Joshua
Chapter 4
Verse 20
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Joshua 4

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20 Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.

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Panels 5
Word Entries 60
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.

וְאֵת֩ שְׁתֵּ֨ים עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה הָֽאֲבָנִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָקְח֖וּ מִן־הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן הֵקִ֥ים יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃

12 word entries
וְאֵת֩
Lemma
c/853
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
2230
שְׁתֵּ֨ים
Lemma
8147
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H8147
Occurrences
536
עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה
Lemma
6240
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6240
Occurrences
336
הָֽאֲבָנִים֙
Lemma
d/68
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H68
Occurrences
40
הָאֵ֔לֶּה
Lemma
d/428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + pronoun
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H428
Occurrences
276
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
לָקְח֖וּ
Lemma
3947
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3947
Occurrences
420
מִן
Lemma
4480 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4480
Occurrences
1059
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן
Lemma
d/3383
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun proper
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3383
Occurrences
149
הֵקִ֥ים
Lemma
6965 b
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6965
Occurrences
318
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
Lemma
3091
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3091
Occurrences
196
בַּגִּלְגָּֽל
Lemma
b/1537
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1537
Occurrences
10
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.

Καὶ τοὺς δώδεκα λίθους τούτους, οὓς ἔλαβεν ἐκ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ἔστησεν Ἰησοῦς ἐν Γαλγάλοις,

14 word entries
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
τοὺς
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
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
λίθους
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
lithous
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative plural
Gloss
stones
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Stone.
Occurrences
209
τούτους
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
houtos
Morphology
demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
this one
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Definition
This, these.
Occurrences
3767
οὓς
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
ὅς
Transliteration
hous
Morphology
relative pronoun, accusative masculine plural
Gloss
whom, which
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Definition
Relative pronoun who, which, that.
Occurrences
4123
ἔλαβεν
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
elaben
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it took, received
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To take, receive, or obtain.
Occurrences
894
ἐκ
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
ἐκ
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
preposition with genitive
Gloss
from, out of
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the genitive; form before a vowel.
Occurrences
3500
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
Ἰορδάνου
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
Iordanou
Morphology
proper noun, genitive singular
Gloss
of Jordan
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Jordan.
Occurrences
179
ἔστησεν
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
estesen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she set, established
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To stand, set, establish, or appoint.
Occurrences
225
Ἰησοῦς
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
Iesous
Morphology
proper noun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
Joshua/Jesus
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Joshua/Jesus, biblical personal name.
Occurrences
206
ἐν
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
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
Γαλγάλοις
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
galgalois
Morphology
dative plural masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
8
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.

ܘܬܪ̈ܬܥܣܪܐ ܟܐ̈ܦܝܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܢܣܒܘ ܡܢ ܓܘ ܝܘܪܕܢܢ ܐܩܝܡ ܐܢܝ̈ܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܒܓܠܓܠܐ

11 word entries
ܘܬܪ̈ܬܥܣܪܐ
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
WTR"T<SR>
Morphology
W-TR/T(J-<SR>/
Occurrences
0
ܟܐ̈ܦܝܢ
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
K>"PJN
Morphology
K>P/JN
Occurrences
0
ܗܠܝܢ
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
HLJN
Morphology
HLJN
Occurrences
0
ܕܢܣܒܘ
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
DNSBW
Morphology
D-NSB[W
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
ܓܘ
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
GW
Morphology
GW/
Occurrences
0
ܝܘܪܕܢܢ
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
JWRDNN
Morphology
JWRDNN/
Occurrences
0
ܐܩܝܡ
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
>QJM
Morphology
]>]Q(W&JM[
Occurrences
0
ܐܢܝ̈ܢ
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
>NJ"N
Morphology
>NJN
Occurrences
0
ܝܫܘܥ
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
JCW<
Morphology
JCW</
Occurrences
0
ܒܓܠܓܠܐ
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
BGLGL>
Morphology
B-GLGL>/
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.

וְיַת תַּרְתָּא עַשְׂרֵי אַבְנַיָא הָאִלֵין דִנְסִיבוּ מִן יַרְדְנָא אֲקֵים יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּגִלְגָלָא׃

11 word entries
וְיַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
וית
Transliteration
wyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1320
תַּרְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
trt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
17
עַשְׂרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'shry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
21
אַבְנַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bny'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
41
הָאִלֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
h'lyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
171
דִנְסִיבוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dnsybw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
41
מִן
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מן
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, out of, than
Occurrences
2836
יַרְדְנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yrdn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
139
אֲקֵים
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'qym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
81
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yhwsh'
Morphology
proper noun
Gloss
Joshua
Occurrences
200
בְּגִלְגָלָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bglgl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
42
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.

Duodecim quoque lapides, quos de Jordanis alveo sumpserant, posuit Josue in Galgalis,

12 word entries
duodecim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
duodecim
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
188
quoque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quoque
Transliteration
quoque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
773
lapides
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lapis
Transliteration
lapides
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
330
quos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
Iordanis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Iordanis
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
196
alveo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
alueus
Transliteration
alveo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
14
sumpserant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sumo
Transliteration
sumpserant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
141
posuit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pono
Transliteration
posuit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
894
Iosue
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iusus
Transliteration
Iosue
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
75
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
Galgalis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Galgalis
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
10

Ranked cross references

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Joshua 4:3

and command them, saying, ‘Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you’ll camp tonight.’”

6 relevance votes

Joshua 4:8

The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel. They carried them over with them to the place where they camped, and laid them down there.

6 relevance votes
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