17 They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Judges 21:17. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת
פְּלֵיטָ֖ה
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן
וְלֹֽא
יִמָּחֶ֥ה
שֵׁ֖בֶט
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 εἶπαν, κληρονομία διασωζομένων τῶν Βενιαμίν· καὶ οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται φυλὴ ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ,
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
εἶπαν
- 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
- λέγω
- Transliteration
- eipan
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they said
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To say or speak.
- Occurrences
- 5490
κληρονομία
- 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
- κληρονομία
- Transliteration
- kleronomia
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- inheritance
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Inheritance, possession, or allotted heritage.
- Occurrences
- 182
διασωζομένων
- 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
- διασωζομένων
- Transliteration
- diasozomenon
- 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
- 1
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
Βενιαμίν
- 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
- Βενιαμίν
- Transliteration
- beniamin
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Βενιαμίν
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Benjamin.
- Occurrences
- 165
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
οὐκ
- 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
- οὐ
- Transliteration
- ou
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Part of Speech
- particle
- Definition
- Negative particle before rough breathing.
- Occurrences
- 5892
ἐξαλειφθήσεται
- 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
- ἐξαλειφθήσεται
- Transliteration
- exaleiphthesetai
- Morphology
- verb, future middle indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it will ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 8
φυλὴ
- 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
- φυλὴ
- Transliteration
- phyle
- 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
- 31
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
Ἰσραὴλ
- 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
- Ἰσραήλ
- Transliteration
- Israel
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Israel
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Israel; the patriarch, people, or land depending on context.
- Occurrences
- 2695
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.
ܘܐܡܪܘ ܕܢܫܬܒܩ ܫܪܟܢܐ ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܘܠܐ ܢܛܥܐ ܫܒܛܐ ܡܢ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ
ܘܐܡܪܘ
- 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
- W>MRW
- Morphology
- W->MR[W
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܢܫܬܒܩ
- 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
- DNCTBQ
- Morphology
- D-!N!@(>(T&C@(C&TBQ[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܫܪܟܢܐ
- 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
- CRKN>
- Morphology
- CRKN/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ
- 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
- DBNJMJN
- Morphology
- D-BNJMJN/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܠܐ
- 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
- WL>
- Morphology
- W-L>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܢܛܥܐ
- 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
- NV<>
- Morphology
- !N!V<(J&>[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܫܒܛܐ
- 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
- CBV>
- Morphology
- CBV/~>
- 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
ܐܝܣܪܝܠ
- 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
- >JSRJL
- Morphology
- >JSRJL/
- Occurrences
- 0
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.
וַאֲמַרוּ יְרוּתַת שְׁזֵיבְתָּא לִבְנֵי בִנְיָמִן וְלָא יִתְמְחֵי שִׁבְטָא מִיִשְׂרָאֵל׃
וַאֲמַרוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אמרו
- Transliteration
- w'mrw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 310
יְרוּתַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ירותת
- Transliteration
- yrwtt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
שְׁזֵיבְתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שזיבתא
- Transliteration
- shzybt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1
לִבְנֵי
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בר
- Transliteration
- lbny
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition ל + noun plural construct
- Gloss
- to/for sons, children of
- Occurrences
- 2734
בִנְיָמִן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נימן
- Transliteration
- bnymn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 35
וְלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ולא
- Transliteration
- wl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1587
יִתְמְחֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יתמחי
- Transliteration
- ytmchy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 5
שִׁבְטָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שבטא
- Transliteration
- shbt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 340
מִיִשְׂרָאֵל׃
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ישראל
- Transliteration
- myshr'l
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition מ + proper noun
- Gloss
- from Israel
- Occurrences
- 2312
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
et magna nobis cura, ingentique studio providendum est, ne una tribus deleatur ex Israël.
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
magna
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- magnus
- Transliteration
- magna
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 1017
nobis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nos
- Transliteration
- nobis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1585
cura
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cura
- Transliteration
- cura
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 41
ingentique
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ingens
- Transliteration
- ingentique
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 17
{ingentique}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {ingentique}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
studio
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- studium
- Transliteration
- studio
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 21
providendum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- prouideo
- Transliteration
- providendum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 24
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
ne
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ne
- Transliteration
- ne
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1109
una
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- unus
- Transliteration
- una
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 1077
tribus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tribus
- Transliteration
- tribus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 247
deleatur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- deleo
- Transliteration
- deleatur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 150
ex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ex
- Transliteration
- ex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1715
Israhel
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Israel
- Transliteration
- Israhel
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 2547
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.
Numbers 26:55
Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
3 relevance votesNumbers 36:7
So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
2 relevance votes