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Job 18

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18 He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 18:18. 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 35
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.

יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ מֵא֣וֹר אֶל־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃

6 word entries
יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ
Lemma
1920
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1920
Occurrences
7
מֵא֣וֹר
Lemma
m/216
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H216
Occurrences
1
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
חֹ֑שֶׁךְ
Lemma
2822
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2822
Occurrences
49
וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8398
Occurrences
1
יְנִדֻּֽהוּ
Lemma
5074
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5074
Occurrences
24
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.

Ἀπώσειεν αὐτὸν ἐκ φωτὸς εἰς σκότος.

6 word entries
Ἀπώσειεν
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
aposeien
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
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
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
φωτὸς
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
photos
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
22
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
σκότος
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
skotos
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
darkness
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Darkness.
Occurrences
62
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.

ܢܣܚܦܘܢܗ ܡܢ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܠܚܫܘܟܐ ܘܡܢ ܬܒܝܠ ܢܕܚܩܘܢܗ

7 word entries
ܢܣܚܦܘܢܗ
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
nshpwnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
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
ܢܘܗܪܐ
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
nwhr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
67
ܠܚܫܘܟܐ
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
lhshwk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
9
ܘܡܢ
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
ܘܡܢ
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
827
ܬܒܝܠ
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
tbyl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
25
ܢܕܚܩܘܢܗ
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
ndhqwnh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
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.

יָהָדְפוּנֵיהּ מִנְהוֹרָא לַחֲשׁוֹכָא וּמִתֵּבֵל יִגְלוּנֵיהּ׃

5 word entries
יָהָדְפוּנֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yhdpwnyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
מִנְהוֹרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mnhwr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
35
לַחֲשׁוֹכָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lchshwk'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
46
וּמִתֵּבֵל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wmtbl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
יִגְלוּנֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yglwnyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
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.

Expellet eum de luce in tenebras, et de orbe transferet eum.

11 word entries
expellet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
expello
Transliteration
expellet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
27
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
luce
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lux
Transliteration
luce
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
154
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
tenebras
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
tenebras
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
162
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
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
orbe
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
orbis
Transliteration
orbe
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
75
transferet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
transferet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
103
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.

Job 20:8

He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

5 relevance votes

Job 10:22

the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.’”

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

2 relevance votes

Job 3:20

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

2 relevance votes

Daniel 5:21

He was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.

2 relevance votes

Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

2 relevance votes

Daniel 4:33

This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men and ate grass like oxen; and his body was wet with the dew of the sky until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

2 relevance votes

Job 11:14

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

2 relevance votes

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

2 relevance votes
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