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Numbers 20

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3 The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Numbers 20:3. 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 66
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.

וַיָּ֥רֶב הָעָ֖ם עִם־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לֵאמֹ֔ר וְל֥וּ גָוַ֛עְנוּ בִּגְוַ֥ע אַחֵ֖ינוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

12 word entries
וַיָּ֥רֶב
Lemma
c/7378
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7378
Occurrences
13
הָעָ֖ם
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5971
Occurrences
815
עִם
Lemma
5973 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5973
Occurrences
900
מֹשֶׁ֑ה
Lemma
4872
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4872
Occurrences
726
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
לֵאמֹ֔ר
Lemma
l/559
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
936
וְל֥וּ
Lemma
c/3863
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3863
Occurrences
4
גָוַ֛עְנוּ
Lemma
1478
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 1rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1478
Occurrences
12
בִּגְוַ֥ע
Lemma
b/1478
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1478
Occurrences
1
אַחֵ֖ינוּ
Lemma
251
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H251
Occurrences
455
לִפְנֵ֥י
Lemma
l/6440
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
1012
יְהוָֽה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
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 ἐλοιδορεῖτο ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Μωυσῆν, λέγοντες, ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν ἐν τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἔναντι Κυρίου.

17 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
ἐλοιδορεῖτο
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
eloidoreito
Morphology
verb, middle/passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
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
λαὸς
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
laos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
people
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
People, nation, or community.
Occurrences
1841
πρὸς
Status
Machine-aligned lexicon entry
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
Note
Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
Transliteration
pros
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with/toward
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
3989
Μωυσῆν
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
Mousen
Morphology
proper noun, accusative singular
Gloss
Moses
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Moses.
Occurrences
792
λέγοντες
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
legontes
Morphology
present active participle, nominative masculine plural
Gloss
saying
Part of Speech
verb/participle
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
ὄφελον
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
ophelon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter 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
7
ἀπεθάνομεν
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
apethanomen
Morphology
verb, active indicative/subjunctive, 1st plural pattern
Gloss
we ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
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
τῇ
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
ἀπωλείᾳ
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
apoleia
Morphology
dative singular feminine 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
19
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
ἀδελφῶν
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
adelphos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
brother
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Brother, kinsman, or member of a people.
Occurrences
739
ἡμῶν
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
ἔναντι
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
enanti
Morphology
preposition/adverb
Gloss
before, opposite
Part of Speech
preposition/adverb
Definition
Before, opposite, or in the presence of.
Occurrences
247
Κυρίου
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
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וּנְצָא עַמָא עִם משֶׁה וַאֲמָרוּ לְמֵימָר וּלְוַי דְמִתְנָא בְּמוֹתָא דַאֲחָנָא קֳדָם יְיָ

12 word entries
וּנְצָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נצא
Transliteration
wnts'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
עַמָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עם
Transliteration
'm'
Morphology
noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
people
Occurrences
613
עִם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עם
Transliteration
'm
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with
Occurrences
613
משֶׁה
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
משה
Transliteration
mshh
Morphology
proper noun
Gloss
Moses
Occurrences
649
וַאֲמָרוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'mrw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
93
לְמֵימָר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
lmymr
Morphology
prefixed preposition ל + speech root/form
Gloss
to/for to say, saying
Occurrences
1144
וּלְוַי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לוי
Transliteration
wlwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
42
דְמִתְנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmtn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
בְּמוֹתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bmwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
9
דַאֲחָנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'chn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
3
קֳדָם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
קדם
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
prepositional or nominal form
Gloss
before, in front of, east
Occurrences
823
יְיָ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yy
Morphology
divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss
the Lord
Occurrences
1694
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.

ܘܢܨܘ ܥܡܐ ܥܡ ܡܘܫܐ ܘܐܡܪܘ ܠܗ . ܐܫܬܘܦ ܕܝܢ ܡܝܬܢ ܒܡܘܬܢܐ ܕܐ̈ܚܝܢ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ.

13 word entries
ܘܢܨܘ
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
wnsw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܥܡܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܥܡܐ
Transliteration
amma
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
people, nation
Occurrences
688
ܥܡ
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
ܥܡ
Transliteration
'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
697
ܡܘܫܐ
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
mwsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
195
ܘܐܡܪܘ
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'mrw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
256
ܠܗ
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
ܐܫܬܘܦ
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
'shtwp
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
7
ܕܝܢ
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
ܕܝܢ
Transliteration
dyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
951
ܡܝܬܢ
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
mytn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
ܒܡܘܬܢܐ
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
bmwtn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
6
ܕܐ̈ܚܝܢ
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
d'hyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
4
ܩܕܡ
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
ܩܕܡ
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1019
ܡܪܝܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Transliteration
maryah
Morphology
divine title, emphatic form
Gloss
Lord
Occurrences
2917
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.

et versi in seditionem, dixerunt: Utinam periissemus inter fratres nostros coram Domino.

12 word entries
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
versi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerto
Transliteration
versi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
101
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
seditionem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seditio
Transliteration
seditionem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
18
dixerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
utinam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
utinam
Transliteration
utinam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
29
perissemus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pereo
Transliteration
perissemus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
250
inter
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inter
Transliteration
inter
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
502
fratres
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
frater
Transliteration
fratres
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1060
nostros
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
noster
Transliteration
nostros
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1263
coram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
coram
Transliteration
coram
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
710
Domino
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domino
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181

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