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Ecclesiastes 3

World English Bible Updated, Verse 7

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7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ecclesiastes 3:7. 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 59
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.

עֵ֤ת לִקְר֙וֹעַ֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִתְפּ֔וֹר עֵ֥ת לַחֲשׁ֖וֹת וְעֵ֥ת לְדַבֵּֽר׃

8 word entries
עֵ֤ת
Lemma
6256
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
82
לִקְר֨וֹעַ֙
Lemma
l/7167
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7167
Occurrences
1
וְעֵ֣ת
Lemma
c/6256
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
18
לִתְפּ֔וֹר
Lemma
l/8609
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H8609
Occurrences
2
עֵ֥ת
Lemma
6256
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
82
לַחֲשׁ֖וֹת
Lemma
l/2814
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H2814
Occurrences
1
וְעֵ֥ת
Lemma
c/6256
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
18
לְדַבֵּֽר
Lemma
l/1696
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb piel infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1696
Occurrences
56
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.

Καιρὸς τοῦ ῥῆξαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ῥάψαι, καιρὸς τοῦ σιγᾷν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ λαλεῖν·

14 word entries
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
τοῦ
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
ῥῆξαι
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.
Transliteration
exai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
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
τοῦ
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
ῥάψαι
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.
Transliteration
apsai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
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
τοῦ
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
σιγᾷν
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.
Transliteration
sign
Morphology
aorist 3rd plural verb pattern or accusative feminine noun pattern depending on context
Gloss
they ... / ...
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
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
τοῦ
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
λαλεῖν
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
lalein
Morphology
present/aorist active infinitive pattern
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
23
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.

ܙܒܢܐ ܠܡܨܪܐ ܘܙܒܢܐ ܠܡܚܛ ܙܒܢܐ ܠܡܫܬܩ ܘܙܒܢܐ ܠܡܡܠܠܘ

8 word entries
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
ܠܡܨܪܐ
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
lmsr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
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
ܠܡܚܛ
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
lmht
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
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
ܠܡܫܬܩ
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
lmshtq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
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
ܠܡܡܠܠܘ
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
lmmllw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
30
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.

עִדָּן בְּחִיר לְמִבְזַע לְבוּשָׁא עַל שְׁכִיבָא וְעִדָּן בְּחִיר לְאַחָאָה בְּזִיעָא עִדָּן בְּחִיר לְמִשְׁתַּק מִלְּנַצָּאָה וְעִדָּן בְּחִיר לְמַלָּלָא פִּתְגָמֵי מַצּוּתָא׃

19 word entries
עִדָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
254
בְּחִיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חיר
Transliteration
bchyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
לְמִבְזַע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmbz'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
לְבוּשָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lbwsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
14
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
שְׁכִיבָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shkyb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
7
וְעִדָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
w'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
254
בְּחִיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חיר
Transliteration
bchyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
לְאַחָאָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'ch'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
3
בְּזִיעָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bzy''
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
15
עִדָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
254
בְּחִיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חיר
Transliteration
bchyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
לְמִשְׁתַּק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmshtq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
מִלְּנַצָּאָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mlnts'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
וְעִדָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
w'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
254
בְּחִיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חיר
Transliteration
bchyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
לְמַלָּלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmll'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
57
פִּתְגָמֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ptgmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
291
מַצּוּתָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mtswt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
11
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.

Tempus scindendi, et tempus consuendi; tempus tacendi, et tempus loquendi.

10 word entries
tempus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
scindendi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scindo
Transliteration
scindendi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
83
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
tempus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
consuendi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
consuo
Transliteration
consuendi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6
tempus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
tacendi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
taceo
Transliteration
tacendi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
89
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
tempus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
loquendi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loquendi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543

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.

Micah 7:5

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

12 relevance votes

Amos 5:13

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

12 relevance votes

Lamentations 3:28

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

8 relevance votes

Acts 4:20

for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

7 relevance votes

Esther 7:4

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”

6 relevance votes

Joel 2:13

Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

6 relevance votes

2 Kings 6:30

When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. Now he was passing by on the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his body.

4 relevance votes

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But please consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.”

4 relevance votes

Isaiah 36:21

But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”

4 relevance votes

Psalms 39:2

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

4 relevance votes

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.

4 relevance votes

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.

3 relevance votes
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