Proverbs
Chapter 31
Verse 20
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Proverbs 31

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20 She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 31:20. 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 38
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.

כַּ֭פָּהּ פָּרְשָׂ֣ה לֶעָנִ֑י וְ֝יָדֶ֗יהָ שִׁלְּחָ֥ה לָֽאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

6 word entries
כַּ֭פָּהּ
Lemma
3709
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3709
Occurrences
120
פָּרְשָׂ֣ה
Lemma
6566
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6566
Occurrences
31
לֶעָנִ֑י
Lemma
l/6041
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adjective
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6041
Occurrences
7
וְ֝יָדֶ֗יהָ
Lemma
c/3027
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
42
שִׁלְּחָ֥ה
Lemma
7971
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7971
Occurrences
405
לָֽאֶבְיֽוֹן
Lemma
l/34
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adjective
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H34
Occurrences
7
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.

Χεῖρας δὲ αὐτῆς διήνοιξε πένητι, καρπὸν δὲ ἐξέτεινεν πτωχῷ.

9 word entries
Χεῖρας
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
cheir
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
hand
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Hand or power.
Occurrences
1718
δὲ
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
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
αὐτῆς
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
διήνοιξε
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
dienoixe
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
7
πένητι
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
peneti
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form 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
καρπὸν
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
karpon
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
fruit
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Fruit, produce, crop, or result.
Occurrences
53
δὲ
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
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
ἐξέτεινεν
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
exeteinen
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἐξέτεινεν
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
16
πτωχῷ
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
ptoch
Morphology
1st singular verb or contracted noun/adjective form depending on context
Gloss
I ...
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
10
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.

ܐ̈ܝܕܝܗ̇ ܦܫܛܬ ܠܡ̈ܣܟܢܐ ܘܕܪ̈ܥܝܗ̇ ܐܘܫܛܬ ܠܒܝ̇ܫ̈ܐ

6 word entries
ܐ̈ܝܕܝܗ̇
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
'ydyh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
12
ܦܫܛܬ
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
pshtt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
2
ܠܡ̈ܣܟܢܐ
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
lmskn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
40
ܘܕܪ̈ܥܝܗ̇
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
wdr'yh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܐܘܫܛܬ
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
'wshtt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
3
ܠܒܝ̇ܫ̈ܐ
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
lbysh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
20
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.

יְדָהּ פָּשְׁטָא לַעֲנִיָא וּדְרַעְיָה מוֹשִׁיטָא לַעֲלִיבֵי׃

6 word entries
יְדָהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ידה
Transliteration
ydh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
14
פָּשְׁטָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
psht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
לַעֲנִיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'ny'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
31
וּדְרַעְיָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wdr'yh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
מוֹשִׁיטָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mwshyt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
לַעֲלִיבֵי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'lyby
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
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.

Manum suam aperuit inopi, et palmas suas extendit ad pauperem.

11 word entries
caph
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caphus
Transliteration
caph
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1
manum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manus
Transliteration
manum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1822
suam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
aperuit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aperio
Transliteration
aperuit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
283
inopi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inops
Transliteration
inopi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
21
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
palmas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
palma
Transliteration
palmas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
46
suas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suas
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
extendit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
extendo
Transliteration
extendit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
178
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
pauperem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pauper
Transliteration
pauperem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
231

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.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

9 relevance votes

Hebrews 13:16

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 22:9

He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

7 relevance votes

Proverbs 19:17

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

7 relevance votes

Romans 12:13

contributing to the needs of the saints, and given to hospitality.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 41:1

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

5 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 112:9

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

4 relevance votes

Romans 10:21

But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

3 relevance votes

Mark 14:7

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 1:24

Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

1 relevance votes
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