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Job 42

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4 You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 42:4. 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 39
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.

שְֽׁמַֽע־נָ֭א וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

6 word entries
שְֽׁמַֽע
Lemma
8085
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
784
נָ֭א
Lemma
4994
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4994
Occurrences
403
וְאָנֹכִ֣י
Lemma
c/595
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + pronoun
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H595
Occurrences
64
אֲדַבֵּ֑ר
Lemma
1696
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1696
Occurrences
702
אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗
Lemma
7592
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7592
Occurrences
98
וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי
Lemma
c/3045
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil imperative 2rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3045
Occurrences
244
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.

Ἄκουσον δέ μου Κύριε, ἵνα κᾀγὼ λαλήσω· ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ με δίδαξον.

14 word entries
Ἄκουσον
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
akoyson
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
27
δέ
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
μου
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
Κύριε
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
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
ἵνα
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
ἵνα
Transliteration
hina
Morphology
subordinating conjunction
Gloss
so that, in order that
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Purpose/result conjunction.
Occurrences
423
κᾀγὼ
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
kago
Morphology
conjunction plus first-person pronoun
Gloss
and I, I also
Part of Speech
conjunction + pronoun
Definition
Contracted καὶ ἐγώ.
Occurrences
74
λαλήσω
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
laleso
Morphology
verb, future active indicative, 1st singular
Gloss
I will speak
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To speak, say, or talk.
Occurrences
734
ἐρωτήσω
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
eroteso
Morphology
future active indicative, 1st singular pattern
Gloss
I will ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
δέ
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
σε
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
σὺ
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
δέ
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
με
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
δίδαξον
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
didaxon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
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.

ܫܡܥܝܢܝ ܘܐܢܐ ܐܡܠܠ ܐܫܐܠܟ ܐܘܕܥܝܢܝ

5 word entries
ܫܡܥܝܢܝ
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
shm'yny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
13
ܘܐܢܐ
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
w'n'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
183
ܐܡܠܠ
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
'mll
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
24
ܐܫܐܠܟ
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
'sh'lk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܐܘܕܥܝܢܝ
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
'wd'yny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
11
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.

שְׁמַע כְּדוּן וַאֲנָא אֲמַלֵל אֶשְׁאֲלִינָךְ וּתְהוֹדְעִנַנִי׃

6 word entries
שְׁמַע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שמע
Transliteration
shm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
154
כְּדוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דון
Transliteration
kdwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
108
וַאֲנָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אנא
Transliteration
w'n'
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + personal pronoun first singular
Gloss
and I
Occurrences
1108
אֲמַלֵל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'mll
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
29
אֶשְׁאֲלִינָךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'sh'lynk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
וּתְהוֹדְעִנַנִי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wthwd'nny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
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.

Audi, et ego loquar: interrogabo te, et responde mihi.

8 word entries
audi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
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
ego
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
loquar
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loquar
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543
interrogabo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
interrogabo
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
200
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
ostende
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ostendo
Transliteration
ostende
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
240
mihi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mihi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108

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 40:7

“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

7 relevance votes

Job 38:3

Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

6 relevance votes

Genesis 18:27

Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

1 relevance votes
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