15 “The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough!’:
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Proverbs 30
World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 15
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 30:15. 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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Westminster Leningrad Codex
Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain
Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
לַֽעֲלוּקָ֨ה ׀ שְׁתֵּ֥י בָנוֹת֮ הַ֤ב ׀ הַ֥ב שָׁל֣וֹשׁ הֵ֭נָּה לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע לֹא־אָ֥מְרוּ הֽוֹן׃
13 word entries
לַֽעֲלוּקָ֨ה
בָנוֹת֮
הַ֤ב
הַ֥ב
שָׁל֣וֹשׁ
תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה
אָ֥מְרוּ
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.
ܠܥܠܘܩܐ ܬܠܬ ܗ̈ܘܝ ܠܗ ܒܢ̈ܢ ܚܒܝ̈ܒܢ ܬܠܬ ܐܢܝ̈ܢ ܕܠܐ ܣܒ̈ܥܢ ܘܕܐܪܒܥ ܠܐ ܐܡܪܐ ܟܕܘ
14 word entries
ܠܥܠܘܩܐ
- 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
- ܠܥܠܘܩܐ
- Transliteration
- l'lwq'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܬܠܬ
- 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
- ܬܠܬ
- Transliteration
- tlt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 59
ܗ̈ܘܝ
- 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
- ܗܘܝ
- Transliteration
- hwy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 130
ܠܗ
- 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
- ܠܗ
- Transliteration
- lh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 2252
ܒܢ̈ܢ
- 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
- ܒܢܢ
- Transliteration
- bnn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܚܒܝ̈ܒܢ
- 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
- ܚܒܝܒܢ
- Transliteration
- hbybn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
ܬܠܬ
- 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
- ܬܠܬ
- Transliteration
- tlt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 59
ܐܢܝ̈ܢ
- 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
- ܐܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'nyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 191
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
ܣܒ̈ܥܢ
- 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
- ܣܒܥܢ
- Transliteration
- sb'n
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2
ܘܕܐܪܒܥ
- 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
- ܘܕܐܪܒܥ
- Transliteration
- wd'rb'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 3
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
ܐܡܪܐ
- 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
- ܐܡܪܐ
- Transliteration
- 'mr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 58
ܟܕܘ
- 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
- ܟܕܘ
- Transliteration
- kdw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 18
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.
לַעֲלוּקָא תַּרְתֵּין בְּנִין הַב הַב תְּלַת אִינוּן דְלָא שָׂבְעָן וְאַרְבַּע דְלָא אָמְרָן מִסְתָא׃
13 word entries
לַעֲלוּקָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עלוקא
- Transliteration
- l'lwq'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 2
תַּרְתֵּין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תרתין
- Transliteration
- trtyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 122
בְּנִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נין
- Transliteration
- bnyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 161
הַב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הב
- Transliteration
- hb
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 36
הַב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הב
- Transliteration
- hb
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 36
תְּלַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תלת
- Transliteration
- tlt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 149
אִינוּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אינון
- Transliteration
- 'ynwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 449
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
שָׂבְעָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שבען
- Transliteration
- shb'n
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
וְאַרְבַּע
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארבע
- Transliteration
- w'rb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 114
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
אָמְרָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אמרן
- Transliteration
- 'mrn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 4
מִסְתָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סתא
- Transliteration
- mst'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 4
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.
Sanguisugæ duæ sunt filiæ, dicentes: Affer, affer. Tria sunt insaturabilia, et quartum quod numquam dicit: Sufficit.
16 word entries
sanguisugae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sanguisuga
- Transliteration
- sanguisugae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 1
duae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- duo
- Transliteration
- duae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 695
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
filiae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filia
- Transliteration
- filiae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 566
dicentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
adfer
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- affero
- Transliteration
- adfer
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 174
adfer
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- affero
- Transliteration
- adfer
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 174
tria
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tres
- Transliteration
- tria
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 502
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
insaturabilia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- insaturabilis
- Transliteration
- insaturabilia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 2
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
quartum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quartus
- Transliteration
- quartum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 92
quod
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quod
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
numquam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- numquam
- Transliteration
- numquam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 60
dicit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
sufficit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sufficio
- Transliteration
- sufficit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 57
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note
English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note
Coverage: Source-structure exceptions
Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.
Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "The horseleach hath two daughters, crying , Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea , four things say not, It is enough:" This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.
Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate structure
This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.
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.
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