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Chapter 16
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Proverbs 16

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1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 16:1. 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 31
Editorial Notes 1
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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.

לְאָדָ֥ם מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן׃

6 word entries
לְאָדָ֥ם
Lemma
l/120
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H120
Occurrences
24
מַֽעַרְכֵי
Lemma
4633
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4633
Occurrences
1
לֵ֑ב
Lemma
3820 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3820
Occurrences
463
וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
4
מַעֲנֵ֥ה
Lemma
4617
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4617
Occurrences
6
לָשֽׁוֹן
Lemma
3956
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3956
Occurrences
72
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.

ܡܢ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܬܪܥܝܬܐ ܕܠܒܐ ܘܡܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ

8 word entries
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܒܪܢܫܐ
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
brnsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
66
ܬܪܥܝܬܐ
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
tr'yt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
28
ܕܠܒܐ
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
dlb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
13
ܘܡܢ
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
ܘܡܢ
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
827
ܡܪܝܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Transliteration
maryah
Morphology
divine title, emphatic form
Gloss
Lord
Occurrences
2917
ܡܡܠܠܐ
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
mmll'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
15
ܕܠܫܢܐ
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
dlshn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
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.

מִן בַּר נָשׁ תַּרְעִיתָא דְלִבָּא וּמִן יְיָ מַמְלָלָא דְלִישָׁנָא׃

9 word entries
מִן
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מן
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, out of, than
Occurrences
2836
בַּר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בר
Transliteration
br
Morphology
noun masculine singular
Gloss
son
Occurrences
2734
נָשׁ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נש
Transliteration
nsh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
72
תַּרְעִיתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tr'yt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
13
דְלִבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לבא
Transliteration
dlb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
168
וּמִן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ומן
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
310
יְיָ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yy
Morphology
divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss
the Lord
Occurrences
3908
מַמְלָלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mmll'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
57
דְלִישָׁנָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dlyshn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
11
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.

[Hominis est animam præparare, et Domini gubernare linguam.

8 word entries
hominis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
hominis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
animum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
animus
Transliteration
animum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
109
praeparare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
praeparare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
123
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
Dei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Dei
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
gubernare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
guberno
Transliteration
gubernare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
11
linguam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lingua
Transliteration
linguam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
219
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note

Coverage: Source-structure exceptions

Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.

Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD ." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.

Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.

Source availability notes

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • Greek LXX alternate structure

    This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.

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.

Proverbs 19:21

There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

48 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:9

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

43 relevance votes

Philippians 2:13

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

23 relevance votes

Proverbs 20:24

A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

20 relevance votes

Jeremiah 10:23

Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

10 relevance votes

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

8 relevance votes

Exodus 4:15

You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

6 relevance votes

Ezra 7:27

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;

5 relevance votes

Psalms 119:36

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 10:17

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

4 relevance votes

Nehemiah 1:11

Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

4 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 18:31

When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

4 relevance votes
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