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Ecclesiastes 3

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1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ecclesiastes 3:1. 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 46
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.

לַכֹּ֖ל זְמָ֑ן וְעֵ֥ת לְכָל־חֵ֖פֶץ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ ס

7 word entries
לַכֹּ֖ל
Lemma
l/3605
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
332
זְמָ֑ן
Lemma
2165
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2165
Occurrences
2
וְעֵ֥ת
Lemma
c/6256
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
18
לְכָל
Lemma
l/3605
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
332
חֵ֖פֶץ
Lemma
2656
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2656
Occurrences
33
תַּ֥חַת
Lemma
8478
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H8478
Occurrences
423
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
Lemma
d/8064
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H8064
Occurrences
246
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.

Τοῖς πᾶσιν ὁ χρόνος, καὶ καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν.

12 word entries
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
πᾶσιν
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
πᾶς
Transliteration
pas
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
all, every
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
All, every, whole.
Occurrences
6138
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
χρόνος
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
chronos
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
67
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
καιρὸς
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
kairos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
time, season
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Time, season, or appointed moment.
Occurrences
329
τῷ
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
παντὶ
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
πᾶς
Transliteration
pas
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
all, every
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
All, every, whole.
Occurrences
6138
πράγματι
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
pragmati
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form 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
6
ὑπὸ
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
ὑπό
Transliteration
hypo
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
under, by
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of ὑπό.
Occurrences
443
τὸν
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
οὐρανόν
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
oyranon
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
27
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.

ܠܟܠ ܡܕܡ ܙܒܢܐ ܘܙܒܢܐ ܠܟܠ ܨܒܘ ܬܚܝܬ ܫܡܫܐ

8 word entries
ܠܟܠ
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
ܠܟܠ
Transliteration
lkl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
86
ܡܕܡ
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
ܡܕܡ
Transliteration
mdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
406
ܙܒܢܐ
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
zbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
147
ܘܙܒܢܐ
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
wzbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
22
ܠܟܠ
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
ܠܟܠ
Transliteration
lkl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
86
ܨܒܘ
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
ܨܒܘ
Transliteration
sbw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
38
ܬܚܝܬ
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
thyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
116
ܫܡܫܐ
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
shmsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
99
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.

לְכָל גְּבַר יֵיתֵי זִמְנָא וְעִדָּנָא לְכָל עִסְקָא תְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָּא׃

9 word entries
לְכָל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לכל
Transliteration
lkl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
312
גְּבַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
גבר
Transliteration
gbr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
627
יֵיתֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yyty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
82
זִמְנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
zmn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
68
וְעִדָּנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'dn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
140
לְכָל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לכל
Transliteration
lkl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
312
עִסְקָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'sq'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
12
תְּחוֹת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tchwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
145
שְׁמַיָּא׃
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
shmy'
Morphology
noun masculine plural emphatic
Gloss
heavens, sky
Occurrences
368
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.

[Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo.

10 word entries
omnia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnia
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
tempus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
habent
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habent
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
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
suis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
spatiis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
spatium
Transliteration
spatiis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
24
transeunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
transeo
Transliteration
transeunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
403
universa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
universa
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
889
sub
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sub
Transliteration
sub
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
330
caelo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caelum
Transliteration
caelo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
heaven
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
heaven, sky
Etymology
Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
Occurrences
740

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I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

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In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!

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In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

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Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

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When he was in distress, he begged the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

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So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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