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Judges 16

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4 It came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

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Word Entries 50
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.

וַֽיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב אִשָּׁ֖ה בְּנַ֣חַל שֹׂרֵ֑ק וּשְׁמָ֖הּ דְּלִילָֽה׃

9 word entries
וַֽיְהִי֙
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
אַחֲרֵי
Lemma
310 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H310
Occurrences
539
כֵ֔ן
Lemma
3651 c
Morphology
Hebrew: adverb
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3651
Occurrences
502
וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב
Lemma
c/157
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H157
Occurrences
37
אִשָּׁ֖ה
Lemma
802
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H802
Occurrences
438
בְּנַ֣חַל
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5158
Occurrences
21
שֹׂרֵ֑ק
Lemma
7796
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7796
Occurrences
1
וּשְׁמָ֖הּ
Lemma
c/8034
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8034
Occurrences
131
דְּלִילָֽה
Lemma
1807
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1807
Occurrences
6
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 ἐγένετο μετὰ τοῦτο, καὶ ἠγάπησε γυναῖκα ἐν Ἀλσωρήχ· καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῇ Δαλιδά.

13 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
ἐγένετο
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
egeneto
Morphology
verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it became, happened
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To become, happen, come to be, or be made.
Occurrences
1418
μετὰ
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
meta
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with, after
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of μετά.
Occurrences
2247
τοῦτο
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
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
ἠγάπησε
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
egapese
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἠγάπησε
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
15
γυναῖκα
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
gynaika
Morphology
noun, feminine accusative singular
Gloss
woman, wife
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Woman or wife.
Occurrences
889
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
Ἀλσωρήχ
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
alsorech
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀλσωρήχ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity 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
ὄνομα
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
onoma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
name
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Name.
Occurrences
908
αὐτῇ
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
Δαλιδά
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
dalida
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
2
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.

ܘܒܬܪܟܢ ܪܚܡ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܒܢܚܠ ܣܪܘܩ ܘܫܡܗ̇ ܕܠܝܠܐ

7 word entries
ܘܒܬܪܟܢ
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
WBTRKN
Morphology
W-BTR-KN
Occurrences
0
ܪܚܡ
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
RXM
Morphology
RXM[
Occurrences
0
ܐܢܬܬܐ
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
>NTT>
Morphology
>NT(>/T~>
Occurrences
0
ܒܢܚܠ
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
BNXL
Morphology
B-NXL/
Occurrences
0
ܣܪܘܩ
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
SRWQ
Morphology
SRWQ/
Occurrences
0
ܘܫܡܗ̇
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
WCMH^
Morphology
W-CM/-H=
Occurrences
0
ܕܠܝܠܐ
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
DLJL>
Morphology
DLJL>/
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.

וַהֲוָה בָּתַר כֵּן וּרְחֵים אִתְּתָא בְּנַחֲלָא דְשׂוֹרֵק וּשְׁמָהּ דְלִילָהּ׃

9 word entries
וַהֲוָה
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוה
Transliteration
whwh
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root הוה
Gloss
and was, became, happened
Occurrences
1114
בָּתַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בתר
Transliteration
btr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
428
כֵּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כן
Transliteration
kn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
422
וּרְחֵים
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wrchym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
27
אִתְּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
180
בְּנַחֲלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bnchl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
71
דְשׂוֹרֵק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dshwrq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
וּשְׁמָהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שמה
Transliteration
wshmh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
29
דְלִילָהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dlylh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
6
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.

Post hæc amavit mulierem, quæ habitabat in valle Sorec, et vocabatur Dalila.

12 word entries
post
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
post
Transliteration
post
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
621
haec
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
haec
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
amavit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
amo
Transliteration
amavit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
59
mulierem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mulier
Transliteration
mulierem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
534
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
habitabat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habito
Transliteration
habitabat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
650
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
valle
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uallis
Transliteration
valle
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
133
Sorech
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Sorech
Transliteration
Sorech
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1
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
vocabatur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uoco
Transliteration
vocabatur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
652
Dalila
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dalila
Transliteration
Dalila
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
6

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Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under the LORD’s wrath will fall into it.

4 relevance votes

Proverbs 23:27

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

3 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.

3 relevance votes

1 Kings 11:1

Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites,

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 27:22

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

2 relevance votes

Nehemiah 13:26

Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

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