Proverbs
Chapter 25
Verse 21
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Proverbs 25

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21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 25:21. 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 49
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.

אִם־רָעֵ֣ב שֹׂ֭נַאֲךָ הַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּ לָ֑חֶם וְאִם־צָ֝מֵ֗א הַשְׁקֵ֥הוּ מָֽיִם׃

9 word entries
אִם
Lemma
518 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H518
Occurrences
641
רָעֵ֣ב
Lemma
7457
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7457
Occurrences
10
שֹׂ֭נַאֲךָ
Lemma
8130
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8130
Occurrences
107
הַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּ
Lemma
398
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperative 2rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H398
Occurrences
481
לָ֑חֶם
Lemma
3899
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3899
Occurrences
232
וְאִם
Lemma
c/518 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H518
Occurrences
279
צָ֝מֵ֗א
Lemma
6771
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6771
Occurrences
6
הַשְׁקֵ֥הוּ
Lemma
8248
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperative 2rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8248
Occurrences
25
מָֽיִם
Lemma
4325
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4325
Occurrences
325
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.

Ἐὰν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, ψώμιζε αὐτὸν, ἐὰν διψᾷ, πότιζε αὐτόν·

11 word entries
Ἐὰν
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
ἐάν
Transliteration
ean
Morphology
conditional particle
Gloss
if, whenever
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Definition
Conditional particle, often with subjunctive.
Occurrences
1253
πεινᾷ
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
pein
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
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
ἐχθρός
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
echthros
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
210
σου
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
ψώμιζε
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
psomize
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
αὐτὸν
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
ἐὰν
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
ἐάν
Transliteration
ean
Morphology
conditional particle
Gloss
if, whenever
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Definition
Conditional particle, often with subjunctive.
Occurrences
1253
διψᾷ
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
dips
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
2
πότιζε
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
potize
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
αὐτόν
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
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.

ܐܢ ܟܦܢ ܒܥܠܕܒܒܟ ܐܘܟܠܝܗܝ ܘܐܢ ܨܗܐ ܐܫܩܝܗܝ

7 word entries
ܐܢ
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
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
471
ܟܦܢ
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
ܟܦܢ
Transliteration
kpn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
ܒܥܠܕܒܒܟ
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.
Transliteration
b'ldbbk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
ܐܘܟܠܝܗܝ
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.
Transliteration
'wklyhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܘܐܢ
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
ܘܐܢ
Transliteration
w'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
263
ܨܗܐ
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
ܨܗܐ
Transliteration
sh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
ܐܫܩܝܗܝ
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.
Transliteration
'shqyhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

אִין כָּפֵן סָנְאָךְ אוֹכְלֵיהּ לַחְמָא וְאִין צָחֵי אַשְׁקֵיהּ מַיָא׃

9 word entries
אִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אין
Transliteration
'yn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
255
כָּפֵן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כפן
Transliteration
kpn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
25
סָנְאָךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sn'k
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
10
אוֹכְלֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wklyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
לַחְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חמא
Transliteration
lchm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
106
וְאִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אין
Transliteration
w'yn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
255
צָחֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
צחי
Transliteration
tschy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
7
אַשְׁקֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'shqyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
מַיָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מיא
Transliteration
my'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
233
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.

Si esurierit inimicus tuus, ciba illum; si sitierit, da ei aquam bibere:

13 word entries
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
esurierit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
esurio
Transliteration
esurierit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
59
inimicus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
inimicus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
389
tuus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tuus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615
ciba
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cibus
Transliteration
ciba
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
139
illum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
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
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
sitierit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sitio
Transliteration
sitierit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
46
da
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
do
Transliteration
da
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2116
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
aquam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aqua
Transliteration
aquam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
692
bibere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bibo
Transliteration
bibere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
319

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but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

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And the men which have been expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

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And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

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