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Judges 14

World English Bible, Verse 20

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20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Judges 14:20. 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.

וַתְּהִ֖י אֵ֣שֶׁת שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר רֵעָ֖ה לֽוֹ׃

7 word entries
וַתְּהִ֖י
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
אֵ֣שֶׁת
Lemma
802
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H802
Occurrences
438
שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן
Lemma
8123
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8123
Occurrences
35
לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ
Lemma
l/4828
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4828
Occurrences
3
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
רֵעָ֖ה
Lemma
7462 d
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7462
Occurrences
1
לֽוֹ
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
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.

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ γυνὴ Σαμψὼν ἑνὶ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ, ὧν ἐφιλίασε.

11 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
ἐγένετο
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
egeneto
Morphology
verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it became, happened
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To become, happen, come to be, or be made.
Occurrences
1418
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
γυνὴ
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
gyne
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
woman, wife
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Woman or wife.
Occurrences
889
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.
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
ἑνὶ
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
εἷς
Transliteration
heis
Morphology
numeral/adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
one
Part of Speech
numeral/adjective
Definition
One, a single one.
Occurrences
785
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
φίλων
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
philon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
34
αὐτοῦ
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
ὧν
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
ὅς
Transliteration
hon
Morphology
relative pronoun, genitive plural
Gloss
of whom, of which
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Definition
Relative pronoun who, which, that.
Occurrences
4123
ἐφιλίασε
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
ephiliase
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
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.

ܘܗܘܬ ܐܢܬܬܗ ܕܫܡܫܘܢ ܕܪܚܡ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ̇ ܠܫܘܫܒܝܢܗ

7 word entries
ܘܗܘܬ
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
WHWT
Morphology
W-HW(J[T==
Occurrences
0
ܐܢܬܬܗ
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
>NTTH
Morphology
>NT(>/T-H
Occurrences
0
ܕܫܡܫܘܢ
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
DCMCWN
Morphology
D-CMCWN/
Occurrences
0
ܕܪܚܡ
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
DRXM
Morphology
D-RXM[/
Occurrences
0
ܗܘܐ
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
HW>
Morphology
HW(J&>[
Occurrences
0
ܠܗ̇
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
LH^
Morphology
L-H=
Occurrences
0
ܠܫܘܫܒܝܢܗ
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
LCWCBJNH
Morphology
L-CWCBJN/-H
Occurrences
0
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.

וַהֲוַת אִתַּת שִׁמְשׁוֹן לִדְחַבְרֵיהּ דַהֲוָה שׁוֹשְׁבִינֵיהּ׃

6 word entries
וַהֲוַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הות
Transliteration
whwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
264
אִתַּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אתת
Transliteration
'tt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
92
שִׁמְשׁוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shmshwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
42
לִדְחַבְרֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ldchbryh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
דַהֲוָה
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוה
Transliteration
dhwh
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + verbal root הוה
Gloss
of/that was, became, happened
Occurrences
1114
שׁוֹשְׁבִינֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shwshbynyh
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.

uxor autem ejus accepit maritum unum de amicis ejus et pronubis.

11 word entries
uxor
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uxor
Transliteration
uxor
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
505
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
accepit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
accipio
Transliteration
accepit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
632
maritum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
maritus
Transliteration
maritum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
31
unum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unus
Transliteration
unum
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
1077
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
amicis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
amicus
Transliteration
amicis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
220
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
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
pronubis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
pronubis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1

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.

Judges 15:2

Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, take her instead.”

5 relevance votes

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full.

4 relevance votes

John 13:18

I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’

3 relevance votes

Micah 7:5

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

2 relevance votes

Judges 15:6

Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” The Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.

2 relevance votes

Jeremiah 9:5

Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.

2 relevance votes
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