18 Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.
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Proverbs 16
Septuagint in American English 2012, Verse 18
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 16:18. 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.
לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֥בֶר גָּא֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן גֹּ֣בַהּ רֽוּחַ׃
לִפְנֵי
שֶׁ֥בֶר
גָּא֑וֹן
וְלִפְנֵ֥י
כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן
גֹּ֣בַהּ
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.
Πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις, πρὸ δὲ πτώματος κακοφροσύνη.
Πρὸ
- 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
- πρό
- Transliteration
- pro
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- before
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition meaning before or in front of.
- Occurrences
- 241
συντριβῆς
- 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
- συντριβῆς
- Transliteration
- syntribes
- 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
- 4
ἡγεῖται
- 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
- ἡγεῖται
- Transliteration
- egeitai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 5
ὕβρις
- 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
- Ὕβρις
- Transliteration
- ybris
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ὕβρις
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 14
πρὸ
- 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
- πρό
- Transliteration
- pro
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- before
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition meaning before or in front of.
- Occurrences
- 241
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
πτώματος
- 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
- πτώματος
- Transliteration
- ptomatos
- Morphology
- nominative masculine singular or genitive 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
- 3
κακοφροσύνη
- 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.
- Lemma
- κακοφροσύνη
- Transliteration
- kakophrosyne
- 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
- 1
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.
ܩܕܡ ܬܒܪܐ ܨܥܪܐ ܘܩܕܡ ܟܘܪܗܢܐ ܪܡܘܬ ܪܘܚܐ
ܩܕܡ
- 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
- ܩܕܡ
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1019
ܬܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܬܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- tbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 24
ܨܥܪܐ
- 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
- ܨܥܪܐ
- Transliteration
- s'r'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 14
ܘܩܕܡ
- 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
- ܘܩܕܡ
- Transliteration
- wqdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 65
ܟܘܪܗܢܐ
- 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
- ܟܘܪܗܢܐ
- Transliteration
- kwrhn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 7
ܪܡܘܬ
- 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
- ܪܡܘܬ
- Transliteration
- rmwt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 4
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.
- Lemma
- ܪܘܚܐ
- Transliteration
- ruha
- Morphology
- noun, feminine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- spirit, wind
- Occurrences
- 147
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.
קֳדָם תַּבְרָא גֵוְתָנוּתָא וְקָדָם תַּקְלָא רָמַת רוּחָא׃
קֳדָם
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קדם
- Transliteration
- qdm
- Morphology
- prepositional or nominal form
- Gloss
- before, in front of, east
- Occurrences
- 2023
תַּבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תברא
- Transliteration
- tbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 28
גֵוְתָנוּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גותנותא
- Transliteration
- gwtnwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 2
וְקָדָם
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קדם
- Transliteration
- wqdm
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + prepositional or nominal form
- Gloss
- and before, in front of, east
- Occurrences
- 2023
תַּקְלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תקלא
- Transliteration
- tql'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 25
רָמַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רמת
- Transliteration
- rmt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 9
רוּחָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רוחא
- Transliteration
- rwch'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 101
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Contritionem præcedit superbia, et ante ruinam exaltatur spiritus.
contritionem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- contritio
- Transliteration
- contritionem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 46
praecedit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praecedo
- Transliteration
- praecedit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 68
superbia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- superbia
- Transliteration
- superbia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 102
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
ante
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ante
- Transliteration
- ante
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 594
ruinam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ruina
- Transliteration
- ruinam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 63
exaltatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- exalto
- Transliteration
- exaltatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 162
spiritus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- spiritus
- Transliteration
- spiritus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 709
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