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Ruth 1

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3 Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

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Panels 5
Word Entries 52
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.

וַיָּ֥מָת אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ נָעֳמִ֑י וַתִּשָּׁאֵ֥ר הִ֖יא וּשְׁנֵ֥י בָנֶֽיהָ׃

8 word entries
וַיָּ֥מָת
Lemma
c/4191
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4191
Occurrences
255
אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ
Lemma
458
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H458
Occurrences
4
אִ֣ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
נָעֳמִ֑י
Lemma
5281
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5281
Occurrences
19
וַתִּשָּׁאֵ֥ר
Lemma
c/7604
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb niphal sequential imperfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7604
Occurrences
14
הִ֖יא
Lemma
1931
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H1931
Occurrences
1188
וּשְׁנֵ֥י
Lemma
c/8147
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adjective
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8147
Occurrences
147
בָנֶֽיהָ
Lemma
1121 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1121
Occurrences
4020
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 ἀπέθανεν Ἐλιμέλεχ ὁ ἀνὴρ τῆς Νωεμὶν, καὶ κατελείφθη αὕτη καὶ οἱ δύο υἱοὶ αὐτῆς.

15 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
ἀπέθανεν
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
apethanen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she died
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To die.
Occurrences
322
Ἐλιμέλεχ
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
elimelech
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἐλιμέλεχ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
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
ἀνὴρ
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
aner
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
τῆς
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
Νωεμὶν
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
noemin
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Νωεμὶν
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
18
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
κατελείφθη
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
kateleiphthe
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
25
αὕτη
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
houtos
Morphology
demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
this one
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Definition
This, these.
Occurrences
3767
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
οἱ
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
δύο
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
δύο
Transliteration
duo
Morphology
numeral, indeclinable or irregular
Gloss
two
Part of Speech
numeral
Definition
The numeral two.
Occurrences
520
υἱοὶ
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
huios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
son
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Son, descendant, or member of a group.
Occurrences
4805
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
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.

ܘܡ̣ܝܬ ܐܠܝܡܠܟ̇ ܒܥܠܗ̇ ܕܢܥܡܝ. ܘܐܫܬ̣ܚܪܬ ܗܝ̣ ܘܬܪܝܢ ܒܢ̈ܝܗ̇

8 word entries
ܘܡ̣ܝܬ
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
wmyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
85
ܐܠܝܡܠܟ̇
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
'lymlk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܒܥܠܗ̇
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
b'lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
34
ܕܢܥܡܝ
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
dn'my
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܘܐܫܬ̣ܚܪܬ
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'shthrt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܗܝ̣
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.
Lemma
ܗܝ
Transliteration
hi
Morphology
pronoun/copula, feminine singular
Gloss
she, it, is
Occurrences
578
ܘܬܪܝܢ
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
wtryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
96
ܒܢ̈ܝܗ̇
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
bnyh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
19
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.

וּמִית אֱלִימֶלֶךְ בַּעְלָהּ דְּנָעֳמִי וְאִשְׁתְּאַרַת הִיא אַרְמְלָא וּתְרֵין בְּנַהָא יַתְמִין׃

10 word entries
וּמִית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מית
Transliteration
wmyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
156
אֱלִימֶלֶךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lymlk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
בַּעְלָהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עלה
Transliteration
b'lh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
188
דְּנָעֳמִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dn'my
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
26
וְאִשְׁתְּאַרַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'sht'rt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
13
הִיא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
היא
Transliteration
hy'
Morphology
personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
she, it
Occurrences
241
אַרְמְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rml'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
10
וּתְרֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wtryn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
213
בְּנַהָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
נהא
Transliteration
bnh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
13
יַתְמִין׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytmyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
5
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.

Et mortuus est Elimelech maritus Noëmi: remansitque ipsa cum filiis.

11 word entries
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
mortuus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
morior
Transliteration
mortuus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
600
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
Helimelech
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Helimelech
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
6
maritus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
maritus
Transliteration
maritus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
31
Noemi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Noemus
Transliteration
Noemi
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
15
remansitque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
remaneo
Transliteration
remansitque
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
113
{remansitque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{remansitque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
ipsa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ipse
Transliteration
ipsa
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2134
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
filiis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filiis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067

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