Genesis
Chapter 49
Verse 27
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Genesis 49

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27 Benjamin is a ravening wolf. In the morning he devours prey. and at evening divides the spoil.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 49:27. 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 63
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.

בִּנְיָמִין֙ זְאֵ֣ב יִטְרָ֔ף בַּבֹּ֖קֶר יֹ֣אכַל עַ֑ד וְלָעֶ֖רֶב יְחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁלָֽל׃

9 word entries
בִּנְיָמִין֙
Lemma
1144
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1144
Occurrences
113
זְאֵ֣ב
Lemma
2061
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2061
Occurrences
5
יִטְרָ֔ף
Lemma
2963
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2963
Occurrences
19
בַּבֹּ֖קֶר
Lemma
b/1242
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1242
Occurrences
105
יֹ֣אכַל
Lemma
398
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H398
Occurrences
481
עַ֑ד
Lemma
5706
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5706
Occurrences
2
וְלָעֶ֖רֶב
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6153
Occurrences
5
יְחַלֵּ֥ק
Lemma
2505 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2505
Occurrences
36
שָׁלָֽל
Lemma
7998
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7998
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.

Βενιαμὶν λύκος ἅρπαξ, τὸ πρωϊνὸν ἔδεται ἔτι, καὶ εἰς τὸ ἑσπέρας δίδωσι τροφήν.

13 word entries
Βενιαμὶν
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
Beniamin
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Benjamin
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Benjamin.
Occurrences
165
λύκος
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
lykos
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
5
ἅρπαξ
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
arpax
Morphology
third-declension nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
τὸ
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
πρωϊνὸν
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
proinon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
2
ἔδεται
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
edetai
Morphology
verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
23
ἔτι
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
ἔτι
Transliteration
eti
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
still, yet, again
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
Still, yet, further.
Occurrences
520
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
εἰς
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
εἰς
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
preposition with accusative
Gloss
into, to, for
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
Occurrences
6787
τὸ
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
ἑσπέρας
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
hesperas
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive singular or accusative plural
Gloss
evening
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Evening.
Occurrences
96
δίδωσι
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
didosi
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form 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
10
τροφήν
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
trophen
Morphology
accusative singular feminine 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
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.

בִּנְיָמִין בְּאַרְעֵהּ תִּשְׁרֵי שְׁכִנְתָּא וּבְאַחֲסַנְתֵּהּ יִתְבְּנֵי מַקְדְשָׁא בְּצַפְרָא וּבְפַנְיָא יְהוֹן מְקָרְבִין כַּהֲנַיָּא קָרְבָּנָא וּבְעִדַּן רַמְשָׁא יְהוֹן מְפַלְגִין מוֹתַר חוּלְקְהוֹן מִשְׁאַר קָדְשַׁיָּא

21 word entries
בִּנְיָמִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bnymyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
8
בְּאַרְעֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
b'r'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
22
תִּשְׁרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tshry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
שְׁכִנְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shknt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
וּבְאַחֲסַנְתֵּהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wb'chsnth
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
יִתְבְּנֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytbny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
מַקְדְשָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mqdsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
22
בְּצַפְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
btspr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
77
וּבְפַנְיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbpny'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
יְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
122
מְקָרְבִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mqrbyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
3
כַּהֲנַיָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
khny'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
17
קָרְבָּנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qrbn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
32
וּבְעִדַּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wb'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
רַמְשָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rmsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
61
יְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
122
מְפַלְגִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mplgyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
מוֹתַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ותר
Transliteration
mwtr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
3
חוּלְקְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chwlqhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
מִשְׁאַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שאר
Transliteration
msh'r
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
5
קָדְשַׁיָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qdshy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
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.

ܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܕܐܒܐ ܚܛܘܦܐ. ܒܨܦܪܐ ܢܐܟܘܠ ܒܙܬܐ. ܘܒܪܡܫܐ ܢܦ̇ܠܓ ܡܕܡ ܕܡܥܕܐ.

10 word entries
ܒܢܝܡܝܢ
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
BNJMJN
Morphology
BNJMJN/
Occurrences
0
ܕܐܒܐ
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
D>B>
Morphology
D>B/~>
Occurrences
0
ܚܛܘܦܐ
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
XVWP>
Morphology
XVWP/~>
Occurrences
0
ܒܨܦܪܐ
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
BYPR>
Morphology
B-YPR/~>
Occurrences
0
ܢܐܟܘܠ
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
N>KWL
Morphology
!N!>K&WL[
Occurrences
0
ܒܙܬܐ
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
BZT>
Morphology
BZ(>/T~>
Occurrences
0
ܘܒܪܡܫܐ
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
WBRMC>
Morphology
W-B-RMC/~>
Occurrences
0
ܢܦ̇ܠܓ
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
NP^LG
Morphology
!N!PLG[:d
Occurrences
0
ܡܕܡ
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
MDM
Morphology
MDM/
Occurrences
0
ܕܡܥܕܐ
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
DM<D>
Morphology
D-!M!<D(J&>[/:d
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.

Benjamin lupus rapax, mane comedat prædam, et vespere dividet spolia.]

10 word entries
Beniamin
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Beniamin
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
158
lupus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lupus
Transliteration
lupus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
14
rapax
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rapax
Transliteration
rapax
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
5
mane
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mane
Transliteration
mane
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
203
comedet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
comedo
Transliteration
comedet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
528
praedam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
praeda
Transliteration
praedam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
85
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
vespere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uesper
Transliteration
vespere
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
94
dividet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diuido
Transliteration
dividet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
192
spolia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
spolium
Transliteration
spolia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
65

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 35:18

And, as her life was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

3 relevance votes

Genesis 46:21

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

3 relevance votes

Acts 8:3

But Saul began to devastate the church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.

2 relevance votes

Acts 20:29

I know that, after my departure, merciless wolves will get in among you, who will not spare the flock;

2 relevance votes

Acts 9:1

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

2 relevance votes
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