Genesis
Chapter 21
Verse 18
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18 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 21:18. 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 64
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.

ק֚וּמִי שְׂאִ֣י אֶת־הַנַּ֔עַר וְהַחֲזִ֥יקִי אֶת־יָדֵ֖ךְ בּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־לְג֥וֹי גָּד֖וֹל אֲשִׂימֶֽנּוּ׃

12 word entries
ק֚וּמִי
Lemma
6965 b
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6965
Occurrences
318
שְׂאִ֣י
Lemma
5375
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5375
Occurrences
386
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
הַנַּ֔עַר
Lemma
d/5288
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5288
Occurrences
88
וְהַחֲזִ֥יקִי
Lemma
c/2388
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil imperative 2rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2388
Occurrences
100
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
יָדֵ֖ךְ
Lemma
3027
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
747
בּ֑וֹ
Lemma
b
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
1362
כִּֽי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
לְג֥וֹי
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1471
Occurrences
34
גָּד֖וֹל
Lemma
1419 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H1419
Occurrences
341
אֲשִׂימֶֽנּוּ
Lemma
7760 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7760
Occurrences
271
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.

Ἀνάστηθι καὶ λάβε τὸ παιδίον, καὶ κράτησον τῇ χειρί σου αὐτό· εἰς γὰρ ἔθνος μέγα ποιήσω αὐτό.

17 word entries
Ἀνάστηθι
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
anastethi
Morphology
verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd singular
Gloss
arise, stand up
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To rise, stand up, arise, or raise.
Occurrences
216
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
λάβε
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
labe
Morphology
verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd singular
Gloss
take, receive
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To take, receive, or obtain.
Occurrences
894
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
παιδίον
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
paidion
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
child
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Child, infant, or little one.
Occurrences
104
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
κράτησον
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
krateson
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
2
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
χειρί
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
cheir
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
hand
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Hand or power.
Occurrences
1718
σου
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
αὐτό
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
εἰς
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
εἰς
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
preposition with accusative
Gloss
into, to, for
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
Occurrences
6787
γὰρ
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
γάρ
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
postpositive explanatory conjunction
Gloss
for, because
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Explanatory or causal conjunction.
Occurrences
1390
ἔθνος
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
ethnos
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
nation, people
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Nation, people, Gentile group, or ethnic body.
Occurrences
917
μέγα
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
megas
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
great, large
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Great, large, important, or mighty.
Occurrences
653
ποιήσω
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
poieso
Morphology
verb, future active indicative, 1st singular
Gloss
I will make, I will do
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To make, do, perform, or produce.
Strong's
G4160
Occurrences
2253
αὐτό
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
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.

קוּמִי טוּלִי יָת רַבְיָא וְאַתְקִיפִי יָת יְדֵךְ בֵּהּ אֲרֵי לְעַם סַגִּי אֲשַׁוִּנֵּהּ

12 word entries
קוּמִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qwmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
טוּלִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
twly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
יָת
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
ית
Transliteration
yt
Morphology
accusative/direct object marker
Gloss
direct object marker
Occurrences
2463
רַבְיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rby'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
17
וְאַתְקִיפִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'tqypy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
יָת
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
ית
Transliteration
yt
Morphology
accusative/direct object marker
Gloss
direct object marker
Occurrences
2463
יְדֵךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ידך
Transliteration
ydk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
59
בֵּהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בה
Transliteration
bh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
204
אֲרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ארי
Transliteration
'ry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
989
לְעַם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לעם
Transliteration
l'm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
55
סַגִּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
סגי
Transliteration
sgy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
58
אֲשַׁוִּנֵּהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'shwnh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
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.

ܩܘܡܝ ܫܩܘܠܝ ܠܛܠܝܐ ܘܚܡܣܢܝ ܐ̈ܝܕܝܟܝ ܒܗ. ܡܛܠ ܕܠܥܡܐ ܪܒܐ ܐܥܒܕܝܘܗܝ.

10 word entries
ܩܘܡܝ
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
QWMJ
Morphology
!!QWM[J
Occurrences
0
ܫܩܘܠܝ
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
CQWLJ
Morphology
!!CQ&WL[J
Occurrences
0
ܠܛܠܝܐ
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
LVLJ>
Morphology
L-VLJ/~>
Occurrences
0
ܘܚܡܣܢܝ
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
WXMSNJ
Morphology
W-XMSN[J:d
Occurrences
0
ܐ̈ܝܕܝܟܝ
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
>"JDJKJ
Morphology
&>JD/J-KJ
Occurrences
0
ܒܗ
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
BH
Morphology
B-H
Occurrences
0
ܡܛܠ
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
MVL
Morphology
MVL
Occurrences
0
ܕܠܥܡܐ
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
DL<M>
Morphology
D-L-<M=/~>
Occurrences
0
ܪܒܐ
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
RB>
Morphology
RB/~>
Occurrences
0
ܐܥܒܕܝܘܗܝ
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
><BDJWHJ
Morphology
!>!<BD[&J-&WHJ
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.

Surge, tolle puerum, et tene manum illius: quia in gentem magnam faciam eum.

13 word entries
surge
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
surgo
Transliteration
surge
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
421
tolle
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tollo
Transliteration
tolle
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
348
puerum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
puer
Transliteration
puerum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
312
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
tene
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
teneo
Transliteration
tene
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
189
manum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manus
Transliteration
manum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1822
illius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
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
gentem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gens
Transliteration
gentem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
873
magnam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magnus
Transliteration
magnam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1017
faciam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
faciam
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Genesis 21:13

I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”

7 relevance votes

Genesis 16:10

Yahweh’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”

5 relevance votes

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

3 relevance votes
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