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Chapter 21
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Proverbs 21

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22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 21:22. 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 43
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.

עִ֣יר גִּ֭בֹּרִים עָלָ֣ה חָכָ֑ם וַ֝יֹּ֗רֶד עֹ֣ז מִבְטֶחָֽה׃

7 word entries
עִ֣יר
Lemma
5892 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5892
Occurrences
377
גִּ֭בֹּרִים
Lemma
1368
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H1368
Occurrences
103
עָלָ֣ה
Lemma
5927
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5927
Occurrences
451
חָכָ֑ם
Lemma
2450
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2450
Occurrences
104
וַ֝יֹּ֗רֶד
Lemma
c/3381
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3381
Occurrences
161
עֹ֣ז
Lemma
5797
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5797
Occurrences
73
מִבְטֶחָֽה
Lemma
4009
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4009
Occurrences
13
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.

Πόλεις ὀχυρὰς ἐπέβη σοφὸς, καὶ καθεῖλε τὸ ὀχύρωμα ἐφʼ ᾧ ἐπεποίθεισαν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς.

13 word entries
Πόλεις
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
polis
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
city
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
City or town.
Occurrences
1387
ὀχυρὰς
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
ochyras
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
17
ἐπέβη
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
epebe
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
7
σοφὸς
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
sophos
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
wise
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Wise, skilled, or prudent.
Occurrences
61
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
καθεῖλε
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
katheile
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
17
τὸ
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ὀχύρωμα
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
ochyroma
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
19
ἐφʼ
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
ἐπί
Transliteration
eph
Morphology
preposition, elided form
Gloss
on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences
6685
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
ὅς
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
relative pronoun, dative masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
to whom, in which
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Definition
Relative pronoun who, which, that.
Occurrences
4123
ἐπεποίθεισαν
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
epepoitheisan
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural pattern
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
οἱ
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἀσεβεῖς
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
asebeis
Morphology
adjective, nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
Gloss
ungodly, impious
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Ungodly, impious, or wicked.
Occurrences
143
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.

ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ ܣܠܩ ܚܟܝܡܐ ܘܟܒܫ ܚܣܢܐ ܕܬܘܟܠܢܗ̇

7 word entries
ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ
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
lmdynt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
49
ܕܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ
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
dgnbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
26
ܣܠܩ
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
ܣܠܩ
Transliteration
slq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
77
ܚܟܝܡܐ
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
hkym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
64
ܘܟܒܫ
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
wkbsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
7
ܚܣܢܐ
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
hsn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
24
ܕܬܘܟܠܢܗ̇
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
dtwklnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
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.

לִמְדִנְתָּא דְגִבָּרֵי סְלִיק חַכִּימָא וְאָחֵת עוּשְׁנָא דְסִבְרָא׃

7 word entries
לִמְדִנְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmdnt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
דְגִבָּרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dgbry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
109
סְלִיק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
slyq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
163
חַכִּימָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chkym'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
44
וְאָחֵת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אחת
Transliteration
w'cht
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
עוּשְׁנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wshn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
24
דְסִבְרָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dsbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
13
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.

Civitatem fortium ascendit sapiens, et destruxit robur fiduciæ ejus.

9 word entries
civitatem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ciuitas
Transliteration
civitatem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1108
fortium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fortis
Transliteration
fortium
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
326
ascendit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ascendo
Transliteration
ascendit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
671
sapiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapiens
Transliteration
sapiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
208
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
destruxit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
destruo
Transliteration
destruxit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
117
robur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
robur
Transliteration
robur
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
49
fiduciae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fiducia
Transliteration
fiduciae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
65
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

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.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

7 relevance votes

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

6 relevance votes
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