Exodus
Chapter 18
Verse 17
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Exodus 18

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17 Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.

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Panels 5
Word Entries 48
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.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֵלָ֑יו לֹא־טוֹב֙ הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה׃

10 word entries
וַיֹּ֛אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
חֹתֵ֥ן
Lemma
2859 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2859
Occurrences
20
מֹשֶׁ֖ה
Lemma
4872
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4872
Occurrences
726
אֵלָ֑יו
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
לֹא
Lemma
3808
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
3277
טוֹב֙
Lemma
2896 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2896
Occurrences
278
הַדָּבָ֔ר
Lemma
d/1697
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
351
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
אַתָּ֖ה
Lemma
859 a
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H859
Occurrences
535
עֹשֶֽׂה
Lemma
6213 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
1634
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.

Εἶπε δὲ ὁ γαμβρὸς Μωυσῆ πρὸς αὐτὸν, οὐκ ὀρθῶς σὺ ποιεῖς τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο.

14 word entries
Εἶπε
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
eipe
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
δὲ
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
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
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
γαμβρὸς
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
gambros
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive 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
10
Μωυσῆ
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
Mouse
Morphology
proper noun, vocative/dative form
Gloss
Moses
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Moses.
Occurrences
792
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
αὐτὸν
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
οὐκ
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
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
ὀρθῶς
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
orthos
Morphology
adverbial -ως form or perfect participle pattern depending on context
Gloss
...ly / having ...
Part of Speech
adverb/participle form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
16
σὺ
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
ποιεῖς
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
poieis
Morphology
Greek -εις form; likely verb 2nd singular or plural noun/adjective 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
17
τὸ
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
ῥῆμα
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
rhema
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
word, saying, matter
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Spoken word, saying, or matter.
Occurrences
403
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
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.

וַאֲמַר חֲמוּהִי דְמשֶׁה לֵהּ לָא תַקִין פִּתְגָמָא דְאַתְּ עָבֵד:

9 word entries
וַאֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
and said, spoke
Occurrences
1144
חֲמוּהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chmwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
15
דְמשֶׁה
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
משה
Transliteration
dmshh
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + proper noun
Gloss
of/that Moses
Occurrences
649
לֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לה
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
465
לָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
לא
Transliteration
l'
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1040
תַקִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tqyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
פִּתְגָמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ptgm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
97
דְאַתְּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דאת
Transliteration
d't
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
11
עָבֵד
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עבד
Transliteration
'bd
Morphology
verbal or nominal root עבד
Gloss
made, did, served
Occurrences
321
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.

ܘܐܡ̣ܪ ܠܗ ܚܡܘܗܝ ܠܡܘܫܐ. ܠܐ̇ ܫܦܝܪ ܥܒ̇ܕ ܐܢܬ.

8 word entries
ܘܐܡ̣ܪ
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
W>M#R
Morphology
W->MR[
Occurrences
0
ܠܗ
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
LH
Morphology
L-H
Occurrences
0
ܚܡܘܗܝ
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
XMWHJ
Morphology
XM&W/-HJ
Occurrences
0
ܠܡܘܫܐ
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
LMWC>
Morphology
L-MWC>/
Occurrences
0
ܠܐ̇
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
L>^
Morphology
L>
Occurrences
0
ܫܦܝܪ
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
CPJR
Morphology
CPJR/
Occurrences
0
ܥܒ̇ܕ
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
<B^D
Morphology
<BD[/
Occurrences
0
ܐܢܬ
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
>NT
Morphology
>NT
Occurrences
0
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.

At ille: Non bonam, inquit, rem facis.

7 word entries
at
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
at
Transliteration
at
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
286
ille
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
ille
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
bonam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bonus
Transliteration
bonam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
847
inquit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inquio
Transliteration
inquit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
115
rem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
res
Transliteration
rem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
207
facis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
facis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
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