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Proverbs 21

Brenton Septuagint Translation, Verse 28

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28 A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 21:28. 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 36
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain
Source

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

עֵד־כְּזָבִ֥ים יֹאבֵ֑ד וְאִ֥ישׁ שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ לָנֶ֥צַח יְדַבֵּֽר׃

7 word entries
עֵד
Lemma
5707
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5707
Occurrences
51
כְּזָבִ֥ים
Lemma
3577
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3577
Occurrences
29
יֹאבֵ֑ד
Lemma
6
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6
Occurrences
103
וְאִ֥ישׁ
Lemma
c/376
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
203
שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ
Lemma
8085
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
784
לָנֶ֥צַח
Lemma
l/5331
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5331
Occurrences
31
יְדַבֵּֽר
Lemma
1696
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1696
Occurrences
702
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain
Source

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.

Μάρτυς ψευδὴς ἀπολεῖται, ἀνὴρ δὲ ὑπήκοος φυλασσόμενος λαλήσει.

8 word entries
Μάρτυς
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
martys
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
35
ψευδὴς
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
pseydes
Morphology
genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
12
ἀπολεῖται
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
apoleitai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
37
ἀνὴρ
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
aner
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
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
ὑπήκοος
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
ypekoos
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
3
φυλασσόμενος
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
phylassomenos
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
λαλήσει
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
lalesei
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
27
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
Source

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.

ܣܗܕܐ ܕܓܠܐ ܢܐܒܕ ܘܓܒܪܐ ܫܡܘܥܐ ܬܪܝܨܐܝܬ ܡܡܠܠ

7 word entries
ܣܗܕܐ
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
shd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
23
ܕܓܠܐ
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
dgl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
55
ܢܐܒܕ
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
n'bd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
22
ܘܓܒܪܐ
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
wgbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
92
ܫܡܘܥܐ
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
shmw''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܬܪܝܨܐܝܬ
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
trys'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
9
ܡܡܠܠ
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
mmll
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
55
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain
Source

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.

סָהֲדָא דְכַדָבוּתָא יֵאבַד וְגַבְרָא שָׁמוֹעָא שְׁרִירַאִית מְמַלֵל׃

7 word entries
סָהֲדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shd'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
10
דְכַדָבוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dkdbwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
יֵאבַד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
y'bd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
וְגַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wgbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
שָׁמוֹעָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shmw''
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
שְׁרִירַאִית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shryr'yt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
מְמַלֵל׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מלל
Transliteration
mmll
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
62
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology
Source

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Testis mendax peribit; vir obediens loquetur victoriam.

7 word entries
testis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
testis
Transliteration
testis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
97
mendax
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mendax
Transliteration
mendax
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
42
peribit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pereo
Transliteration
peribit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
250
vir
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
vir
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
oboediens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
oboediens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2
loquitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loquitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543
victoriam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
victoriam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
26

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 19:5

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.

5 relevance votes

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished; and whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 25:18

As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 12:19

True lips establish testimony; but a hasty witness has an unjust tongue.

2 relevance votes

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 6:19

An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

2 relevance votes
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