8 “Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 38:8. 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.
וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃
וַיָּ֣סֶךְ
בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם
יָ֑ם
בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ
מֵרֶ֥חֶם
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.
Ἔφραξα δὲ θάλασσαν πύλαις, ὅτε ἐμαίμασσεν ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐγῆς ἐκπορευομένη·
Ἔφραξα
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἔφραξα
- Transliteration
- ephraxa
- 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
- 1
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
θάλασσαν
- 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
- θάλασσα
- Transliteration
- thalassa
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- sea
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Sea, lake, or large body of water.
- Occurrences
- 375
πύλαις
- 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
- πύλη
- Transliteration
- pylais
- Morphology
- noun, feminine dative plural
- Gloss
- gates
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Gate, entrance, or doorway.
- Occurrences
- 276
ὅτε
- 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
- ὅτε
- Transliteration
- hote
- Morphology
- temporal conjunction/adverb
- Gloss
- when
- Part of Speech
- conjunction/adverb
- Definition
- Temporal conjunction/adverb.
- Occurrences
- 130
ἐμαίμασσεν
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἐμαίμασσεν
- Transliteration
- emaimassen
- Morphology
- verb, aorist 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
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
κοιλίας
- 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
- κοιλία
- Transliteration
- koilias
- Morphology
- noun, feminine genitive singular or accusative plural
- Gloss
- belly, womb
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Belly, inner parts, womb, or abdomen.
- Occurrences
- 68
μητρὸς
- 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
- μήτηρ
- Transliteration
- meter
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- mother
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Mother.
- Occurrences
- 216
αὐγῆς
- 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.
- Lemma
- αὐγῆς
- Transliteration
- ayges
- Morphology
- genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine 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
- 1
ἐκπορευομένη
- 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
- ἐκπορευομένη
- Transliteration
- ekporeyomene
- 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
- 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.
ܘܣܓܪ ܬܪ̈ܥܝ ܝܡܐ ܘܐܓܝܚ ܡܢ ܡܪܒܥܐ ܘܐܦܩ
ܘܣܓܪ
- 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
- ܘܣܓܪ
- Transliteration
- wsgr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܬܪ̈ܥܝ
- 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
- ܬܪܥܝ
- Transliteration
- tr'y
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 6
ܝܡܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܝܡܐ
- Transliteration
- yamma
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- sea
- Occurrences
- 106
ܘܐܓܝܚ
- 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
- ܘܐܓܝܚ
- Transliteration
- w'gyh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- 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
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.
- Lemma
- ܡܪܒܥܐ
- Transliteration
- mrb''
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 19
ܘܐܦܩ
- 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
- ܘܐܦܩ
- Transliteration
- w'pq
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 26
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.
וַאֲגֵיף בְּדָשַׁיָא יַמָא בְּמִגְחֵיהּ מִן תְּהוֹמָא דְמִן רַחֲמָא יִפּוֹק׃
וַאֲגֵיף
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אגיף
- Transliteration
- w'gyp
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 3
בְּדָשַׁיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דשיא
- Transliteration
- bdshy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- 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
בְּמִגְחֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מגחיה
- Transliteration
- bmgchyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
מִן
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מן
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- from, out of, than
- Occurrences
- 2836
תְּהוֹמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תהומא
- Transliteration
- thwm'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 35
דְמִן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דמן
- Transliteration
- dmn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 252
רַחֲמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רחמא
- Transliteration
- rchm'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 22
יִפּוֹק׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יפוק
- Transliteration
- ypwq
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 39
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Quis conclusit ostiis mare, quando erumpebat quasi de vulva procedens;
quis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quis
- Transliteration
- quis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1619
conclusit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- concludo
- Transliteration
- conclusit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 48
ostiis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ostium
- Transliteration
- ostiis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 171
mare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mare
- Transliteration
- mare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 490
quando
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quando
- Transliteration
- quando
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 289
erumpebat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- erumpo
- Transliteration
- erumpebat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 28
quasi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quasi
- Transliteration
- quasi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 989
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
procedens
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- procedo
- Transliteration
- procedens
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 107
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.
Genesis 1:9
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
9 relevance votesJeremiah 5:22
Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh; ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
8 relevance votesProverbs 8:29
when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
8 relevance votesPsalms 33:7
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
5 relevance votesJob 38:10
marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
4 relevance votes