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Chapter 15
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Proverbs 15

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13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 15:13. 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 42
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.

לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב פָּנִ֑ים וּבְעַצְּבַת־לֵ֝ב ר֣וּחַ נְכֵאָֽה׃

8 word entries
לֵ֣ב
Lemma
3820 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
463
שָׂ֭מֵחַ
Lemma
8056
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8056
Occurrences
17
יֵיטִ֣ב
Lemma
3190
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3190
Occurrences
63
פָּנִ֑ים
Lemma
6440
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
630
וּבְעַצְּבַת
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6094
Occurrences
1
לֵ֝ב
Lemma
3820 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
463
ר֣וּחַ
Lemma
7307
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7307
Occurrences
271
נְכֵאָֽה
Lemma
5218 b
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H5218
Occurrences
3
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.

Καρδίας εὐφραινομένης πρόσωπον θάλλει, ἐν δὲ λύπαις οὔσης σκυθρωπάζει.

9 word entries
Καρδίας
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
εὐφραινομένης
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
eyphrainomenes
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
1
πρόσωπον
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
prosopon
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
face, presence
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Face, presence, person, or front.
Occurrences
1170
θάλλει
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
thallei
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
3
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
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
λύπαις
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
lypais
Morphology
dative plural feminine pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
οὔσης
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
oyses
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
8
σκυθρωπάζει
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
skythropazei
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
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.

ܠܒܐ ܚܕܝܐ ܡܫܦܪ ܓܘܫܡܐ ܘܠܒܐ ܟܝܒܐ ܡܟܐܒ ܪܘܚܐ

8 word entries
ܠܒܐ
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
ܠܒܐ
Transliteration
lb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
95
ܚܕܝܐ
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
hdy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
12
ܡܫܦܪ
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
mshpr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܓܘܫܡܐ
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
gwshm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܘܠܒܐ
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
wlb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
18
ܟܝܒܐ
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
kyb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
5
ܡܟܐܒ
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
mk'b
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܪܘܚܐ
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.
Transliteration
ruha
Morphology
noun, feminine emphatic singular
Gloss
spirit, wind
Occurrences
147
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.

לִבָּא חָדְיָא מַשְׁפִּיר אַפֵּי וּבְכֵיבָא דְלִבָּא רוּחָא מְמָכְתָּא׃

8 word entries
לִבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לבא
Transliteration
lb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
168
חָדְיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chdy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
12
מַשְׁפִּיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mshpyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
51
אַפֵּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אפי
Transliteration
'py
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
212
וּבְכֵיבָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbkyb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
דְלִבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לבא
Transliteration
dlb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
168
רוּחָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rwch'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
101
מְמָכְתָּא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mmkt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
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.

[Cor gaudens exhilarat faciem; in mœrore animi dejicitur spiritus.

9 word entries
cor
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cor
Transliteration
cor
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1028
gaudens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gaudeo
Transliteration
gaudens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
112
exhilarat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
exhilo
Transliteration
exhilarat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
3
faciem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facies
Transliteration
faciem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
793
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
maerore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
maeror
Transliteration
maerore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
13
animi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
animus
Transliteration
animi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
109
deicitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deicio
Transliteration
deicitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
34
spiritus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
spiritus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
709

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 17:22

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

18 relevance votes

John 14:1

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

13 relevance votes

Proverbs 12:25

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

12 relevance votes

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

12 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

8 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

7 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 2:7

So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him , and comfort him , lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

6 relevance votes

Nehemiah 2:2

Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

5 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

5 relevance votes
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