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Proverbs 6

World English Bible, Catholic Edition, Verse 23

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²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 6:23. 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

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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְת֣וֹרָה א֑וֹר וְדֶ֥רֶךְ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תּוֹכְח֥וֹת מוּסָֽר׃

9 word entries

כִּ֤י

Lemma: 3588 a
Morphology: Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: H3588
Occurrences: 4218

נֵ֣ר

Lemma: 5216 a
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H5216
Occurrences: 25

מִ֭צְוָה

Lemma: 4687
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H4687
Occurrences: 115

וְת֣וֹרָה

Lemma: c/8451
Morphology: Hebrew: conjunction + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: H8451
Occurrences: 20

א֑וֹר

Lemma: 216
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H216
Occurrences: 66

וְדֶ֥רֶךְ

Lemma: c/1870
Morphology: Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: H1870
Occurrences: 23

חַ֝יִּ֗ים

Lemma: 2416 e
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H2416
Occurrences: 100

תּוֹכְח֥וֹת

Lemma: 8433 b
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common feminine plural construct
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H8433
Occurrences: 15

מוּסָֽר

Lemma: 4148
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H4148
Occurrences: 42

Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

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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.

Ὅτι λύχνος ἐντολὴ νόμου καὶ φῶς, ὁδὸς ζωῆς, καὶ ἔλεγχος καὶ παιδεία,

12 word entries

Ὅτι

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: ὅτι
Transliteration: hoti
Morphology: subordinating conjunction
Gloss: that, because, for
Part of Speech: conjunction
Definition: Conjunction introducing cause, content, or explanation.
Occurrences: 3703

λύχνος

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: λύχνος
Transliteration: lychnos
Morphology: nominative masculine singular or genitive 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: 10

ἐντολὴ

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: ἐντολὴ
Transliteration: entole
Morphology: nominative feminine 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: 7

νόμου

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: νόμος
Transliteration: nomos
Morphology: noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss: law
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Law, custom, or instruction.
Occurrences: 332

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

φῶς

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: φῶς
Transliteration: phos
Morphology: noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss: light
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Light.
Occurrences: 113

ὁδὸς

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: ὁδός
Transliteration: hodos
Morphology: noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss: way, road
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Way, road, path, journey, or manner of life.
Occurrences: 701

ζωῆς

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: ζωή
Transliteration: zoes
Morphology: noun, feminine genitive singular
Gloss: of life
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Life, living existence.
Occurrences: 182

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

ἔλεγχος

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: ἔλεγχος
Transliteration: elegchos
Morphology: nominative masculine singular or genitive 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: 7

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

παιδεία

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: παιδεία
Transliteration: paideia
Morphology: nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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: 71

Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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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.

ܫܪܓܐ ܗܘ ܓܝܪ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܘܢܡܘܣܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܚ̈ܝܐ ܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ ܘܡܪܕܘܬܐ

10 word entries

ܫܪܓܐ

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: ܫܪܓܐ
Transliteration: shrg'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 19

ܗܘ

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: ܗܘ
Transliteration: hu
Morphology: pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss: he, it, is
Occurrences: 2003

ܓܝܪ

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: ܓܝܪ
Transliteration: gyr
Morphology: Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences: 455

ܦܘܩܕܢܐ

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: ܦܘܩܕܢܐ
Transliteration: pwqdn'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 62

ܘܢܡܘܣܐ

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: ܘܢܡܘܣܐ
Transliteration: wnmws'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 21

ܢܘܗܪܐ

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: ܢܘܗܪܐ
Transliteration: nwhr'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 67

ܘܐܘܪܚܐ

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: ܘܐܘܪܚܐ
Transliteration: w'wrh'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 22

ܕܚ̈ܝܐ

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: ܕܚܝܐ
Transliteration: dhy'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences: 57

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.
Lemma: ܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ
Transliteration: mksnwt'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences: 16

ܘܡܪܕܘܬܐ

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: ܘܡܪܕܘܬܐ
Transliteration: wmrdwt'
Morphology: probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 10

Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

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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.

מְטוּל שְׁרָגָא הוּא פוּקְדָנָא וְנִימוֹסָא נוֹהֲרָא וְאוֹרְחָא דְחַיֵי וּמַכְסְנוּתָא וּמַרְדוּתָא׃

10 word entries

מְטוּל

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: טול
Transliteration: mtwl
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences: 322

שְׁרָגָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: שרגא
Transliteration: shrg'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 10

הוּא

Confidence: medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note: Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma: הוא
Transliteration: hw'
Morphology: personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss: he, it
Occurrences: 992

פוּקְדָנָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: פוקדנא
Transliteration: pwqdn'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 6

וְנִימוֹסָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: נימוסא
Transliteration: wnymws'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 11

נוֹהֲרָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: נוהרא
Transliteration: nwhr'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 1

וְאוֹרְחָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: אורחא
Transliteration: w'wrch'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 119

דְחַיֵי

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: חיי
Transliteration: dchyy
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences: 111

וּמַכְסְנוּתָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: מכסנותא
Transliteration: wmksnwt'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 8

וּמַרְדוּתָא׃

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: מרדותא
Transliteration: wmrdwt'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 10

Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Source

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Quia mandatum lucerna est, et lex lux, et via vitæ increpatio disciplinæ:

12 word entries

quia

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: quia
Transliteration: quia
Morphology: GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences: 2543

mandatum

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: mando
Transliteration: mandatum
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 118

lucerna

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: lucerna
Transliteration: lucerna
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 64

est

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: sum
Transliteration: est
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 20614

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

lex

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: lex
Transliteration: lex
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 596

lux

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: lux
Transliteration: lux
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 154

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

via

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: uia
Transliteration: via
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 853

vitae

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: uita
Transliteration: vitae
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 437

increpatio

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: increpatio
Transliteration: increpatio
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 27

disciplinae

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: disciplina
Transliteration: disciplinae
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 94

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