13 Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 16:13. 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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Word Entries
37
Editorial Notes
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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.
רְצ֣וֹן מְ֭לָכִים שִׂפְתֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְדֹבֵ֖ר יְשָׁרִ֣ים יֶאֱהָֽב׃
7 word entries
רְצ֣וֹן
מְ֭לָכִים
שִׂפְתֵי
צֶ֑דֶק
וְדֹבֵ֖ר
יְשָׁרִ֣ים
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.
Δεκτὰ βασιλεῖ χείλη δίκαια, λόγους δέ ὀρθοὺς ἀγαπᾷ.
8 word entries
Δεκτὰ
- 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
- δεκτὰ
- Transliteration
- dekta
- Morphology
- nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
- 7
βασιλεῖ
- 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
- βασιλεύς
- Transliteration
- basileus
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- king
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- King or ruler.
- Occurrences
- 3067
χείλη
- 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
- χεῖλος
- Transliteration
- cheile
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative plural
- Gloss
- lips
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Lip, edge, or shore.
- Occurrences
- 117
δίκαια
- 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
- δίκαια
- Transliteration
- dikaia
- Morphology
- nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
λόγους
- 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
- λόγος
- Transliteration
- logous
- Morphology
- noun, masculine accusative plural
- Gloss
- words, matters
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
- Strong's
- G3056
- Occurrences
- 1103
δέ
- 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
ὀρθοὺς
- 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
- ὀρθοὺς
- Transliteration
- orthoys
- Morphology
- nominative masculine/feminine singular or accusative plural pattern depending on context
- 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
ἀγαπᾷ
- 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
- Ἀγαπᾷ
- Transliteration
- agap
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἀγαπᾷ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 24
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.
ܨܒܝܢܗ ܕܡܠܟܐ ܣ̈ܦܘܬܗ ܕܙܕܝܩܐ ܘܡܠܬܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܨܐ ܪܚܡ
7 word entries
ܨܒܝܢܗ
- 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
- ܨܒܝܢܗ
- Transliteration
- sbynh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 15
ܕܡܠܟܐ
- 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
- ܕܡܠܟܐ
- Transliteration
- dmlk'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 458
ܣ̈ܦܘܬܗ
- 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
- ܣܦܘܬܗ
- Transliteration
- spwth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 22
ܕܙܕܝܩܐ
- 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
- ܕܙܕܝܩܐ
- Transliteration
- dzdyq'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 69
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.
- Lemma
- ܘܡܠܬܐ
- Transliteration
- wmlt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 9
ܕܬܪ̈ܝܨܐ
- 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
- ܕܬܪܝܨܐ
- Transliteration
- dtrys'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 13
ܪܚܡ
- 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
- ܪܚܡ
- Transliteration
- rhm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 38
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.
רְעוּתֵיהּ דְמַלְכָּא שִׂפְוָתָא דְצִדְקְתָא וּמִלְתָא דִתְרִצֵי רָחֵם׃
7 word entries
רְעוּתֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רעותיה
- Transliteration
- r'wtyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 26
דְמַלְכָּא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מלך
- Transliteration
- dmlk'
- Morphology
- prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- of/that king
- Occurrences
- 2509
שִׂפְוָתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שפותא
- Transliteration
- shpwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 7
דְצִדְקְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צדקתא
- Transliteration
- dtsdqt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 64
וּמִלְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מלתא
- Transliteration
- wmlt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 7
דִתְרִצֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תרצי
- Transliteration
- dtrtsy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
רָחֵם׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רחם
- Transliteration
- rchm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 29
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.
Voluntas regum labia justa; qui recta loquitur diligetur.
8 word entries
voluntas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uoluntas
- Transliteration
- voluntas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 170
regum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rex
- Transliteration
- regum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 2981
labia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- labium
- Transliteration
- labia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 109
iusta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iustus
- Transliteration
- iusta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 427
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
recta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rectus
- Transliteration
- recta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 112
loquitur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- loquor
- Transliteration
- loquitur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1543
diligetur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diligo
- Transliteration
- diligetur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 338
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 14:35
The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.
5 relevance votesProverbs 22:11
He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
4 relevance votes