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Chapter 26
Verse 6
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Proverbs 26

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6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 26:6. 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 51
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.

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּיַד־כְּסִֽיל׃

8 word entries
מְקַצֶּ֣ה
Lemma
7096
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7096
Occurrences
4
רַ֭גְלַיִם
Lemma
7272
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine dual absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7272
Occurrences
182
חָמָ֣ס
Lemma
2555
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2555
Occurrences
48
שֹׁתֶ֑ה
Lemma
8354
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8354
Occurrences
111
שֹׁלֵ֖חַ
Lemma
7971
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7971
Occurrences
405
דְּבָרִ֣ים
Lemma
1697
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
866
בְּיַד
Lemma
b/3027
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
546
כְּסִֽיל
Lemma
3684
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H3684
Occurrences
43
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.

Ἐκ τῶν ὁδῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὄνειδος ποιεῖται ὁ ἀποστείλας διʼ ἀγγέλου ἄφρονος λόγον.

12 word entries
Ἐκ
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
ἐκ
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
preposition with genitive
Gloss
from, out of
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the genitive; form before a vowel.
Occurrences
3500
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
ὁδῶν
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
odon
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
20
ἑαυτοῦ
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
heautou
Morphology
reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
of himself, his own
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Definition
Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
Occurrences
462
ὄνειδος
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
oneidos
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
reproach, disgrace
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Reproach, disgrace, insult, or shame.
Occurrences
43
ποιεῖται
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
poieitai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
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
ἀποστείλας
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
aposteilas
Morphology
accusative plural feminine or genitive singular feminine 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
14
διʼ
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
διά
Transliteration
di
Morphology
preposition, elided form
Gloss
through, because of
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of διά.
Occurrences
881
ἀγγέλου
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
aggeloy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
9
ἄφρονος
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
aphronos
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
18
λόγον
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
logon
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
word, matter
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
1103
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 ܬܚܝܬ ܪܓܠܗ ܫܬܐ ܥܘ̣ܠܐ ܡ̇ܢ ܕܡܫܕܪ ܡܠܬܐ ܒܝܕ ܣܟܠܐ

10 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
ܬܚܝܬ
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
thyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
116
ܪܓܠܗ
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
rglh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܫܬܐ
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
ܫܬܐ
Transliteration
sht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
35
ܥܘ̣ܠܐ
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
'wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
232
ܡ̇ܢ
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
ܕܡܫܕܪ
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
dmshdr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
8
ܡܠܬܐ
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
meltha
Morphology
noun, feminine emphatic singular
Gloss
word, matter
Occurrences
116
ܒܝܕ
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
ܒܝܕ
Transliteration
byd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
54
ܣܟܠܐ
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
skl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
46
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.

מַן דְרָהֲטָא בְרִגְלוֹי שְׁתֵי חֲטוֹפָא מַן דִמְשַׁדַר מִלֵי בְיַד סִכְלָא׃

10 word entries
מַן
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
דְרָהֲטָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
drht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
בְרִגְלוֹי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
brglwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
17
שְׁתֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שתי
Transliteration
shty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
44
חֲטוֹפָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chtwp'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
9
מַן
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
דִמְשַׁדַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmshdr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
5
מִלֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מלי
Transliteration
mly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
102
בְיַד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ביד
Transliteration
byd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
191
סִכְלָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
skl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
38
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.

Claudus pedibus, et iniquitatem bibens, qui mittit verba per nuntium stultum.

11 word entries
claudus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
claudus
Transliteration
claudus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
28
pedibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pes
Transliteration
pedibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
362
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
iniquitatem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iniquitatem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
460
bibens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bibo
Transliteration
bibens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
319
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
mittit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mitto
Transliteration
mittit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1165
verba
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verba
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
per
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
per
Transliteration
per
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1915
nuntium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nuntius
Transliteration
nuntium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
134
stultum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stultus
Transliteration
stultum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
129

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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

6 relevance votes

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As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

6 relevance votes

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A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

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But the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”

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