Matthew
Chapter 2
Verse 18
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Matthew 2

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18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 2:18. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 77
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Φωνὴ ἐν Ῥαμᾶ ἠκούσθη, θρῆνος καὶ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὀδυρμὸς πολύς, Ῥαχὴλ κλαίουσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελε παρακληθῆναι, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσί.

22 word entries
Φωνὴ
Lemma
fwnh
Transliteration
fwnh
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5456
Occurrences
63
ἐν
Lemma
en
Transliteration
en
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2872
Ῥαμᾶ
Lemma
rama
Transliteration
rama
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4471
Occurrences
1
ἠκούσθη
Lemma
hkousqh
Transliteration
hkousqh
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G191
Occurrences
4
θρῆνος
Lemma
qrhnov
Transliteration
qrhnov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2355
Occurrences
1
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
κλαυθμὸς
Transliteration
klauqmov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2805
Occurrences
9
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
ὀδυρμὸς
Lemma
odurmov
Transliteration
odurmov
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G3602
Occurrences
1
πολύς
Lemma
poluv
Transliteration
poluv
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative singular masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
27
Ῥαχὴλ
Lemma
rachl
Transliteration
rachl
Morphology
Greek: noun
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4478
Occurrences
1
κλαίουσα
Transliteration
klaiousa
Morphology
Greek: verb present active participle nominative singular feminine
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2799
Occurrences
3
τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
τέκνα
Lemma
tekna
Transliteration
tekna
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
63
αὐτῆς
Lemma
authv
Transliteration
authv
Morphology
Greek: personal pronoun genitive singular feminine
Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Strong's
G846
Occurrences
171
καὶ
Lemma
kai
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
9284
οὐκ
Lemma
ouk
Transliteration
ouk
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
840
ἤθελε
Lemma
hqelen
Transliteration
hqelen
Morphology
Greek: verb imperfect active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G2309
Occurrences
14
παρακληθῆναι
Transliteration
paraklhqhnai
Morphology
Greek: verb aorist passive infinitive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G3870
Occurrences
1
ὅτι
Lemma
oti
Transliteration
oti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1293
οὐκ
Lemma
ouk
Transliteration
ouk
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
840
εἰσί
Lemma
eisin
Transliteration
eisin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
163
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

φωνὴ ἐν Ῥαμὰ ἠκούσθη, κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὀδυρμὸς πολύς· Ῥαχὴλ κλαίουσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν παρακληθῆναι, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσίν.

20 word entries
φωνὴ
Morphology
N-NSF
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5456
Occurrences
139
ἐν
Lemma
ἐν
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
2740
Ῥαμὰ
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4471
Occurrences
1
ἠκούσθη,
Morphology
V-API-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G0191
Occurrences
427
κλαυθμὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2805
Occurrences
9
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
ὀδυρμὸς
Morphology
N-NSM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G3602
Occurrences
2
πολύς·
Morphology
A-NSM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
354
Ῥαχὴλ
Morphology
N-PRI
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4478
Occurrences
1
κλαίουσα
Morphology
V-PAP-NSF
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2799
Occurrences
40
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-APN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
τέκνα
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5043
Occurrences
99
αὐτῆς,
Morphology
P-GSF
Part of Speech
P
Strong's
G0846
Occurrences
5556
καὶ
Lemma
καί
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
8969
οὐκ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
ἤθελεν
Morphology
V-IAI-3S
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G2309
Occurrences
208
παρακληθῆναι,
Morphology
V-APN
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G3870
Occurrences
108
ὅτι
Lemma
ὅτι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1299
οὐκ
Lemma
οὐ
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3756
Occurrences
1626
εἰσίν.
Morphology
V-PAI-3P
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܩܠܐ ܐܫܬܡܥ ܒܪܡܬܐ ܒܟܝܐ ܘܐܠܝܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܪܚܝܠ ܒܟܝܐ ܥܠ ܒܢܝܗ ܘܠܐ ܨܒܝܐ ܠܡܬܒܝܐܘ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ

16 word entries
ܩܠܐ
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
ܩܠܐ
Transliteration
ql'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
59
ܐܫܬܡܥ
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
'shtm'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܒܪܡܬܐ
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
brmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
ܒܟܝܐ
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
bky'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
12
ܘܐܠܝܐ
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
w'ly'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܣܓܝܐܐ
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
sgy''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
230
ܪܚܝܠ
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
rhyl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܒܟܝܐ
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
bky'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
12
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
909
ܒܢܝܗ
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
bnyh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
ܘܠܐ
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
ܘܠܐ
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
732
ܨܒܝܐ
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
sby'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
8
ܠܡܬܒܝܐܘ
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
lmtby'w
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
632
ܕܠܐ
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
ܕܠܐ
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
720
ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ
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
'ytyhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
49
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.

[Vox in Rama audita est ploratus, et ululatus multus: Rachel plorans filios suos, et noluit consolari, quia non sunt.]

19 word entries
vox
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uox
Transliteration
vox
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
583
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
Rama
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rama
Transliteration
Rama
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5
audita
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audita
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ploratus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
ploratus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5
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
ululatus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
ululatus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
33
multus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
multus
Transliteration
multus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1032
Rachel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Rachel
Transliteration
Rachel
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
4
plorans
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ploro
Transliteration
plorans
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
46
filios
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filios
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
suos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
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
noluit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nolo
Transliteration
noluit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
620
consolari
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
consolari
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
94
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614

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Jeremiah 31:15

The LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”

95 relevance votes

Jeremiah 4:31

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who gives birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, “Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers.”

9 relevance votes

Ezekiel 2:10

He spread it before me. It was written within and without; and lamentations, mourning, and woe were written in it.

3 relevance votes

Genesis 37:30

He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

2 relevance votes

Genesis 42:36

Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

1 relevance votes

Revelation 8:13

I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the other blasts of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”

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But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

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