Job
Chapter 38
Verse 16
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Job 38

World English Bible, Verse 16

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16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 38:16. 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 42
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.

הֲ֭בָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־ יָ֑ם וּבְחֵ֥קֶר תְּ֝ה֗וֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃

7 word entries
הֲ֭בָאתָ
Lemma
i/935
Morphology
Hebrew: particle + verb qal perfect 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
5
עַד
Lemma
5704
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5704
Occurrences
1038
נִבְכֵי
Lemma
5033
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5033
Occurrences
1
יָ֑ם
Lemma
3220
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3220
Occurrences
160
וּבְחֵ֥קֶר
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2714
Occurrences
1
תְּ֝ה֗וֹם
Lemma
8415
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8415
Occurrences
30
הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ
Lemma
1980
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hithpael perfect 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1980
Occurrences
372
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.

Ἦλθες δὲ ἐπὶ πηγὴν θαλάσσης, ἐν δὲ ἴχνεσιν ἀβύσσου περιεπάτησας;

10 word entries
Ἦλθες
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
lthes
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἦλθες
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
7
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
ἐπὶ
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
ἐπί
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences
6685
πηγὴν
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
pegen
Morphology
accusative 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
21
θαλάσσης
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
thalassa
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
sea
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Sea, lake, or large body of water.
Occurrences
375
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
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
ἴχνεσιν
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
ichnesin
Morphology
dative plural noun pattern or 3rd plural verb ending depending on context
Gloss
to/for ... / they ...
Part of Speech
noun/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἀβύσσου
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
abyssoy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
9
περιεπάτησας
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
periepatesas
Morphology
aorist active participle nominative masculine singular pattern, or 2nd singular verb depending on context
Gloss
having ...
Part of Speech
participle/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
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.

ܥܠܬ ܠܥܘܡܩ̈ܘܗܝ ܕܝܡܐ ܘܒܫܬܐ̈ܣܘܗܝ ܕܬܗܘܡܐ ܗܠܟܬ

6 word entries
ܥܠܬ
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
ܥܠܬ
Transliteration
'lt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
12
ܠܥܘܡܩ̈ܘܗܝ
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'wmqwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܕܝܡܐ
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
dym'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
72
ܘܒܫܬܐ̈ܣܘܗܝ
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
wbsht'swhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܕܬܗܘܡܐ
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
dthwm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
5
ܗܠܟܬ
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
hlkt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
10
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.

אֶפְשַׁר דְעַלְתָּא עַד מְעַרְבְּלֵי סְגוֹר יַמָא וּבְפִּשְׁפּוּשׁ תְּהוֹמָא הֲלֵכְתּ׃

9 word entries
אֶפְשַׁר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'pshr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
85
דְעַלְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'lt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
75
עַד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עד
Transliteration
'd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
885
מְעַרְבְּלֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
m'rbly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
סְגוֹר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sgwr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
יַמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ימא
Transliteration
ym'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
284
וּבְפִּשְׁפּוּשׁ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbpshpwsh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
תְּהוֹמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
thwm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
35
הֲלֵכְתּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
hlkt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
8
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.

Numquid ingressus es profunda maris, et in novissimis abyssi deambulasti?

10 word entries
numquid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
numquid
Transliteration
numquid
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
408
ingressus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
ingressus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
561
es
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
es
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
profunda
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
profunda
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
21
maris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mare
Transliteration
maris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
490
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
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
novissimis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nouus
Transliteration
novissimis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
312
abyssis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
abyssus
Transliteration
abyssis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
51
deambulasti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
deambulasti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6

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.

Proverbs 8:24

When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.

6 relevance votes

Psalms 77:19

Your way was through the sea, your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.

4 relevance votes

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

1 relevance votes
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