4 But flesh with the life thereof, I meane, with the blood thereof, shall ye not eate.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 9:4. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
אַךְ־בָּשָׂ֕ר בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ דָמ֖וֹ לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃
בָּשָׂ֕ר
בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ
דָמ֖וֹ
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.
Πλὴν κρέας ἐν αἵματι ψυχῆς οὐ φάγεσθε.
Πλὴν
- 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
- πλήν
- Transliteration
- plen
- Morphology
- particle/preposition
- Gloss
- except, nevertheless
- Part of Speech
- particle/preposition
- Definition
- Exceptive or adversative particle/preposition.
- Occurrences
- 229
κρέας
- 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.
- Lemma
- κρέας
- Transliteration
- kreas
- Morphology
- accusative plural feminine or genitive singular feminine 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
- 63
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
αἵματι
- 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.
- Lemma
- αἵματι
- Transliteration
- aimati
- 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
- 33
ψυχῆς
- 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
- ψυχή
- Transliteration
- psyche
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- soul, life
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Soul, life, self, or living being.
- Occurrences
- 809
οὐ
- 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
- οὐ
- Transliteration
- ou
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Part of Speech
- particle
- Definition
- Negative particle before rough breathing.
- Occurrences
- 5892
φάγεσθε
- 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
- ἐσθίω
- Transliteration
- phagesthe
- Morphology
- verb, future middle indicative, 2nd plural
- Gloss
- you will eat
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To eat.
- Occurrences
- 274
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
בְּרַם בִּשְׂרָא בְּנַפְשֵׁהּ דְּמֵהּ לָא תֵכְלוּן
בְּרַם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ברם
- Transliteration
- brm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 55
בִּשְׂרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שרא
- Transliteration
- bshr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 50
בְּנַפְשֵׁהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נפשה
- Transliteration
- bnpshh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 23
דְּמֵהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דמה
- Transliteration
- dmh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 28
לָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- לא
- Transliteration
- l'
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 1040
תֵכְלוּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תכלון
- Transliteration
- tklwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
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.
ܒܠܚܘܕ ܒܣܪܐ ܕܒܢܦܫܗ ܕܡܗ ܠܐ ܬܐܟܠܘܢ.
ܒܠܚܘܕ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- BLXWD
- Morphology
- B-LXWD/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܒܣܪܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- BSR>
- Morphology
- BSR/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܒܢܦܫܗ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- DBNPCH
- Morphology
- D-B-NPC/-H
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܡܗ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- DMH
- Morphology
- DM/-H
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- L>
- Morphology
- L>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܬܐܟܠܘܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- T>KLWN
- Morphology
- !T!>KL[WN
- Occurrences
- 0
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Excepto, quod carnem cum sanguine non comedetis.
excepto
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- excipio
- Transliteration
- excepto
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 58
quod
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quod
- Transliteration
- quod
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1241
carnem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- caro
- Transliteration
- carnem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 433
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 5272
sanguine
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sanguis
- Transliteration
- sanguine
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 475
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
comedetis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- comedo
- Transliteration
- comedetis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 528
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.
Deuteronomy 12:23
Onely bee sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou maiest not eate the life with the flesh.
16 relevance votesDeuteronomy 15:23
Onely thou shalt not eate the blood thereof, but powre it vpon the ground as water.
13 relevance votesDeuteronomy 12:16
Onely ye shall not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.
13 relevance votesActs 15:20
But that we send vnto them, that they abstaine themselues from filthinesse of idoles, and fornication, and that that is strangled, and from blood.
10 relevance votesLeviticus 7:26
Neither shall ye eate any blood, either of foule, or of beast in all your dwellings.
9 relevance votesActs 15:29
That is, that ye abstaine from things offered to idoles, and blood, and that that is strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keepe your selues, ye shall doe well. Fare ye well.
8 relevance votesLeviticus 3:17
This shalbe a perpetual ordinance for your generations, throughout al your dwellings, so that ye shall eate neither fatte nor blood.
7 relevance votesLeviticus 19:26
Ye shall not eat the flesh with the blood, ye shall not vse witchcraft, nor obserue times.
5 relevance votes1 Timothy 4:4
For euery creature of God is good, and nothing ought to be refused, if it be receiued with thankesgiuing.
3 relevance votesDeuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall eate of nothing that dieth alone, but thou shalt giue it vnto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eate it: or thou maiest sell it vnto a stranger: for thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mothers milke.
0 relevance votesActs 15:25
It seemed therefore good to vs, when we were come together with one accord, to send chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul,
0 relevance votes