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Lamentations 5

World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 12

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12 Princes were hanged up by their hands. The faces of elders were not honored.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Lamentations 5:12. 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 37
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.

שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃

7 word entries
שָׂרִים֙
Lemma
8269
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8269
Occurrences
272
בְּיָדָ֣ם
Lemma
b/3027
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
546
נִתְל֔וּ
Lemma
8518
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8518
Occurrences
18
פְּנֵ֥י
Lemma
6440
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
630
זְקֵנִ֖ים
Lemma
2205
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2205
Occurrences
103
לֹ֥א
Lemma
3808
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
3277
נֶהְדָּֽרוּ
Lemma
1921
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1921
Occurrences
5
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.

Ἄρχοντες ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἐκρεμάσθησαν, πρεσβύτεροι οὐκ ἐδοξάσθησαν.

8 word entries
Ἄρχοντες
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
archon
Morphology
noun/participle substantive, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
ruler, leader
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Ruler, leader, or official.
Occurrences
577
ἐν
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
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
χερσὶν
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
cheir
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
hand
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Hand or power.
Occurrences
1718
αὐτῶν
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
ἐκρεμάσθησαν
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
ekremasthesan
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
were ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
πρεσβύτεροι
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
presbyteroi
Morphology
comparative adjective/substantive, masculine nominative plural
Gloss
elders
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Elder, older person, or community leader.
Occurrences
153
οὐκ
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
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
ἐδοξάσθησαν
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
edoxasthesan
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
were ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
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.

ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ ܒܐ̈ܝܕܝܗܘܢ ܐܬܬܠܝܘ. ܘܐ̈ܦܝ ܣܒ̈ܐ̣ ܠܐ ܝܩܪܘ

7 word entries
ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ
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
rwrbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
119
ܒܐ̈ܝܕܝܗܘܢ
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'ydyhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
26
ܐܬܬܠܝܘ
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
'ttlyw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܘܐ̈ܦܝ
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
w'py
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
11
ܣܒ̈ܐ̣
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
ܣܒܐ
Transliteration
sb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
62
ܠܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2566
ܝܩܪܘ
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
yqrw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
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.

רַבְרְבָנִין בִּדֵיהוֹלֹ אִצְטְלִיבוּ אַפֵּי סָבַיָּא לָא סָבָרוּ׃

7 word entries
רַבְרְבָנִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rbrbnyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
בִּדֵיהוֹלֹ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bdyhwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
אִצְטְלִיבוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tstlybw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
אַפֵּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אפי
Transliteration
'py
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
212
סָבַיָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sby'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
32
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
סָבָרוּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sbrw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
13
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.

Principes manu suspensi sunt; facies senum non erubuerunt.

8 word entries
principes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
principes
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
830
manu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manus
Transliteration
manu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1822
suspensi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
suspensi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
4
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
facies
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facies
Transliteration
facies
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
793
senum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
senex
Transliteration
senum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
231
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
erubuerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
erubuerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
48

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.

Lamentations 4:16

The LORD’s anger has scattered them. He will not pay attention to them any more. They didn’t respect the persons of the priests. They didn’t favor the elders.

5 relevance votes

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.

4 relevance votes

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground. They keep silence. They have cast up dust on their heads. They have clothed themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

2 relevance votes

Lamentations 2:20

“Look, LORD, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their knees? Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

2 relevance votes
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