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Proverbs 19

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20 Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 19:20. 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 43
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.

שְׁמַ֣ע עֵ֭צָה וְקַבֵּ֣ל מוּסָ֑ר לְ֝מַ֗עַן תֶּחְכַּ֥ם בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃

7 word entries
שְׁמַ֣ע
Lemma
8085
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
784
עֵ֭צָה
Lemma
6098
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6098
Occurrences
59
וְקַבֵּ֣ל
Lemma
c/6901
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb piel imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6901
Occurrences
8
מוּסָ֑ר
Lemma
4148
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4148
Occurrences
42
לְ֝מַ֗עַן
Lemma
4616
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4616
Occurrences
254
תֶּחְכַּ֥ם
Lemma
2449
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2449
Occurrences
21
בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ
Lemma
b/319
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H319
Occurrences
20
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.

Ἄκουε, υἱὲ, παιδείαν πατρός σου, ἵνα σοφὸς γένῃ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων σου.

11 word entries
Ἄκουε
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
akoue
Morphology
verb, present active imperative, 2nd singular
Gloss
hear, listen
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To hear, listen, or obey.
Occurrences
438
υἱὲ
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
huios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
son
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Son, descendant, or member of a group.
Occurrences
4805
παιδείαν
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
paideian
Morphology
noun, feminine accusative singular
Gloss
instruction, discipline
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Instruction, training, discipline, or correction.
Occurrences
71
πατρός
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
pater
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
father
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Father or ancestor.
Occurrences
1228
σου
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
ἵνα
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
ἵνα
Transliteration
hina
Morphology
subordinating conjunction
Gloss
so that, in order that
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Purpose/result conjunction.
Occurrences
423
σοφὸς
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
sophos
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
wise
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Wise, skilled, or prudent.
Occurrences
61
γένῃ
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
gene
Morphology
nominative feminine 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
12
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
ἐσχάτων
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
eschaton
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
27
σου
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
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.

ܫܡܥ ܡܠ̣ܟܐ ܘܩܒܠ ܡܪܕܘܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܬܬܚܟܡ ܒܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܟ

7 word entries
ܫܡܥ
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
ܫܡܥ
Transliteration
shm'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
166
ܡܠ̣ܟܐ
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
malka
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
king
Occurrences
1870
ܘܩܒܠ
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
wqbl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
14
ܡܪܕܘܬܐ
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
mrdwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
25
ܐܝܟ
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
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2051
ܕܬܬܚܟܡ
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
dtthkm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܒܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܟ
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
b'wrhtk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
4
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.

שְׁמַע עֵצְתָא וְקַבֵּל מַרְדוּתָא מְטוּל דְתִתְחַכַּם בְּסוֹפָךְ׃

7 word entries
שְׁמַע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שמע
Transliteration
shm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
154
עֵצְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tst'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
10
וְקַבֵּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
קבל
Transliteration
wqbl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
152
מַרְדוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mrdwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
24
מְטוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טול
Transliteration
mtwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
322
דְתִתְחַכַּם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dttchkm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
בְּסוֹפָךְ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bswpk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
4
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.

Audi consilium, et suscipe disciplinam, ut sis sapiens in novissimis tuis.

11 word entries
audi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
consilium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
consilium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
232
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
suscipe
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
suscipe
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
184
disciplinam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
disciplinam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
94
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
sis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
sapiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapiens
Transliteration
sapiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
208
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
novissimis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nouus
Transliteration
novissimis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
312
tuis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tuis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615

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 12:15

The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

20 relevance votes

Proverbs 4:1

Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

9 relevance votes

Proverbs 1:8

My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

9 relevance votes

Numbers 23:10

Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!

8 relevance votes

Psalms 90:14

In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 37:37

Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

6 relevance votes

Psalms 90:12

So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.

6 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 8:16

Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

5 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 32:29

If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

4 relevance votes
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