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Chapter 21
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 21:4. 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 37
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.

רוּם־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּרְחַב־לֵ֑ב נִ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים חַטָּֽאת׃

7 word entries
רוּם
Lemma
7312
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7312
Occurrences
4
עֵ֭ינַיִם
Lemma
5869 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender dual absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
350
וּרְחַב
Lemma
c/7342
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adjective
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7342
Occurrences
6
לֵ֑ב
Lemma
3820 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
463
נִ֖ר
Lemma
5215
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5215
Occurrences
4
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
Lemma
7563
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7563
Occurrences
201
חַטָּֽאת
Lemma
2403 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2403
Occurrences
143
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.

Μεγαλόφρων ἐν ὕβρει θρασυκάρδιος, λαμπτὴρ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἁμαρτία.

8 word entries
Μεγαλόφρων
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
megalophron
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
1
ἐν
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
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
ὕβρει
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
ybrei
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
10
θρασυκάρδιος
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
thrasykardios
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
λαμπτὴρ
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
lampter
Morphology
nominative masculine/feminine kinship noun 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
ἀσεβῶν
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
asebon
Morphology
adjective/substantive, genitive plural
Gloss
of the ungodly
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Ungodly, impious, wicked.
Occurrences
143
ἁμαρτία
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
hamartia
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
sin
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Sin, error, or wrongdoing.
Occurrences
450
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.

ܪܘܡܐ ܕܥܝ̈ܢܐ ܘܪܘܚܬܐ ܕܠܒܐ ܘܫܪܓܐ ܕܥܘ̈ܠܐ ܚܛܝܬܐ

7 word entries
ܪܘܡܐ
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
rwm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
14
ܕܥܝ̈ܢܐ
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'yn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
12
ܘܪܘܚܬܐ
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
wrwht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
ܕܠܒܐ
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
dlb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
13
ܘܫܪܓܐ
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
wshrg'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܕܥܘ̈ܠܐ
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'wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
116
ܚܛܝܬܐ
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
htyt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
26
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.

רָמוּת עַיְנֵי וּבְעֵי לִבָּא וּשְׁרָגָא דְרַשִׁיעֵי לְחֶטְאָה׃

7 word entries
רָמוּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rmwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
28
עַיְנֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'yny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
157
וּבְעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בעי
Transliteration
wb'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
52
לִבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לבא
Transliteration
lb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
168
וּשְׁרָגָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wshrg'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
10
דְרַשִׁיעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
drshy'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
98
לְחֶטְאָה׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lcht'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
17
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.

Exaltatio oculorum est dilatatio cordis; lucerna impiorum peccatum.

8 word entries
exaltatio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
exaltatio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
6
oculorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
oculus
Transliteration
oculorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
682
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
dilatatio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
dilatatio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2
cordis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cor
Transliteration
cordis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1028
lucerna
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lucerna
Transliteration
lucerna
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
64
impiorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impiorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
peccatum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
peccatum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
608

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.

1 Peter 5:5

And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 6:17

Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

8 relevance votes

Luke 18:14

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

4 relevance votes

Isaiah 2:17

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 21:27

The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:8

The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

3 relevance votes

Isaiah 3:16

Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:

2 relevance votes

Romans 14:23

But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 10:4

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 2:11

The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

1 relevance votes

Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

1 relevance votes
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