Sirach
Chapter 13
Verse 20
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Sirach 13

World English Bible, Verse 20

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20 Lowliness is an abomination to a proud man; likewise a poor man is an abomination to the rich.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Sirach 13:20. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 3
Word Entries 19
Editorial Notes 1
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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.

Βδέλυγμα ὑπερηφάνῳ ταπεινότης, οὕτως βδέλυγμα πλουσίῳ πτωχός.

7 word entries
Βδέλυγμα
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
bdelygma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
abomination, detestable thing
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Abomination, detestable thing, or object of disgust.
Occurrences
50
ὑπερηφάνῳ
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
yperephano
Morphology
dative singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
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
ταπεινότης
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.
Transliteration
tapeinotes
Morphology
genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine 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
1
οὕτως
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
adverb
Gloss
thus, so
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
Thus, so, in this way.
Occurrences
776
βδέλυγμα
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
bdelygma
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
abomination, detestable thing
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Abomination, detestable thing, or object of disgust.
Occurrences
50
πλουσίῳ
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
ploysio
Morphology
dative singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
πτωχός
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
ptochos
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
3
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.

Omnis caro ad similem sibi conjungetur, et omnis homo simili sui sociabitur.

12 word entries
omnis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
caro
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caro
Transliteration
caro
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
433
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
similem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
similis
Transliteration
similem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
199
sibi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sui
Transliteration
sibi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1317
coniungitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
coniungitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
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
omnis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
homo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
homo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
simili
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
similis
Transliteration
simili
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
199
sui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
sui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
sociabitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
socio
Transliteration
sociabitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
11
Spirit Nation Apocrypha Syriac Alignment Note English · Syriac Apocrypha 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: Syriac apocryphal availability varies by book and manuscript tradition, and this row is not one-to-one in the current package. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor." 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

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  • Syriac Peshitta partial tradition

    The current Syriac source package has partial or differently structured coverage for this apocryphal book. Panels are attached only where the reference maps cleanly.

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