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Chapter 25
Verse 12
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Proverbs 25

World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 12

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12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.

Original Language

Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 25:12. 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 50
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.

נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב וַחֲלִי־כָ֑תֶם מוֹכִ֥יחַ חָ֝כָ֗ם עַל־אֹ֥זֶן שֹׁמָֽעַת׃

9 word entries
נֶ֣זֶם
Lemma
5141
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5141
Occurrences
12
זָ֭הָב
Lemma
2091
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2091
Occurrences
246
וַחֲלִי
Lemma
c/2481
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2481
Occurrences
1
כָ֑תֶם
Lemma
3800
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3800
Occurrences
2
מוֹכִ֥יחַ
Lemma
3198
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3198
Occurrences
34
חָ֝כָ֗ם
Lemma
2450
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2450
Occurrences
104
עַל
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
אֹ֥זֶן
Lemma
241
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H241
Occurrences
93
שֹׁמָֽעַת
Lemma
8085
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
784
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.

Εἰς ἐνώτιον χρυσοῦν καὶ σάρδιον πολυτελὲς δέδεται, λόγος σοφὸς εἰς εὐήκοον οὖς.

12 word entries
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
ἐνώτιον
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
enotion
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
5
χρυσοῦν
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
chrysoyn
Morphology
accusative 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
27
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
σάρδιον
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
sardion
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
4
πολυτελὲς
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
polyteles
Morphology
nominative/vocative plural masculine/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
1
δέδεται
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
dedetai
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
2
λόγος
Status
Machine-aligned lexicon entry
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
Note
Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
Transliteration
logos
Morphology
noun
Gloss
Word
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
1103
σοφὸς
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
sophos
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
wise
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Wise, skilled, or prudent.
Occurrences
61
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
εὐήκοον
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
eyekoon
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
1
οὖς
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
οὖς
Transliteration
ous
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
ear
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Ear.
Occurrences
115
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.

ܩܕܫܐ ܕܕܗܒܐ ܘܣܪܕܘܢ ܛܒܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ ܕܚ̈ܟܝܡܐ ܠܐܕܢܐ ܕܫܡܥܐ

9 word entries
ܩܕܫܐ
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
qdsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܕܕܗܒܐ
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
ddhb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
143
ܘܣܪܕܘܢ
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
wsrdwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܛܒܐ
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
ܛܒܐ
Transliteration
tb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
113
ܗܟܢܐ
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
hkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
718
ܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ
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
mksnwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
16
ܕܚ̈ܟܝܡܐ
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
dhkym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
22
ܠܐܕܢܐ
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
l'dn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
5
ܕܫܡܥܐ
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
dshm''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
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.

קָדָשֵׁי דְדַהֲבָא וּמָנֵי דִזְמַרְגְדָא מַכְסְנוּתָא דְחַכִּימָא עַל אוּדְנָא דְשָׁמְעָא׃

9 word entries
קָדָשֵׁי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qdshy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
52
דְדַהֲבָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ddhb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
87
וּמָנֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מני
Transliteration
wmny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
268
דִזְמַרְגְדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dzmrgd'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
מַכְסְנוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mksnwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
11
דְחַכִּימָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dchkym'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
44
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
אוּדְנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wdn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
9
דְשָׁמְעָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dshm''
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
10
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.

Inauris aurea, et margaritum fulgens, qui arguit sapientem et aurem obedientem.

11 word entries
inauris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inaurus
Transliteration
inauris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2
aurea
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aureus
Transliteration
aurea
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
187
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
margaritum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
margaritum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1
fulgens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fulgeo
Transliteration
fulgens
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
12
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
arguit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
arguo
Transliteration
arguit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
69
sapientem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapiens
Transliteration
sapientem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
208
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
aurem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
auris
Transliteration
aurem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
212
oboedientem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
oboedientem
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2

Ranked cross references

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Psalms 141:5

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

8 relevance votes

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Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

4 relevance votes

Job 42:11

Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, came to him and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 20:12

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

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