1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 6:1. 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.
בְּ֭נִי אִם־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַזָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃
בְּ֭נִי
עָרַ֣בְתָּ
לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ
תָּקַ֖עְתָּ
לַזָּ֣ר
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.
Υἱὲ, ἐὰν ἐγγυήσῃ σὸν φίλον, παραδώσεις σὴν χεῖρα ἐχθρῷ.
Υἱὲ
- 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
- υἱός
- Transliteration
- huios
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- son
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Son, descendant, or member of a group.
- Occurrences
- 4805
ἐὰν
- 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
- ἐάν
- Transliteration
- ean
- Morphology
- conditional particle
- Gloss
- if, whenever
- Part of Speech
- conditional particle
- Definition
- Conditional particle, often with subjunctive.
- Occurrences
- 1253
ἐγγυήσῃ
- 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
- ἐγγυήσῃ
- Transliteration
- eggyese
- 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
- 3
σὸν
- 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
- σὸν
- Transliteration
- son
- Morphology
- accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
- 25
φίλον
- 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
- φίλον
- Transliteration
- philon
- Morphology
- accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
- 28
παραδώσεις
- 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
- παραδώσεις
- Transliteration
- paradoseis
- Morphology
- Greek -εις form; likely verb 2nd singular or plural noun/adjective depending on context
- Gloss
- form requires context
- Part of Speech
- verb/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 6
σὴν
- 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
- σὴν
- Transliteration
- sen
- Morphology
- accusative 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
- 20
χεῖρα
- 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
- χείρ
- Transliteration
- cheir
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- hand
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Hand or power.
- Occurrences
- 1718
ἐχθρῷ
- 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
- ἐχθρῷ
- Transliteration
- echthr
- Morphology
- 1st singular verb or contracted noun/adjective form depending on context
- Gloss
- I ...
- Part of Speech
- verb/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 3
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.
ܒܪܝ ܐܢ ܥܪܒܬ ܠܚܒܪܟ ܐܫܠܡܬ ܐܝܕܟ ܠܢܘܟܪܝܐ
ܒܪܝ
- 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
- ܒܪܝ
- Transliteration
- bry
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 87
ܐܢ
- 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
- ܐܢ
- Transliteration
- 'n
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 471
ܥܪܒܬ
- 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
- ܥܪܒܬ
- Transliteration
- 'rbt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 3
ܠܚܒܪܟ
- 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
- ܠܚܒܪܟ
- Transliteration
- lhbrk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 5
ܐܫܠܡܬ
- 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
- ܐܫܠܡܬ
- Transliteration
- 'shlmt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 3
ܐܝܕܟ
- 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
- ܐܝܕܟ
- Transliteration
- 'ydk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 50
ܠܢܘܟܪܝܐ
- 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
- ܠܢܘܟܪܝܐ
- Transliteration
- lnwkry'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 9
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.
בְּרִי אִין עֲרֵבְתָּא לְחַבְרָךְ אַשְׁלֵימְתָּא לְנוּכְרָאָה יְדָךְ׃
בְּרִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ברי
- Transliteration
- bry
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 95
אִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אין
- Transliteration
- 'yn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 255
עֲרֵבְתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ערבתא
- Transliteration
- 'rbt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1
לְחַבְרָךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חברך
- Transliteration
- lchbrk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 19
אַשְׁלֵימְתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אשלימתא
- Transliteration
- 'shlymt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 2
לְנוּכְרָאָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נוכראה
- Transliteration
- lnwkr'h
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 9
יְדָךְ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ידך
- Transliteration
- ydk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 98
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
[Fili mi, si spoponderis pro amico tuo, defixisti apud extraneum manum tuam:
fili
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filius
- Transliteration
- fili
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 5067
mi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- meus
- Transliteration
- mi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4586
si
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- si
- Transliteration
- si
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1970
spoponderis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- spondeo
- Transliteration
- spoponderis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 11
pro
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pro
- Transliteration
- pro
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1148
amico
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- amicus
- Transliteration
- amico
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 220
tuo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tuus
- Transliteration
- tuo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5615
defixisti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- defigo
- Transliteration
- defixisti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 7
apud
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- apud
- Transliteration
- apud
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 300
extraneum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- extraneus
- Transliteration
- extraneum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 20
manum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- manus
- Transliteration
- manum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1822
tuam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tuus
- Transliteration
- tuam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5615
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 17:18
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
10 relevance votesProverbs 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
10 relevance votesProverbs 11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
8 relevance votesProverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
8 relevance votesGenesis 43:9
I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
6 relevance votesHebrews 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
5 relevance votesJob 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
5 relevance votesProverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
5 relevance votes