36 At Joppa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek ‘Dorcas’ – a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.
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Acts 9
Open English Bible, US Edition, Verse 36
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Ἐν Ἰόππῃ δέ τις ἦν μαθήτρια ὀνόματι Ταβιθά, ἣ διερμηνευομένη λέγεται Δορκάς· αὕτη ἦν πλήρης ἀγαθῶν ἔργων καὶ ἐλεημοσυνῶν ὧν ἐποίει.
Ἐν
Ἰόππῃ
δέ
τις
ἦν
μαθήτρια
ὀνόματι
Ταβιθά
ἣ
διερμηνευομένη
- Lemma
- diermhneuomenh
- Transliteration
- diermhneuomenh
- Morphology
- Greek: verb present passive participle nominative singular feminine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1329
- Occurrences
- 1
λέγεται
Δορκάς
αὕτη
ἦν
πλήρης
ἀγαθῶν
ἔργων
καὶ
ἐλεημοσυνῶν
- Lemma
- elehmosunwn
- Transliteration
- elehmosunwn
- Morphology
- Greek: noun genitive plural feminine
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G1654
- Occurrences
- 1
ὧν
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Ἐν Ἰόππῃ δέ τις ἦν μαθήτρια ὀνόματι Ταβιθά, ἣ διερμηνευομένη λέγεται Δορκάς· αὕτη ἦν πλήρης ἀγαθῶν ἔργων καὶ ἐλεημοσυνῶν ὧν ἐποίει.
Ἐν
ἦν
διερμηνευομένη
- Lemma
- διερμηνεύω
- Morphology
- V-PPP-NSF
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1329
- Occurrences
- 6
ἦν
καὶ
ἐλεημοσυνῶν
- Lemma
- ἐλεημοσύνη
- Morphology
- N-GPF
- Part of Speech
- N
- Strong's
- G1654
- Occurrences
- 13
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ ܕܝܢ ܬܠܡܝܕܬܐ ܚܕܐ ܒܝܘܦܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܫܡܗ ܗܘܐ ܛܒܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܥܬܝܪܐ ܗܘܬ ܒܥܒܕܐ ܛܒܐ ܘܒܙܕܩܬܐ ܕܥܒܕܐ ܗܘܬ
ܐܝܬ
- 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
- ܐܝܬ
- Transliteration
- 'yt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 330
ܗܘܐ
- 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
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1535
ܕܝܢ
- 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
- ܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- dyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1830
ܬܠܡܝܕܬܐ
- 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
- ܬܠܡܝܕܬܐ
- Transliteration
- tlmydt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 1
ܚܕܐ
- 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
- ܚܕܐ
- Transliteration
- hd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 120
ܒܝܘܦܐ
- 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
- ܒܝܘܦܐ
- Transliteration
- bywp'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܡܕܝܢܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܕܝܢܬܐ
- Transliteration
- mdynt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 98
ܕܫܡܗ
- 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
- ܕܫܡܗ
- Transliteration
- dshmh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 53
ܗܘܐ
- 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
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1535
ܛܒܝܬܐ
- 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
- ܛܒܝܬܐ
- Transliteration
- tbyt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 3
ܗܕܐ
- 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
- ܗܕܐ
- Transliteration
- hd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 325
ܥܬܝܪܐ
- 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
- ܥܬܝܪܐ
- Transliteration
- 'tyr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 22
ܗܘܬ
- 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
- ܗܘܬ
- Transliteration
- hwt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 248
ܒܥܒܕܐ
- 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
- ܒܥܒܕܐ
- Transliteration
- b'bd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 18
ܛܒܐ
- 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
- ܛܒܐ
- Transliteration
- tb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 75
ܘܒܙܕܩܬܐ
- 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
- ܘܒܙܕܩܬܐ
- Transliteration
- wbzdqt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܕܥܒܕܐ
- 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
- ܕܥܒܕܐ
- Transliteration
- d'bd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 16
ܗܘܬ
- 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
- ܗܘܬ
- Transliteration
- hwt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 248
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
In Joppe autem fuit quædam discipula, nomine Tabitha, quæ interpretata dicitur Dorcas. Hæc erat plena operibus bonis et eleemosynis quas faciebat.
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
Ioppe
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Ioppe
- Transliteration
- Ioppe
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 24
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
fuit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- fuit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
quaedam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quidam
- Transliteration
- quaedam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 306
discipula
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- discipula
- Transliteration
- discipula
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1
nomine
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nomen
- Transliteration
- nomine
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1130
Tabitas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Tabitha
- Transliteration
- Tabitas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 2
quae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
interpretata
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- interpretor
- Transliteration
- interpretata
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 26
dicitur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicitur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
Dorcas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Dorcas
- Transliteration
- Dorcas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 2
haec
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- hic
- Transliteration
- haec
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4646
erat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
plena
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- plenus
- Transliteration
- plena
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 185
operibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- opus
- Transliteration
- operibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 656
bonis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bonus
- Transliteration
- bonis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 847
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
elemosynis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- eleemosyna
- Transliteration
- elemosynis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 31
quas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
faciebat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- facio
- Transliteration
- faciebat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 4719
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