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Ecclesiastes 7

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4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ecclesiastes 7:4. 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 64
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain
Source

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

לֵ֤ב חֲכָמִים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית אֵ֔בֶל וְלֵ֥ב כְּסִילִ֖ים בְּבֵ֥ית שִׂמְחָֽה׃

8 word entries
לֵ֤ב
Lemma
3820 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
463
חֲכָמִים֙
Lemma
2450
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2450
Occurrences
104
בְּבֵ֣ית
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1004
Occurrences
215
אֵ֔בֶל
Lemma
60
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H60
Occurrences
15
וְלֵ֥ב
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
38
כְּסִילִ֖ים
Lemma
3684
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H3684
Occurrences
43
בְּבֵ֥ית
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1004
Occurrences
215
שִׂמְחָֽה
Lemma
8057
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8057
Occurrences
42
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain
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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.

Καρδία σοφῶν ἐν οἴκῳ πένθους, καὶ καρδία ἀφρόνων ἐν οἴκῳ εὐφροσύνης.

11 word entries
Καρδία
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
σοφῶν
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
sophon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
27
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
οἴκῳ
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
oikos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
house, household
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
House, household, or temple.
Occurrences
1831
πένθους
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
penthoys
Morphology
accusative plural masculine or genitive singular neuter 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
14
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
καρδία
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
ἀφρόνων
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
aphronon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
25
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
οἴκῳ
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
oikos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
house, household
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
House, household, or temple.
Occurrences
1831
εὐφροσύνης
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
euphrosynes
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive singular
Gloss
of gladness, joy
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Gladness, joy, or rejoicing.
Occurrences
125
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
Source

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 ܕܚ̈ܟܝܡܐ ܒܒܝܬ ܐܒܠܐ ܘܠܒܐ ܕܣܟ̈ܠܐ ܒܝܬ ܚܕܘܬܐ

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
ܕܚ̈ܟܝܡܐ
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
dhkym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
22
ܒܒܝܬ
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
bbyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
27
ܐܒܠܐ
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
'bl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
18
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
ܕܣܟ̈ܠܐ
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
dskl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
29
ܒܝܬ
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
ܒܝܬ
Transliteration
beth
Morphology
noun, construct form
Gloss
house of
Occurrences
480
ܚܕܘܬܐ
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
hdwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
46
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain
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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.

לִבְּהוֹן דְּחַכִּימַיָּא אָנֵן עַל חָרְבַּן בֵּית מוּקְדְּשָׁא וִעָצֵיב עַל גָּלוּת בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֵב שָׁטְיָא בְּחֶדְוַת בֵּית לִיצָנוּתְהוֹן אָכְלִין וְשָׁתַן וּמִתְפַּנְּקִין וְלָא יִתְבוּן עַל לִבְּהוֹן סִגּוּף אֲחֵיהוֹן׃

26 word entries
לִבְּהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lbhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
81
דְּחַכִּימַיָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dchkymy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
37
אָנֵן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אנן
Transliteration
'nn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
8
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
חָרְבַּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chrbn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
בֵּית
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בית
Transliteration
byt
Morphology
noun construct/absolute
Gloss
house, household
Occurrences
2611
מוּקְדְּשָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mwqdsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
24
וִעָצֵיב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'tsyb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
גָּלוּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
glwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
41
בֵּית
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בית
Transliteration
byt
Morphology
noun construct/absolute
Gloss
house, household
Occurrences
2611
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yshr'l
Morphology
proper noun
Gloss
Israel
Occurrences
2312
וְלֵב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולב
Transliteration
wlb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
שָׁטְיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shty'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
39
בְּחֶדְוַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bchdwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
32
בֵּית
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בית
Transliteration
byt
Morphology
noun construct/absolute
Gloss
house, household
Occurrences
2611
לִיצָנוּתְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lytsnwthwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
אָכְלִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'klyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
30
וְשָׁתַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שתן
Transliteration
wshtn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
15
וּמִתְפַּנְּקִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wmtpnqyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
וְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולא
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1587
יִתְבוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytbwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
32
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
לִבְּהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lbhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
81
סִגּוּף
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sgwp
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
אֲחֵיהוֹן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'chyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
24
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology
Source

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Melior est ira risu, quia per tristitiam vultus corrigitur animus delinquentis.

11 word entries
melior
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bonus
Transliteration
melior
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
847
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ira
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ira
Transliteration
ira
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
265
risu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
risus
Transliteration
risu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
15
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
tristitiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
tristitiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
44
vultus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uultus
Transliteration
vultus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
97
corrigitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
corrigo
Transliteration
corrigitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
13
animus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
animus
Transliteration
animus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
109
delinquentis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
delinquentis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
31

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.

Jeremiah 51:57

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, Her prefects, and her governors, and her mighty men; And they shall sleep an everlasting sleep, And shall no more awake, saith the King, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

3 relevance votes

Jeremiah 51:39

In their heat I will prepare them a drink, And will make them drunk, so that they shall rejoice, And then sleep an everlasting sleep, And awake no more, saith Jehovah.

3 relevance votes

Daniel 5:30

In the same night was Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, slain;

3 relevance votes

Hosea 7:5

On the feast-day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine, And he stretcheth out his hand with revilers.

3 relevance votes

Isaiah 21:4

My heart panteth, Terror hath seized upon me; The evening of my desire is changed into horror.

3 relevance votes

Nahum 1:10

For while they are entangled like thorns, And like those that are drunk with wine, They shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

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