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Chapter 14
Verse 4
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Numbers 14

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4 They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.”

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Panels 5
Word Entries 47
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.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֑יו נִתְּנָ֥ה רֹ֖אשׁ וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

8 word entries
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
אִ֣ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
אָחִ֑יו
Lemma
251
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H251
Occurrences
455
נִתְּנָ֥ה
Lemma
5414
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal cohortative 1rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5414
Occurrences
1113
רֹ֖אשׁ
Lemma
7218 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7218
Occurrences
387
וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה
Lemma
c/7725
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal cohortative 1rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7725
Occurrences
428
מִצְרָֽיְמָה
Lemma
4714
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4714
Occurrences
467
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 εἶπαν ἕτερος τῷ ἑτέρῳ, δῶμεν ἀρχηγὸν, καὶ ἀποστρέψωμεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον.

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
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.
Transliteration
eipan
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
ἕτερος
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
eteros
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive 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
36
τῷ
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
ἑτέρῳ
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
etero
Morphology
dative singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
22
δῶμεν
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
domen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect 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
2
ἀρχηγὸν
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
archegon
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
5
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
ἀποστρέψωμεν
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
apostrepsomen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect 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
2
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
Αἴγυπτον
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
Aigypton
Morphology
proper noun, accusative feminine singular
Gloss
Egypt
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Egypt.
Occurrences
600
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וַאֲמָרוּ גְבַר לַאֲחוֹהִי נְמַנֵי רֵישָׁא וּנְתוּב לְמִצְרָיִם

7 word entries
וַאֲמָרוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'mrw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
93
גְבַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
גבר
Transliteration
gbr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
287
לַאֲחוֹהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'chwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
127
נְמַנֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nmny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
רֵישָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rysh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
19
וּנְתוּב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wntwb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
לְמִצְרָיִם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmtsrym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
273
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.

ܘܐܡܪܘ ܓܒܪ ܠܐܚܘܗܝ. ܬܘ ܢܥܒܕ ܠܢ ܪܫܐ ܘܢܗܦܘܟ ܠܡܨܪܝܢ.

9 word entries
ܘܐܡܪܘ
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'mrw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
256
ܓܒܪ
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
ܓܒܪ
Transliteration
gbr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
148
ܠܐܚܘܗܝ
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
l'hwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
18
ܬܘ
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
ܬܘ
Transliteration
tw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
40
ܢܥܒܕ
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
n'bd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
75
ܠܢ
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
ܠܢ
Transliteration
ln
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
322
ܪܫܐ
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
ܪܫܐ
Transliteration
rsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
83
ܘܢܗܦܘܟ
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
wnhpwk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
13
ܠܡܨܪܝܢ
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
lmsryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
44
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.

Dixeruntque alter ad alterum: Constituamus nobis ducem, et revertamur in Ægyptum.

12 word entries
dixeruntque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixeruntque
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
{dixeruntque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{dixeruntque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
alter
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
alter
Transliteration
alter
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
319
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
alterum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
alter
Transliteration
alterum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
319
constituamus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
constituamus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
313
nobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nos
Transliteration
nobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1585
ducem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dux
Transliteration
ducem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
245
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
revertamur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
revertamur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
578
in
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
Aegyptum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Aegyptum
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
617

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.

Acts 7:39

to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

6 relevance votes

Luke 17:32

Remember Lot’s wife!

4 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 17:16

Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”

4 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 28:68

Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told you that you would never see it again. There you will offer yourselves to your enemies for male and female slaves, and nobody will buy you.

3 relevance votes

Hebrews 11:15

If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.

3 relevance votes
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