11 Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 12:11. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
הֲלֹא־אֹ֭זֶן מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ אֹ֣כֶל יִטְעַם־לֽוֹ׃
הֲלֹא
אֹ֭זֶן
מִלִּ֣ין
תִּבְחָ֑ן
וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ
אֹ֣כֶל
יִטְעַם
לֽוֹ
- Lemma
- l
- Morphology
- Hebrew: preposition + suffix
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Occurrences
- 4413
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.
Οὖς μὲν γὰρ ῥήματα διακρίνει, λάρυγξ δὲ σῖτα γεύεται.
Οὖς
- 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
- οὖς
- Transliteration
- ous
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- ear
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Ear.
- Occurrences
- 115
μὲν
- 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
- μέν
- Transliteration
- men
- Morphology
- postpositive particle
- Gloss
- indeed, on the one hand
- Part of Speech
- particle
- Definition
- Postpositive particle often paired with δέ.
- Occurrences
- 179
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
ῥήματα
- 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
- ῥῆμα
- Transliteration
- rhema
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- word, saying, matter
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Spoken word, saying, or matter.
- Occurrences
- 403
διακρίνει
- 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.
- Lemma
- διακρίνει
- Transliteration
- diakrinei
- Morphology
- dative singular or indeclinable form 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
- 3
λάρυγξ
- 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.
- Lemma
- λάρυγξ
- Transliteration
- larygx
- Morphology
- third-declension nominative singular pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 8
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
σῖτα
- 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.
- Lemma
- σῖτα
- Transliteration
- sita
- Morphology
- nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
- 8
γεύεται
- 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.
- Lemma
- γεύεται
- Transliteration
- geyetai
- Morphology
- verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 3
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.
ܐܕܢܐ ܫ̇ܡܥܐ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܘܚܟܐ ܛܥ̇ܡ ܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ
ܐܕܢܐ
- 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
- ܐܕܢܐ
- Transliteration
- 'dn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 12
ܫ̇ܡܥܐ
- 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
- ܫܡܥܐ
- Transliteration
- shm''
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 12
ܡ̈ܠܐ
- 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
- ܡܠܐ
- Transliteration
- ml'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 159
ܘܚܟܐ
- 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
- ܘܚܟܐ
- Transliteration
- whk'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܛܥ̇ܡ
- 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
- ܛܥܡ
- Transliteration
- t'm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
ܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ
- Transliteration
- m'kwlt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 44
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.
הֲלָא אוּדְנָא מִלִין תִּבְחָן וּמוֹרִיגָא מֵיכְלָא יִטְעֵם לֵיהּ׃
הֲלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הלא
- Transliteration
- hl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 287
אוּדְנָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אודנא
- Transliteration
- 'wdn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 9
מִלִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לין
- Transliteration
- mlyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 41
תִּבְחָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תבחן
- Transliteration
- tbchn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
וּמוֹרִיגָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מוריגא
- Transliteration
- wmwryg'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 2
מֵיכְלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יכלא
- Transliteration
- mykl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 25
יִטְעֵם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יטעם
- Transliteration
- yt'm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
לֵיהּ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ליה
- Transliteration
- lyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1154
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Nonne auris verba dijudicat? et fauces comedentis, saporem?
nonne
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nonne
- Transliteration
- nonne
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 208
auris
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- auris
- Transliteration
- auris
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 212
verba
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uerbum
- Transliteration
- verba
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1162
diiudicat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diiudico
- Transliteration
- diiudicat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 13
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
fauces
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- faux
- Transliteration
- fauces
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 11
comedentis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- comedo
- Transliteration
- comedentis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 528
saporem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sapor
- Transliteration
- saporem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 4
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 34:3
For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
8 relevance votesHebrews 5:14
But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
4 relevance votesPhilippians 1:10
so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,
3 relevance votesJob 6:30
Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
3 relevance votes1 Peter 2:3
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
3 relevance votes1 Corinthians 10:15
I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.
2 relevance votes