Judges 14

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¹ Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיֵּ֥רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַיַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

8 word entries

וַיֵּ֥רֶד

Lemma: c/3381
Morphology: Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: H3381
Occurrences: 161

שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן

Lemma: 8123
Morphology: Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H8123
Occurrences: 35

תִּמְנָ֑תָה

Lemma: 8553
Morphology: Hebrew: noun proper + suffix
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H8553
Occurrences: 8

וַיַּ֥רְא

Lemma: c/7200
Morphology: Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech: conjunction
Strong's: H7200
Occurrences: 487

אִשָּׁ֛ה

Lemma: 802
Morphology: Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H802
Occurrences: 438

בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה

Lemma: b/8553
Morphology: Hebrew: preposition + noun proper + suffix
Part of Speech: preposition
Strong's: H8553
Occurrences: 2

מִבְּנ֥וֹת

Lemma: m/1323
Morphology: Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine plural construct
Part of Speech: preposition
Strong's: H1323
Occurrences: 24

פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים

Lemma: 6430
Morphology: Hebrew: noun gentilic masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech: noun
Strong's: H6430
Occurrences: 203

Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

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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.

Καὶ κατέβη Σαμψὼν εἰς Θαμναθὰ, καὶ εἶδε γυναῖκα ἐν Θαμναθὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν ἀλλοφύλων.

15 word entries

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

κατέβη

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: καταβαίνω
Transliteration: katebe
Morphology: verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss: he/she/it went down
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: To go down, descend.
Occurrences: 98

Σαμψὼν

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: Σαμψὼν
Transliteration: sampson
Morphology: proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss: Σαμψὼν
Part of Speech: proper noun
Definition: Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences: 38

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

Θαμναθὰ

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: θαμναθὰ
Transliteration: thamnatha
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: 6

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

εἶδε

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: ὁράω
Transliteration: eide
Morphology: verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss: he/she/it saw
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: To see, perceive, or look at.
Occurrences: 768

γυναῖκα

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: γυνή
Transliteration: gynaika
Morphology: noun, feminine accusative singular
Gloss: woman, wife
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Woman or wife.
Occurrences: 889

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

Θαμναθὰ

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: θαμναθὰ
Transliteration: thamnatha
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: 6

ἀπὸ

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: ἀπό
Transliteration: apo
Morphology: preposition with genitive
Gloss: from, away from
Part of Speech: preposition
Definition: Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
Occurrences: 3869

τῶν

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: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

θυγατέρων

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: θυγάτηρ
Transliteration: thygater
Morphology: noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss: daughter
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Daughter or female descendant.
Occurrences: 506

τῶν

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: ὁ
Transliteration: ho
Morphology: definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss: the
Part of Speech: article
Definition: Greek definite article.
Strong's: G3588
Occurrences: 80473

ἀλλοφύλων

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: ἀλλόφυλος
Transliteration: allophylon
Morphology: noun/adjective, genitive plural
Gloss: of foreigners, Philistines
Part of Speech: noun/adjective
Definition: Foreign, of another people; often Philistine in LXX context.
Occurrences: 223

Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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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.

ܘܢܚܬ ܫܡܫܘܢ ܠܬܡܢܬ ܘܚܙܐ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܒܬܡܢܬ ܡܢ ܒ̈ܢܬ ܦܠܫܬ̈ܝܐ

9 word entries

ܘܢܚܬ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: WNXT
Morphology: W-NXT[
Occurrences: 0

ܫܡܫܘܢ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: CMCWN
Morphology: CMCWN/
Occurrences: 0

ܠܬܡܢܬ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: LTMNT
Morphology: L-TMNT/
Occurrences: 0

ܘܚܙܐ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: WXZ>
Morphology: W-XZ(J&>[
Occurrences: 0

ܐܢܬܬܐ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: >NTT>
Morphology: >NT(>/T~>
Occurrences: 0

ܒܬܡܢܬ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: BTMNT
Morphology: B-TMNT/
Occurrences: 0

ܡܢ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: MN
Morphology: MN
Occurrences: 0

ܒ̈ܢܬ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: B"NT
Morphology: BN=/T=
Occurrences: 0

ܦܠܫܬ̈ܝܐ

Confidence: medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note: OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration: PLCT"J>
Morphology: PLCTJ/(J~>
Occurrences: 0

Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

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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.

וּנְחַת שִׁמְשׁוֹן לְתִמְנָת וַחֲזָא אִתְּתָא בְּתִמְנָת מִבְנַת פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי׃

8 word entries

וּנְחַת

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: נחת
Transliteration: wncht
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences: 66

שִׁמְשׁוֹן

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: שמשון
Transliteration: shmshwn
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 42

לְתִמְנָת

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: תמנת
Transliteration: ltmnt
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences: 13

וַחֲזָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: חזא
Transliteration: wchz'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 80

אִתְּתָא

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: אתתא
Transliteration: 'tt'
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences: 180

בְּתִמְנָת

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: תמנת
Transliteration: btmnt
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences: 13

מִבְנַת

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: בנת
Transliteration: mbnt
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences: 35

פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי׃

Status: Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence: low aramaic preliminary
Note: Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma: פלשתאי
Transliteration: plsht'y
Morphology: preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences: 256

Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Source

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Descendit ergo Samson in Thamnatha: vidensque ibi mulierem de filiabus Philisthiim,

12 word entries

descendit

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: descendo
Transliteration: descendit
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 385

igitur

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: igitur
Transliteration: igitur
Morphology: GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences: 420

Samson

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: Samson
Transliteration: Samson
Morphology: GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences: 21

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

Thamnatha

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: Thamnatha
Transliteration: Thamnatha
Morphology: GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences: 3

vidensque

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: uideo
Transliteration: vidensque
Morphology: GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences: 1988

{vidensque}

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: que
Transliteration: {vidensque}
Morphology: GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences: 4392

ibi

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: ibi
Transliteration: ibi
Morphology: GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences: 517

mulierem

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: mulier
Transliteration: mulierem
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 534

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: de
Transliteration: de
Morphology: GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences: 4779

filiabus

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: filia
Transliteration: filiabus
Morphology: GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences: 566

Philisthim

Status: Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma: Philisthim
Transliteration: Philisthim
Morphology: GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences: 133

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