20 and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time only to buy food;
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Genesis 43
Open English Bible, US Edition, Verse 20
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 43:20. 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.
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֑י יָרֹ֥ד יָרַ֛דְנוּ בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה לִשְׁבָּר־אֹֽכֶל׃
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
אֲדֹנִ֑י
יָרֹ֥ד
יָרַ֛דְנוּ
בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה
לִשְׁבָּר
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.
λέγοντες, δεόμεθα, κύριε· κατέβηεν τὴν ἀρχὴν πρίασθαι βρώματα.
λέγοντες
- 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
- λέγω
- Transliteration
- legontes
- Morphology
- present active participle, nominative masculine plural
- Gloss
- saying
- Part of Speech
- verb/participle
- Definition
- To say or speak.
- Occurrences
- 5490
δεόμεθα
- 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
- δεόμεθα
- Transliteration
- deometha
- 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
- 1
κύριε
- 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
- κύριος
- Transliteration
- kyrios
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- Lord, master
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
- Occurrences
- 7934
κατέβηεν
- 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
- κατέβηεν
- Transliteration
- katebeen
- 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
- 1
τὴν
- 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
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
ἀρχὴν
- 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
- Ἀρχὴν
- Transliteration
- archen
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἀρχὴν
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 23
πρίασθαι
- 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
- πρίασθαι
- Transliteration
- priasthai
- 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
- 3
βρώματα
- 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
- βρῶμα
- Transliteration
- bromata
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative plural
- Gloss
- foods
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Food, meat, or something eaten.
- Occurrences
- 49
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
וַאֲמָרוּ בְּבָעוּ רִבּוֹנִי מֵיחַת נִחֵתְנָא בְּקַדְמֵיתָא לְמִזְבַּן עִיבוּרָא
וַאֲמָרוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אמרו
- Transliteration
- w'mrw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 93
בְּבָעוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בעו
- Transliteration
- bb'w
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 14
רִבּוֹנִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רבוני
- Transliteration
- rbwny
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 61
מֵיחַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יחת
- Transliteration
- mycht
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
נִחֵתְנָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נחתנא
- Transliteration
- nchtn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1
בְּקַדְמֵיתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קדמיתא
- Transliteration
- bqdmyt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 15
לְמִזְבַּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מזבן
- Transliteration
- lmzbn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 7
עִיבוּרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עיבורא
- Transliteration
- 'ybwr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 25
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.
ܘܐܡܪܘ ܠܗ . ܒܥܝܢܢ ܡܪܢ. ܡܚܬ ܢܚܬܢ ܒܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܠܡܡܪ ܥܒܘܪܐ.
ܘܐܡܪܘ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- W>MRW
- Morphology
- W->MR[W
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܗ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- LH
- Morphology
- L-H
- Occurrences
- 0
ܒܥܝܢܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- B<JNN
- Morphology
- B<(J[/J(N-(XNN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܪܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MRN
- Morphology
- MR(>/-N
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܚܬ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MXT
- Morphology
- !M!(NXT[/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܢܚܬܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- NXTN
- Morphology
- NXT[N
- Occurrences
- 0
ܒܩܕܡܝܬܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- BQDMJT>
- Morphology
- B-QDMJ/T~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܡܡܪ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- LMMR
- Morphology
- L-!M!M(WR=[/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܥܒܘܪܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- <BWR>
- Morphology
- <BWR/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
locuti sunt: Oramus, domine, ut audias nos. Jam ante descendimus ut emeremus escas:
locuti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- loquor
- Transliteration
- locuti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1543
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
oramus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- oro
- Transliteration
- oramus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 220
domine
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dominus
- Transliteration
- domine
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 8181
ut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ut
- Transliteration
- ut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4533
audias
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- audio
- Transliteration
- audias
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1534
iam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iam
- Transliteration
- iam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 215
ante
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ante
- Transliteration
- ante
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 594
descendimus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- descendo
- Transliteration
- descendimus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 385
ut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ut
- Transliteration
- ut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4533
emeremus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- emo
- Transliteration
- emeremus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 98
escas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- esca
- Transliteration
- escas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 75
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.
Genesis 42:3
So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4 relevance votesGenesis 42:10
But they said to him, “No my lord; your servants have come to buy food.
3 relevance votesGenesis 42:27
When they stopped for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw the silver at the top of the sack.
2 relevance votesGenesis 43:7
They replied, “The man asked particularly about us and our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ So we answered his questions as he asked them. How were we to know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”
2 relevance votesGenesis 42:35
As they were emptying their sacks, they found that each man’s purse of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their purses filled with money, they were afraid.
2 relevance votesGenesis 43:3
But Judah replied, “The man warned us: ‘You will not be able to see me unless your brother is with you.’
2 relevance votes