25 Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant, saying,
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Deuteronomy 31
World English Bible Updated, Verse 25
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Deuteronomy 31:25. 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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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיְצַ֤ו מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם נֹ֥שְׂאֵ֛י אֲר֥וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃
וַיְצַ֤ו
אֶת
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
נֹ֥שְׂאֵ֛י
אֲר֥וֹן
בְּרִית
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.
καὶ ἐνετείλατο τοῖς Λευίταις τοῖς αἴρουσι τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης Κυρίου, λέγων,
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
ἐνετείλατο
- 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
- ἐντέλλομαι
- Transliteration
- eneteilato
- Morphology
- verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it commanded
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To command, order, or instruct.
- Occurrences
- 257
τοῖς
- 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
Λευίταις
- 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
- Λευίτης
- Transliteration
- Leuitais
- Morphology
- proper noun, masculine dative plural
- Gloss
- Levites
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Levite, member of the Levitical tribe/class.
- Occurrences
- 236
τοῖς
- 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
αἴρουσι
- 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
- αἴρουσι
- Transliteration
- airoysi
- Morphology
- verb, present/future active indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 6
τὴν
- 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
κιβωτὸν
- 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
- κιβωτός
- Transliteration
- kiboton
- Morphology
- noun, feminine accusative singular
- Gloss
- ark, chest
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Ark, chest, or box.
- Occurrences
- 165
τῆς
- 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
διαθήκης
- 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
- διαθήκη
- Transliteration
- diathekes
- Morphology
- noun, feminine genitive singular
- Gloss
- of covenant, testament
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Covenant, testament, or arrangement.
- Occurrences
- 314
Κυρίου
- 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
- κύριος
- Transliteration
- kyrios
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- Lord, master
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
- Occurrences
- 7934
λέγων
- 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
- λέγω
- Transliteration
- legon
- Morphology
- participle, present active masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- saying
- Part of Speech
- participle
- Definition
- To say or speak.
- Occurrences
- 5490
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
וּפַקִיד מֹשֶׁה יָת לֵוָאֵי נָטְלֵי אֲרוֹן קְיָמָא דַיְיָ לְמֵימָר
וּפַקִיד
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- פקד
- Transliteration
- wpqyd
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root פקד
- Gloss
- and commanded, appointed, charged
- Occurrences
- 152
מֹשֶׁה
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- משה
- Transliteration
- mshh
- Morphology
- proper noun
- Gloss
- Moses
- Occurrences
- 649
יָת
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ית
- Transliteration
- yt
- Morphology
- accusative/direct object marker
- Gloss
- direct object marker
- Occurrences
- 2463
לֵוָאֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ואי
- Transliteration
- lw'y
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 46
נָטְלֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נטלי
- Transliteration
- ntly
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 3
אֲרוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארון
- Transliteration
- 'rwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 6
קְיָמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קימא
- Transliteration
- qym'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 42
דַיְיָ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דיי
- Transliteration
- dyy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 353
לְמֵימָר
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אמר
- Transliteration
- lmymr
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ל + speech root/form
- Gloss
- to/for to say, saying
- Occurrences
- 1144
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.
ܦܩܕ ܡܘܫܐ ܠܠܘ̈ܝܐ ܕܫܩܝܠܝܢ ܩܒܘܬܐ ܕܩܝܡܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ.
ܦܩܕ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- PQD
- Morphology
- PQD[:d
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܘܫܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MWC>
- Morphology
- MWC>/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܠܘ̈ܝܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- LLW"J>
- Morphology
- L-LWJ=/(J~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܫܩܝܠܝܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- DCQJLJN
- Morphology
- D-CQ&JL[/JN:p
- Occurrences
- 0
ܩܒܘܬܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- QBWT>
- Morphology
- Q(>BW/T~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܩܝܡܗ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- DQJMH
- Morphology
- D-QJM/-H
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܡܪܝܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- DMRJ>
- Morphology
- D-MRJ>/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܐܡܪ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- W>MR
- Morphology
- W->MR[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- LHWN
- Morphology
- L-HWN
- Occurrences
- 0
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
præcepit Levitis, qui portabant arcam fœderis Domini, dicens:
praecepit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praecipio
- Transliteration
- praecepit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 538
Levitis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Leuites
- Transliteration
- Levitis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 159
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
portabant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- porto
- Transliteration
- portabant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 242
arcam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- arca
- Transliteration
- arcam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 225
foederis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- foedus
- Transliteration
- foederis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 213
Domini
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dominus
- Transliteration
- Domini
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 8181
dicens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
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Deuteronomy 31:9
Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.
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