Proverbs
Chapter 18
Verse 4
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Proverbs 18

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4 The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, [and] the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 18:4. 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 49
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.

מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים דִּבְרֵ֣י פִי־אִ֑ישׁ נַ֥חַל נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ מְק֣וֹר חָכְמָֽה׃

9 word entries
מַ֣יִם
Lemma
4325
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4325
Occurrences
325
עֲ֭מֻקִּים
Lemma
6013
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6013
Occurrences
14
דִּבְרֵ֣י
Lemma
1697
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
866
פִי
Lemma
6310
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
266
אִ֑ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
נַ֥חַל
Lemma
5158 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5158
Occurrences
66
נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ
Lemma
5042
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5042
Occurrences
11
מְק֣וֹר
Lemma
4726
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4726
Occurrences
15
חָכְמָֽה
Lemma
2451
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2451
Occurrences
102
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.

Ὕδωρ βαθὺ λόγος ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνδρὸς, ποταμὸς δὲ ἀναπηδύει καὶ πηγὴ ζωῆς.

12 word entries
Ὕδωρ
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
hydor
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
water
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Water.
Occurrences
629
βαθὺ
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
bathy
Morphology
rare LXX source token; morphology and lexical role require manual review
Gloss
rare source form
Part of Speech
adverb/adjectival form
Definition
Final low-confidence LXX tail classification for a rare Greek, elided, numeral, or transliterated source token. Exact lexical identity and morphology require manual review.
Occurrences
4
λόγος
Status
Machine-aligned lexicon entry
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
Note
Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
Transliteration
logos
Morphology
noun
Gloss
Word
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
1103
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
καρδίᾳ
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
kardia
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
heart
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heart, inner life, mind, or will.
Occurrences
867
ἀνδρὸς
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
andros
Morphology
noun, masculine genitive singular
Gloss
of a man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
ποταμὸς
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
potamos
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
31
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
ἀναπηδύει
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
anapedyei
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
1
καὶ
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
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
πηγὴ
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
pege
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
18
ζωῆς
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
ζωή
Transliteration
zoes
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive singular
Gloss
of life
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Life, living existence.
Occurrences
182
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.

ܡ̈ܝܐ ܥܡ̈ܝܩܐ ܡ̈ܠܝ ܦܘܡܗ ܕܓܒܪܐ ܘܢܚܠܐ ܕܢܒܥ ܡܒܘܥܐ ܕܚܟܡܬܐ

9 word entries
ܡ̈ܝܐ
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
ܡܝܐ
Transliteration
maya
Morphology
noun, plural form
Gloss
waters
Occurrences
206
ܥܡ̈ܝܩܐ
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
'myq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
8
ܡ̈ܠܝ
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
ܡܠܝ
Transliteration
mly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
36
ܦܘܡܗ
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
pwmh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
115
ܕܓܒܪܐ
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
dgbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
109
ܘܢܚܠܐ
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
wnhl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
8
ܕܢܒܥ
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
dnb'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܡܒܘܥܐ
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
mbw''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
24
ܕܚܟܡܬܐ
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
dhkmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
24
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.

מַיָא עֲמִיקֵי פּוּמֵיהּ דְגַבְרָא נַחֲלָא דְנָבֵיעַ מַבּוּעַ דְחָכְמְתָא׃

8 word entries
מַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מיא
Transliteration
my'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
233
עֲמִיקֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'myqy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
פּוּמֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pwmyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
77
דְגַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dgbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
נַחֲלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nchl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
71
דְנָבֵיעַ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dnby'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
מַבּוּעַ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בוע
Transliteration
mbw'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
8
דְחָכְמְתָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dchkmt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
56
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.

Aqua profunda verba ex ore viri, et torrens redundans fons sapientiæ.

11 word entries
aqua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aqua
Transliteration
aqua
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
692
profunda
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
profunda
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
21
verba
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verba
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
ore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
os
Transliteration
ore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
657
viri
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
viri
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
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
torrens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
torrens
Transliteration
torrens
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
122
redundans
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
redundo
Transliteration
redundans
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12
fons
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fons
Transliteration
fons
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
95
sapientiae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sapientiae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
345

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 20:5

Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.

10 relevance votes

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

9 relevance votes

Colossians 4:6

[Let] your word [be] always with grace, seasoned with salt, [so as] to know how ye ought to answer each one.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 13:14

The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

7 relevance votes

John 4:14

but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.

7 relevance votes

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.

5 relevance votes

Matthew 12:34

Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

4 relevance votes

Psalms 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:22

Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.

3 relevance votes
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