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Joshua 3

World English Bible Updated, Verse 12

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12 Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Joshua 3:12. 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 62
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.

וְעַתָּ֗ה קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ שְׁנֵ֣י עָשָׂ֣ר אִ֔ישׁ מִשִּׁבְטֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד לַשָּֽׁבֶט׃

13 word entries
וְעַתָּ֗ה
Lemma
c/6258
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adverb
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6258
Occurrences
273
קְח֤וּ
Lemma
3947
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3947
Occurrences
420
לָכֶם֙
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
שְׁנֵ֣י
Lemma
8147
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H8147
Occurrences
536
עָשָׂ֣ר
Lemma
6240
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6240
Occurrences
336
אִ֔ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
מִשִּׁבְטֵ֖י
Lemma
m/7626
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7626
Occurrences
4
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Lemma
3478
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3478
Occurrences
2260
אִישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
אֶחָ֥ד
Lemma
259
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H259
Occurrences
678
אִישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
אֶחָ֖ד
Lemma
259
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H259
Occurrences
678
לַשָּֽׁבֶט
Lemma
l/7626
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7626
Occurrences
21
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.

Προχειρίσασθε ὑμῖν δώδεκα ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ἕνα ἀφʼ ἑκάστης φυλῆς.

12 word entries
Προχειρίσασθε
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
procheirisasthe
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
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
ὑμῖν
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
δώδεκα
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
dodeka
Morphology
numeral, indeclinable
Gloss
twelve
Part of Speech
numeral
Definition
Twelve.
Occurrences
136
ἄνδρας
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
andras
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative plural
Gloss
men
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
ἀπὸ
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
ἀπό
Transliteration
apo
Morphology
preposition with genitive
Gloss
from, away from
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
Occurrences
3869
τῶν
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
υἱῶν
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
huios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
son
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Son, descendant, or member of a group.
Occurrences
4805
Ἰσραὴλ
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
Israel
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Israel
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Israel; the patriarch, people, or land depending on context.
Occurrences
2695
ἕνα
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
εἷς
Transliteration
heis
Morphology
numeral/adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
one
Part of Speech
numeral/adjective
Definition
One, a single one.
Occurrences
785
ἀφʼ
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
ἀπό
Transliteration
aph
Morphology
preposition with genitive, elided form
Gloss
from, away from
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
Occurrences
3869
ἑκάστης
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
ekastes
Morphology
genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
φυλῆς
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
phyles
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive singular
Gloss
of a tribe
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Tribe, clan, or people-group.
Occurrences
251
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.

ܡܟܝܠ ܕܒܪܘ ܠܟܘܢ ܬܪܥܣܪ ܓܒܪ̈ܝܢ ܡܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܫܒ̈ܛܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܚܕ ܚܕ ܓܒܪܐ ܡܢ ܫܒܛܐ

14 word entries
ܡܟܝܠ
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
MKJL
Morphology
MKJL
Occurrences
0
ܕܒܪܘ
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
DBRW
Morphology
!!DBR[W:d
Occurrences
0
ܠܟܘܢ
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
LKWN
Morphology
L-KWN
Occurrences
0
ܬܪܥܣܪ
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
TR<SR
Morphology
TR/(J=-<SR/
Occurrences
0
ܓܒܪ̈ܝܢ
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
GBR"JN
Morphology
GBR/JN
Occurrences
0
ܡܢ
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
MN
Morphology
MN
Occurrences
0
ܟܠܗܘܢ
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
KLHWN
Morphology
KL/-HWN
Occurrences
0
ܫܒ̈ܛܐ
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
CB"V>
Morphology
CBV/(J~>
Occurrences
0
ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ
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
D>JSRJL
Morphology
D->JSRJL/
Occurrences
0
ܚܕ
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
XD
Morphology
XD/
Occurrences
0
ܚܕ
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
XD
Morphology
XD/
Occurrences
0
ܓܒܪܐ
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
GBR>
Morphology
GBR/~>
Occurrences
0
ܡܢ
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
MN
Morphology
MN
Occurrences
0
ܫܒܛܐ
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
CBV>
Morphology
CBV/~>
Occurrences
0
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.

וּכְעַן דַבָּרוּ לְכוֹן תְּרֵי עֲסַר גַבְרִין מִשִׁבְטַיָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל גַבְרָא חָד גַבְרָא חָד לְשִׁבְטָא׃

13 word entries
וּכְעַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כען
Transliteration
wk'n
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
555
דַבָּרוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ברו
Transliteration
dbrw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
5
לְכוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כון
Transliteration
lkwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
384
תְּרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תרי
Transliteration
try
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
57
עֲסַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עסר
Transliteration
'sr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
91
גַבְרִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbryn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
129
מִשִׁבְטַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mshbty'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
60
דְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
dyshr'l
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + proper noun
Gloss
of/that Israel
Occurrences
2312
גַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
חָד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חד
Transliteration
chd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
373
גַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
חָד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חד
Transliteration
chd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
373
לְשִׁבְטָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lshbt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
340
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.

Parate duodecim viros de tribubus Israël, singulos per singulas tribus.

10 word entries
parate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
paro
Transliteration
parate
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
152
duodecim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
duodecim
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
188
viros
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
viros
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
tribubus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tribus
Transliteration
tribubus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
247
Israhel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Israel
Transliteration
Israhel
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
2547
singulos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
singulos
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
357
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
singulas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
singulas
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
357
tribus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tres
Transliteration
tribus
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
502

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.

Joshua 4:2

“Take twelve men out of the people, a man out of every tribe,

5 relevance votes

Joshua 4:9

Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

3 relevance votes

Joshua 4:4

Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, a man out of every tribe.

3 relevance votes
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