Proverbs
Chapter 29
Verse 2
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Proverbs 29

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2 When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 29:2. 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 44
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.

בִּרְב֣וֹת צַ֭דִּיקִים יִשְׂמַ֣ח הָעָ֑ם וּבִמְשֹׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע יֵאָ֥נַֽח עָֽם׃

8 word entries
בִּרְב֣וֹת
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7235
Occurrences
3
צַ֭דִּיקִים
Lemma
6662
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6662
Occurrences
160
יִשְׂמַ֣ח
Lemma
8055
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8055
Occurrences
88
הָעָ֑ם
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5971
Occurrences
815
וּבִמְשֹׁ֥ל
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4910
Occurrences
1
רָ֝שָׁ֗ע
Lemma
7563
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7563
Occurrences
201
יֵאָ֥נַֽח
Lemma
584
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H584
Occurrences
10
עָֽם
Lemma
5971 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5971
Occurrences
682
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.

Ἐγκωμιαζομένων δικαίων εὐφρανθήσονται λαοὶ, ἀρχόντων δὲ ἀσεβῶν στένουσιν ἄνδρες.

9 word entries
Ἐγκωμιαζομένων
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
egkomiazomenon
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
δικαίων
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
dikaios
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
righteous, just
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Righteous, just, upright.
Occurrences
227
εὐφρανθήσονται
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
eyphranthesontai
Morphology
verb, future middle indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they will ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
18
λαοὶ
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
laoi
Morphology
nominative plural masculine 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
38
ἀρχόντων
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
archon
Morphology
noun/participle substantive, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
ruler, leader
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Ruler, leader, or official.
Occurrences
577
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
στένουσιν
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
stenoysin
Morphology
verb, present/future active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἄνδρες
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
andres
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative plural
Gloss
men
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
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.

ܒܣܘܓܐܐ ܕܙܕܝܩ̈ܐ ܣܓܐ ܥܡܐ ܘܒܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܕܥܘ̈ܠܐ ܢܬܬܢܚ ܥܡܐ

8 word entries
ܒܣܘܓܐܐ
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
bswg''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
28
ܕܙܕܝܩ̈ܐ
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
dzdyq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
69
ܣܓܐ
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
ܣܓܐ
Transliteration
sg'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
ܥܡܐ
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
ܥܡܐ
Transliteration
amma
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
people, nation
Occurrences
688
ܘܒܫܘܠܛܢܐ
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
wbshwltn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
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
ܢܬܬܢܚ
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
nttnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܥܡܐ
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
ܥܡܐ
Transliteration
amma
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
people, nation
Occurrences
688
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.

בְּסוּגְעָא דְצַדִיקֵי חָדֵי עַמָא וּבְשׁוּלְטָנָא דְרַשִׁיעֵי נִתְאֲנַח עַמָא׃

8 word entries
בְּסוּגְעָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bswg''
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
20
דְצַדִיקֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dtsdyqy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
46
חָדֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חדי
Transliteration
chdy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
22
עַמָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עם
Transliteration
'm'
Morphology
noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
people
Occurrences
1754
וּבְשׁוּלְטָנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbshwltn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
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
נִתְאֲנַח
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nt'nch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
עַמָא׃
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עם
Transliteration
'm'
Morphology
noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
people
Occurrences
1754
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.

In multiplicatione justorum lætabitur vulgus; cum impii sumpserint principatum, gemet populus.

11 word entries
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
multiplicatione
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
multiplicatione
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
3
iustorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iustus
Transliteration
iustorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
427
laetabitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
laetor
Transliteration
laetabitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
159
vulgus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uulgus
Transliteration
vulgus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
37
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5272
impii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impii
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
sumpserint
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sumo
Transliteration
sumpserint
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
141
principatum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
principatum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
29
gemet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gemo
Transliteration
gemet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
18
populus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
populus
Transliteration
populus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2030

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 28:12

When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.

25 relevance votes

Proverbs 11:10

When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

21 relevance votes

Proverbs 28:28

When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

15 relevance votes

Esther 8:15

And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.

12 relevance votes

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

10 relevance votes

Esther 3:15

The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.

6 relevance votes

Revelation 11:15

And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.

6 relevance votes

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

3 relevance votes

Matthew 2:3

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

1 relevance votes
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