Genesis
Chapter 43
Verse 20
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Genesis 43

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20 and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time only to buy food;

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Panels 5
Word Entries 45
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֑י יָרֹ֥ד יָרַ֛דְנוּ בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה לִשְׁבָּר־אֹֽכֶל׃

8 word entries
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
בִּ֣י
Lemma
994
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H994
Occurrences
12
אֲדֹנִ֑י
Lemma
113
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H113
Occurrences
271
יָרֹ֥ד
Lemma
3381
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal infinitive absolute
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3381
Occurrences
182
יָרַ֛דְנוּ
Lemma
3381
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 1rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3381
Occurrences
182
בַּתְּחִלָּ֖ה
Lemma
b/8462
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H8462
Occurrences
16
לִשְׁבָּר
Lemma
l/7666
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7666
Occurrences
7
אֹֽכֶל
Lemma
400
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H400
Occurrences
38
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

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.

8 word entries
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Transliteration
bromata
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative plural
Gloss
foods
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Food, meat, or something eaten.
Occurrences
49
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

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

8 word entries
וַאֲמָרוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Transliteration
'ybwr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
25
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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.

9 word entries
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
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

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:

12 word entries
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
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 votes

Genesis 42:10

But they said to him, “No my lord; your servants have come to buy food.

3 relevance votes

Genesis 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 votes

Genesis 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 votes

Genesis 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 votes

Genesis 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
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