16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
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Proverbs 25
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 25:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Word Entries
43
Editorial Notes
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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.
דְּבַ֣שׁ מָ֭צָאתָ אֱכֹ֣ל דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ פֶּן־תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃
7 word entries
דְּבַ֣שׁ
מָ֭צָאתָ
אֱכֹ֣ל
דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ
תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ
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.
Μέλι εὑρὼν φάγε τὸ ἱκανὸν, μή ποτε πλησθεὶς ἐξεμέσῃς.
9 word entries
Μέλι
- 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
- μέλι
- Transliteration
- meli
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- honey
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Honey.
- Occurrences
- 48
εὑρὼν
- 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.
- Lemma
- εὑρὼν
- Transliteration
- eyron
- Morphology
- Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
- Gloss
- of ... / being ...
- Part of Speech
- participle/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 7
φάγε
- 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.
- Lemma
- φάγε
- Transliteration
- phage
- Morphology
- verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
- Gloss
- he/she ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 18
τὸ
- 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
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
ἱκανὸν
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἱκανὸν
- Transliteration
- ikanon
- 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
- 13
μή
- 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
ποτε
- 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
- ποτε
- Transliteration
- pote
- Morphology
- enclitic temporal particle/adverb
- Gloss
- once, ever, at some time
- Part of Speech
- particle/adverb
- Definition
- Indefinite temporal particle meaning once, ever, or at some time.
- Occurrences
- 64
πλησθεὶς
- 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.
- Lemma
- πλησθεὶς
- Transliteration
- plestheis
- Morphology
- Greek -εις form; likely verb 2nd singular or plural noun/adjective 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
- 2
ἐξεμέσῃς
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἐξεμέσῃς
- Transliteration
- exemeses
- 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
- 1
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.
ܡܐ ܕܐܫܟܚܬ ܕܒܫܐ ܡܣܬܟ ܐܟܘܠ ܕܠܐ ܟܕ ܬܣܒܥ ܬܬܝܒܝܘܗܝ
9 word entries
ܡܐ
- 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
- ܡܐ
- Transliteration
- m'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 214
ܕܐܫܟܚܬ
- 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
- ܕܐܫܟܚܬ
- Transliteration
- d'shkht
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 10
ܕܒܫܐ
- 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
- ܕܒܫܐ
- Transliteration
- dbsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 9
ܡܣܬܟ
- 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
- ܡܣܬܟ
- Transliteration
- mstk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
ܐܟܘܠ
- 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
- ܐܟܘܠ
- Transliteration
- 'kwl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 11
ܕܠܐ
- 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
- ܕܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1157
ܟܕ
- 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
- ܟܕ
- Transliteration
- kd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 881
ܬܣܒܥ
- 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
- ܬܣܒܥ
- Transliteration
- tsb'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
ܬܬܝܒܝܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܬܬܝܒܝܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- ttybywhy
- 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.
דִבְשָׁא מַשְׁכַּחְתְּ אֱכוֹל סוּפְקָנָךְ דְלָא תִשְׂבַּע וּתְתִיבִינֵיהּ׃
7 word entries
דִבְשָׁא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בשא
- Transliteration
- dbsh'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 5
מַשְׁכַּחְתְּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שכחת
- Transliteration
- mshkcht
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
אֱכוֹל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אכול
- Transliteration
- 'kwl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 21
סוּפְקָנָךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סופקנך
- Transliteration
- swpqnk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
דְלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דלא
- Transliteration
- dl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 607
תִשְׂבַּע
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תשבע
- Transliteration
- tshb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 8
וּתְתִיבִינֵיהּ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תתיביניה
- Transliteration
- wttybynyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
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.
[Mel invenisti: comede quod sufficit tibi, ne forte satiatus evomas illud.
11 word entries
mel
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mel
- Transliteration
- mel
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 73
invenisti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- inuenio
- Transliteration
- invenisti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 682
comede
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- comedo
- Transliteration
- comede
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 528
quod
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quod
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 15011
sufficit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sufficio
- Transliteration
- sufficit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 57
tibi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tu
- Transliteration
- tibi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4602
ne
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ne
- Transliteration
- ne
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1109
forte
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- forte
- Transliteration
- forte
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 200
saturatus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- saturo
- Transliteration
- saturatus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 71
evomas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- euomo
- Transliteration
- evomas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 9
illud
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ille
- Transliteration
- illud
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4947
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.
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
8 relevance votesEphesians 5:18
Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
5 relevance votesIsaiah 7:15
He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
2 relevance votesLuke 21:34
“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
1 relevance votesProverbs 23:8
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
0 relevance votesIsaiah 7:22
It shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter, for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.
0 relevance votes