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Chapter 4
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Proverbs 4

English Revised Version, Verse 5

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5 Get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not, neither decline from the words of my mouth:

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 4:5. 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.

קְנֵ֣ה חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה בִינָ֑ה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְאַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵֽאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

10 word entries
קְנֵ֣ה
Lemma
7069
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7069
Occurrences
61
חָ֭כְמָה
Lemma
2451
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2451
Occurrences
102
קְנֵ֣ה
Lemma
7069
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7069
Occurrences
61
בִינָ֑ה
Lemma
998
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H998
Occurrences
25
אַל
Lemma
408
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H408
Occurrences
576
תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח
Lemma
7911
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal jussive 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7911
Occurrences
78
וְאַל
Lemma
c/408
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H408
Occurrences
148
תֵּ֝֗ט
Lemma
5186
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal jussive 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5186
Occurrences
132
מֵֽאִמְרֵי
Lemma
m/561
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H561
Occurrences
3
פִֽי
Lemma
6310
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
266
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.

μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ· Μηδὲ παρίδῃς ῥῆσιν ἐμοῦ στόματος,

7 word entries
μὴ
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
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
ἐπιλάθῃ
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
epilathe
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
17
Μηδὲ
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
mede
Morphology
negative conjunction/particle
Gloss
and not, nor
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Negative coordinating conjunction/particle.
Occurrences
130
παρίδῃς
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
parides
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
5
ῥῆσιν
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
esin
Morphology
dative plural noun pattern or 3rd plural verb ending depending on context
Gloss
to/for ... / they ...
Part of Speech
noun/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
ἐμοῦ
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
στόματος
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
stoma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
mouth
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Mouth, opening, or speech.
Occurrences
384
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.

ܩܢܝ ܚܟܡܬܐ ܘܩܢܝ ܣܘܟܠܐ ܘܠܐ ܬܣܛܐ ܡܢ ܡܐܡܪܗ ܕܦܘܡܝ

9 word entries
ܩܢܝ
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
ܩܢܝ
Transliteration
qny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
7
ܚܟܡܬܐ
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
hkmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
113
ܘܩܢܝ
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
wqny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܣܘܟܠܐ
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
swkl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
26
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1993
ܬܣܛܐ
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
tst'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܡܐܡܪܗ
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
m'mrh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
6
ܕܦܘܡܝ
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
dpwmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
9
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.

קְנֵה חָכְמְתָא קְנֵה בְיוּנָא לָא תִנְשֵׁי וְלָא תִסְטֵי מִן מַאֲמָרֵי פוּמִי׃

11 word entries
קְנֵה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
קנה
Transliteration
qnh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
12
חָכְמְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chkmt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
56
קְנֵה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
קנה
Transliteration
qnh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
12
בְיוּנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bywn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
10
לָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
לא
Transliteration
l'
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2611
תִנְשֵׁי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tnshy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
5
וְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולא
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1587
תִסְטֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tsty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
מִן
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מן
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, out of, than
Occurrences
2836
מַאֲמָרֵי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
m'mry
Morphology
verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
3728
פוּמִי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pwmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
51
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.

Posside sapientiam, posside prudentiam: ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris mei.

12 word entries
posside
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
posside
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
196
sapientiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sapientiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
345
posside
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
posside
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
196
prudentiam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
prudentiam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
61
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1109
obliviscaris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
obliviscaris
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
115
neque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
neque
Transliteration
neque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
930
declines
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
declino
Transliteration
declines
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
111
a
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
a
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
verbis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verbis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
oris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
os?
Transliteration
oris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
10
mei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108

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.

James 1:5

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

15 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 34:2

And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

10 relevance votes

Psalms 44:18

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

9 relevance votes

Job 23:11

My foot hath held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and turned not aside.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 17:16

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 8:5

O ye simple, understand subtilty; and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 19:8

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 119:51

The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not swerved from thy law.

6 relevance votes

Psalms 119:157

Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not swerved from they testimonies.

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 18:1

He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and rageth against all sound wisdom.

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:16

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 23:23

Buy the truth, and sell it not; yea , wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

4 relevance votes
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