Genesis
Chapter 9
Verse 25
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Genesis 9

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25 he said, Cursed be Canaan; may he be a slave of slaves to his brothers.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 9:25. 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 40
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.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָר֣וּר כְּנָ֑עַן עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לְאֶחָֽיו׃

7 word entries
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
אָר֣וּר
Lemma
779
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle passive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H779
Occurrences
50
כְּנָ֑עַן
Lemma
3667 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3667
Occurrences
86
עֶ֥בֶד
Lemma
5650
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5650
Occurrences
605
עֲבָדִ֖ים
Lemma
5650
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5650
Occurrences
605
יִֽהְיֶ֥ה
Lemma
1961
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1660
לְאֶחָֽיו
Lemma
l/251
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H251
Occurrences
36
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.

Καὶ εἶπεν, ἐπικατάρατος Χαναὰν παῖς· οἰκέτης ἔσται τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.

10 word entries
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
εἶπεν
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
eipen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
ἐπικατάρατος
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
epikataratos
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
37
Χαναὰν
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
Chanaan
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Canaan
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Canaan, land or personal name.
Occurrences
97
παῖς
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
pais
Morphology
noun, masculine/feminine nominative singular
Gloss
child, servant
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Child, servant, attendant, or young person.
Occurrences
276
οἰκέτης
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
oiketes
Morphology
genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
19
ἔσται
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
estai
Morphology
verb, future middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it will be
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
τοῖς
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
ἀδελφοῖς
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
adelphos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
brother
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Brother, kinsman, or member of a people.
Occurrences
739
αὐτοῦ
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
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.

וַאֲמַר לִיט כְּנַעַן עֲבַד פְּלַח עַבְדִין יְהֵי לַאֲחוֹהִי

8 word entries
וַאֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
and said, spoke
Occurrences
1144
לִיט
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ליט
Transliteration
lyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
23
כְּנַעַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נען
Transliteration
kn'n
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
8
עֲבַד
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עבד
Transliteration
'bd
Morphology
verbal or nominal root עבד
Gloss
made, did, served
Occurrences
321
פְּלַח
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
פלח
Transliteration
plch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
16
עַבְדִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bdyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
32
יְהֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
יהי
Transliteration
yhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
397
לַאֲחוֹהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'chwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
127
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.

ܘܐܡ̣ܪ ܠܝܛ ܟܢܥܢ. ܥܒ̣ܕ ܥܒ̈ܕܝܢ ܢܗܘܐ ܠܐܚ̈ܘܗܝ.

7 word entries
ܘܐܡ̣ܪ
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>M#R
Morphology
W->MR[
Occurrences
0
ܠܝܛ
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
LJV
Morphology
L(W&JV[/:p
Occurrences
0
ܟܢܥܢ
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
KN<N
Morphology
KN<N/
Occurrences
0
ܥܒ̣ܕ
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#D
Morphology
<BD=/
Occurrences
0
ܥܒ̈ܕܝܢ
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"DJN
Morphology
<BD=/JN
Occurrences
0
ܢܗܘܐ
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
NHW>
Morphology
!N!HW(J&>[
Occurrences
0
ܠܐܚ̈ܘܗܝ
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
L>X"WHJ
Morphology
L->X/(J&W-HJ
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.

ait: [Maledictus Chanaan, servus servorum erit fratribus suis.]

8 word entries
ait
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aio
Transliteration
ait
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1222
maledictus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
maledictus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
142
Chanaan
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Chanaan
Transliteration
Chanaan
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
98
servus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seruus
Transliteration
servus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
846
servorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seruus
Transliteration
servorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
846
erit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
fratribus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
frater
Transliteration
fratribus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1060
suis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783

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.

Joshua 9:23

A curse on you! You will forever provide us with slaves for the temple of my God, woodcutters and watercarriers.”

11 relevance votes

Joshua 9:27

but he made them that day woodcutters and watercarriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord , wherever the Lord chooses. As they still are.

7 relevance votes

John 8:34

“In truth I tell you,” replied Jesus, “everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

7 relevance votes

Genesis 9:22

Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers about it.

3 relevance votes

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say to those on his left ‘Go from my presence, accursed, into the permanent fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.

2 relevance votes

Genesis 49:7

Accursed is their anger that it is so fierce, and their wrath because it is so cruel; I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

2 relevance votes

Genesis 4:11

Even now you are cursed by the very ground that has opened to receive your brother’s blood shed by your hand.

0 relevance votes

Genesis 3:14

Then the Lord God said to the snake: “Because you have done this, you will be more accursed than all cattle and all the wild beasts. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust all your life.

0 relevance votes
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