.

Proverbs 25:15

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

48 relevance votes

Proverbs 10:12

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

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Proverbs 15:18

An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

43 relevance votes

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

34 relevance votes

Proverbs 28:25

He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

21 relevance votes

2 Samuel 19:43

And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.

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