Proverbs
Chapter 30
Verse 2
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Proverbs 30

JPS Tanakh 1917, Verse 2

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2 Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, and have not the understanding of a man;

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 30:2. 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 38
Editorial Notes 1
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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.

כִּ֤י בַ֣עַר אָנֹכִ֣י מֵאִ֑ישׁ וְלֹֽא־בִינַ֖ת אָדָ֣ם לִֽי׃

8 word entries
כִּ֤י
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
בַ֣עַר
Lemma
1198
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H1198
Occurrences
4
אָנֹכִ֣י
Lemma
595
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H595
Occurrences
293
מֵאִ֑ישׁ
Lemma
m/376
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
23
וְלֹֽא
Lemma
c/3808
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
1593
בִינַ֖ת
Lemma
998
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H998
Occurrences
25
אָדָ֣ם
Lemma
120
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H120
Occurrences
338
לִֽי
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
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.

ܡܛܠ ܕܚܣܝܪ ܗܘ ܪܥܝܢܝ ܘܠܝܬ ܒܝ ܣܘܟܠܐ ܕܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܢܫܐ

9 word entries
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܕܚܣܝܪ
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
dhsyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
4
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
ܪܥܝܢܝ
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
r'yny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
ܘܠܝܬ
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
wlyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
221
ܒܝ
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
ܒܝ
Transliteration
by
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
88
ܣܘܟܠܐ
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
swkl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
26
ܕܒܢ̈ܝ
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
dbny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
231
ܐܢܫܐ
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
'nsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
290
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.

מְטוּל דְבוּרָא דִבְנֵי נָשָׁא אֲנָא דְלָא אִית בִּי בְיוּנָא דִבְנֵי נָשָׁא׃

11 word entries
מְטוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טול
Transliteration
mtwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
322
דְבוּרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dbwr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
4
דִבְנֵי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בר
Transliteration
dbny
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun plural construct
Gloss
of/that sons, children of
Occurrences
2734
נָשָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נשא
Transliteration
nsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
118
אֲנָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אנא
Transliteration
'n'
Morphology
personal pronoun first singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1108
דְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דלא
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
607
אִית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אית
Transliteration
'yt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
181
בִּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בי
Transliteration
by
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
80
בְיוּנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bywn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
10
דִבְנֵי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בר
Transliteration
dbny
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun plural construct
Gloss
of/that sons, children of
Occurrences
2734
נָשָׁא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נשא
Transliteration
nsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
118
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.

[Stultissimus sum virorum, et sapientia hominum non est mecum.

10 word entries
stultissimus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stultus
Transliteration
stultissimus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
129
sum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
virorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
virorum
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
sapientia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sapientia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
345
hominum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
hominum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
mecum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mecum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
{mecum}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
{mecum}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5272
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note

Coverage: Source-structure exceptions

Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.

Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.

Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.

Source availability notes

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • Greek LXX alternate structure

    This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.

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.

Psalms 73:22

But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 5:12

And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

3 relevance votes

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is proved to be brutish, without knowledge, every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image, his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 49:10

(49-11) For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 6:5

Then said I: Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 92:6

(92-7) A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this.

2 relevance votes
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