Job
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Job 12

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23 He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 12:23. 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 46
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.

מַשְׂגִּ֣יא לַ֭גּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם שֹׁטֵ֥חַ לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃

6 word entries
מַשְׂגִּ֣יא
Lemma
7679
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7679
Occurrences
2
לַ֭גּוֹיִם
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1471
Occurrences
34
וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם
Lemma
c/6
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb piel sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6
Occurrences
57
שֹׁטֵ֥חַ
Lemma
7849
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7849
Occurrences
3
לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1471
Occurrences
34
וַיַּנְחֵֽם
Lemma
c/5148
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5148
Occurrences
11
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.

Πλανῶν ἔθνη καὶ ἀπολλύων αὐτὰ, καταστρωννύων ἔθνη καὶ καθοδηγῶν αὐτά.

10 word entries
Πλανῶν
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
planon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
ἔθνη
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
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
ἀπολλύων
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
apollyon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
αὐτὰ
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
καταστρωννύων
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
katastronnyon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἔθνη
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
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
καθοδηγῶν
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
kathodegon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
αὐτά
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
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.

ܡܛܥܐ ܠܥܡ̈ܡܐ ܘܡܒܕܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܫ̇ܛܚ ܠܥܡ̈ܡܐ ܘܡܘܒܕ ܠܗܘܢ ܫ̇ܛܚ ܠܐ̈ܡܘܬܐ ܘܫ̇ܒܩ ܠܗܝܢ

12 word entries
ܡܛܥܐ
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
mt''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
4
ܠܥܡ̈ܡܐ
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
l'mm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
54
ܘܡܒܕܪ
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
wmbdr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܠܗܘܢ
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
lhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1134
ܫ̇ܛܚ
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
ܫܛܚ
Transliteration
shth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܠܥܡ̈ܡܐ
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
l'mm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
54
ܘܡܘܒܕ
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
wmwbd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܠܗܘܢ
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
lhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1134
ܫ̇ܛܚ
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
ܫܛܚ
Transliteration
shth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܠܐ̈ܡܘܬܐ
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
l'mwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
3
ܘܫ̇ܒܩ
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
wshbq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
35
ܠܗܝܢ
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
lhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
65
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.

מַפִּישׁ לְעַמְמַיָא וּמְאַבְּדִנוּן מַשְׁטח מְצוּדְתָּא לְאוּמַיָא וְדַבְּרִנוּן׃

7 word entries
מַפִּישׁ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
פיש
Transliteration
mpysh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
לְעַמְמַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'mmy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
635
וּמְאַבְּדִנוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wm'bdnwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
מַשְׁטח
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שטח
Transliteration
mshtch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
7
מְצוּדְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mtswdt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
לְאוּמַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'wmy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
38
וְדַבְּרִנוּן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wdbrnwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
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.

Qui multiplicat gentes, et perdit eas, et subversas in integrum restituit.

11 word entries
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
multiplicat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
multiplicat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
160
gentes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gens
Transliteration
gentes
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
873
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
perdet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
perdo
Transliteration
perdet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
136
eas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eas
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
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
subversas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
subversas
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
84
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
integrum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
integer
Transliteration
integrum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
15
restituet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
restituet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
65

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.

Isaiah 9:3

You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder.

7 relevance votes

Isaiah 26:15

You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.

6 relevance votes

Isaiah 60:22

The little one will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, Yahweh, will do this quickly in its time.”

4 relevance votes

Psalms 107:38

He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.

3 relevance votes

Jeremiah 33:22

As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant and the Levites who minister to me.’”

2 relevance votes

Exodus 1:20

God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, I blessed him, and made him many.

2 relevance votes

Exodus 1:7

The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.

2 relevance votes

Jeremiah 30:19

Thanksgiving will proceed out of them with the voice of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and they will not be small.

2 relevance votes

Zechariah 10:8

I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will increase as they were before.

2 relevance votes
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