8 Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation because of injustice, violence, and greed for money.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Sirach 10:8. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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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.
Βασιλεία ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος μετάγεται, διὰ ἀδικίας καὶ ὕβρεις καὶ χρήματα.
Βασιλεία
- 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
- βασιλεία
- Transliteration
- basileia
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- kingdom, reign
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Kingdom, reign, royal power, or dominion.
- Occurrences
- 343
ἀπὸ
- 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
- ἀπό
- Transliteration
- apo
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- from, away from
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
- Occurrences
- 3869
ἔθνους
- 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
- ἔθνος
- Transliteration
- ethnos
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- nation, people
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Nation, people, Gentile group, or ethnic body.
- Occurrences
- 917
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
ἔθνος
- 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
- ἔθνος
- Transliteration
- ethnos
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- nation, people
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Nation, people, Gentile group, or ethnic body.
- Occurrences
- 917
μετάγεται
- 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.
- Lemma
- μετάγεται
- Transliteration
- metagetai
- Morphology
- verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
διὰ
- 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
- dia
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- through, because of
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided form of διά.
- Occurrences
- 881
ἀδικίας
- 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
- ἀδικία
- Transliteration
- adikias
- Morphology
- noun, feminine genitive singular or accusative plural
- Gloss
- injustice, unrighteousness
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Injustice, unrighteousness, wrong, or iniquity.
- Occurrences
- 166
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
ὕβρεις
- 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.
- Lemma
- ὕβρεις
- Transliteration
- ybreis
- Morphology
- Greek -εις form; likely verb 2nd singular or plural noun/adjective depending on context
- Gloss
- form requires context
- Part of Speech
- verb/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
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
χρήματα
- 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.
- Lemma
- χρήματα
- Transliteration
- chremata
- Morphology
- nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
- 14
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.
ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܡܢ ܥܡܐ ܠܥܡܐ ܡܫܬܚܠܦܐ ܡܛܠ ܚܛܗ̈ܐ ܘܓܐܝܘܬܐ ܘܡܡܘܢܐ
ܡܠܟܘܬܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MLKWT>
- Morphology
- MLKW/T~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MN
- Morphology
- MN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܥܡܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- <M>
- Morphology
- <M=/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܥܡܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- L<M>
- Morphology
- L-<M=/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܫܬܚܠܦܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MCTXLP>
- Morphology
- !M!@(>(T&C@](C&T]XLP=[/>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܛܠ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MVL
- Morphology
- MVL
- Occurrences
- 0
ܚܛܗ̈ܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- XVH">
- Morphology
- XVH/(J~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܓܐܝܘܬܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- WG>JWT>
- Morphology
- W-G>JW/T~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܡܡܘܢܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- WMMWN>
- Morphology
- W-MMWN/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur propter injustitias, et injurias, et contumelias, et diversos dolos.
regnum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- regnum
- Transliteration
- regnum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 499
a
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- a
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
gente
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- gens
- Transliteration
- gente
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 873
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
gentem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- gens
- Transliteration
- gentem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 873
transfertur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- transfero
- Transliteration
- transfertur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 103
propter
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- propter
- Transliteration
- propter
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 688
iniustitias
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iniustitia
- Transliteration
- iniustitias
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 28
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
iniurias
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iniuria
- Transliteration
- iniurias
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 34
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
contumelias
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- contumelia
- Transliteration
- contumelias
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 38
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
diversos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diuersus
- Transliteration
- diversos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 31
dolos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dolus
- Transliteration
- dolos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 60