Jeremiah
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Jeremiah 20

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18 Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Jeremiah 20:18. 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 63
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.

לָ֤מָּה זֶּה֙ מֵרֶ֣חֶם יָצָ֔אתִי לִרְא֥וֹת עָמָ֖ל וְיָג֑וֹן וַיִּכְל֥וּ בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת יָמָֽי׃ פ

10 word entries
לָ֤מָּה
Lemma
l/4100
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + particle
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
145
זֶּה֙
Lemma
2088
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H2088
Occurrences
315
מֵרֶ֣חֶם
Lemma
m/7358
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7358
Occurrences
10
יָצָ֔אתִי
Lemma
3318
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3318
Occurrences
539
לִרְא֥וֹת
Lemma
l/7200
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
73
עָמָ֖ל
Lemma
5999
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5999
Occurrences
35
וְיָג֑וֹן
Lemma
c/3015
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3015
Occurrences
4
וַיִּכְל֥וּ
Lemma
c/3615
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3615
Occurrences
53
בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת
Lemma
b/1322
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1322
Occurrences
3
יָמָֽי
Lemma
3117
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3117
Occurrences
731
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.

Ἱνατί τοῦτο ἐξῆλθον ἐκ μήτρας, τοῦ βλέπειν κόπους καὶ πόνους, καὶ διετέλεσαν ἐν αἰσχύνῃ αἱ ἡμέραι μου;

17 word entries
Ἱνατί
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
hinati
Morphology
interrogative particle
Gloss
why?
Part of Speech
interrogative particle
Definition
Interrogative particle meaning why or for what reason.
Occurrences
133
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
ἐξῆλθον
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
exelthon
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
Gloss
they went out; I went out
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To go out, come out, or depart.
Occurrences
386
ἐκ
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
ἐκ
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
preposition with genitive
Gloss
from, out of
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the genitive; form before a vowel.
Occurrences
3500
μήτρας
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
metras
Morphology
accusative plural feminine or genitive singular feminine 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
9
τοῦ
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
βλέπειν
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
blepein
Morphology
present/aorist active infinitive pattern
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
14
κόπους
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
kopoys
Morphology
accusative plural masculine or genitive singular neuter 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
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
πόνους
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
ponoys
Morphology
accusative plural masculine or genitive singular neuter 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
16
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
διετέλεσαν
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
dietelesan
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural pattern
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
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
αἰσχύνῃ
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
aischyne
Morphology
nominative feminine 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
4
αἱ
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
ἡμέραι
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
hemera
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
day
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Day.
Occurrences
2366
μου
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
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.

ܠܡܢܐ ܢܦܩܬ ܡܢ ܡܪܒܥܐ ܠܡܚܙܐ ܥܡܠܐ ܘܕܐܘܘܐܢܐ ܘܓܡܪܘ ܒܒܗܬܬܐ ܝܘܡ̈ܝ

10 word entries
ܠܡܢܐ
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
lmn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
117
ܢܦܩܬ
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
npqt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
27
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܡܪܒܥܐ
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
mrb''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
19
ܠܡܚܙܐ
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
lmhz'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
25
ܥܡܠܐ
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
'ml'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
16
ܘܕܐܘܘܐܢܐ
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
wd'ww'n'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܘܓܡܪܘ
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
wgmrw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
7
ܒܒܗܬܬܐ
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
bbhtt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
ܝܘܡ̈ܝ
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
ywmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
47
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.

לְמָה דְנָן מִבִּטְנָא נְפָקֵית לְמֶחְזֵי עָמָל וּדְוָן וְסָפוּ בְּבַהֲתָא יוֹמָי׃

10 word entries
לְמָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
למה
Transliteration
lmh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
67
דְנָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דנן
Transliteration
dnn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
503
מִבִּטְנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mbtn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
נְפָקֵית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
npqyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
9
לְמֶחְזֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmchzy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
25
עָמָל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עמל
Transliteration
'ml
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
5
וּדְוָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דון
Transliteration
wdwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
108
וְסָפוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ספו
Transliteration
wspw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
12
בְּבַהֲתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bbht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
7
יוֹמָי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ywmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
214
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.

Quare de vulva egressus sum, ut viderem laborem et dolorem, et consumerentur in confusione dies mei?]

16 word entries
quare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quare
Transliteration
quare
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
224
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
vulva
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uulua
Transliteration
vulva
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
30
egressus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
egressus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
667
sum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
viderem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uideo
Transliteration
viderem
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1988
laborem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
labor
Transliteration
laborem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
129
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
dolorem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dolor
Transliteration
dolorem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
119
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
consumerentur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
consumo
Transliteration
consumerentur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
145
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
confusione
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
confusione
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
78
dies
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dies
Transliteration
dies
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2559
mei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108

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.

Job 3:20

“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

5 relevance votes

Lamentations 3:1

I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

4 relevance votes

Job 14:1

“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

4 relevance votes

Psalms 69:19

You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.

3 relevance votes

Lamentations 1:12

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which Yahweh has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 51:7

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults.

2 relevance votes

Hebrews 13:13

Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.

2 relevance votes

2 Timothy 1:12

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

2 relevance votes

Job 14:13

“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!

2 relevance votes

Hebrews 11:36

Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.

2 relevance votes

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

2 relevance votes

Hebrews 12:2

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

2 relevance votes
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