Sirach
Chapter 16
Verse 23
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Sirach 16

World English Bible, Verse 23

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23 He who is lacking in understanding thinks about these things. An unwise and erring man thinks foolishly.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Sirach 16:23. 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 31
Editorial Notes 0
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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.

Ἐλαττούμενος καρδίᾳ διανοεῖται ταῦτα, καὶ ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ πλανώμενος διανοεῖται μωρά.

11 word entries
Ἐλαττούμενος
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
elattoymenos
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
2
καρδίᾳ
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
kardia
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
heart
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heart, inner life, mind, or will.
Occurrences
867
διανοεῖται
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
dianoeitai
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
3
ταῦτα
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
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
ἄφρων
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
aphron
Morphology
adjective/substantive, nominative masculine/feminine singular
Gloss
foolish, fool
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Foolish, senseless, or a fool.
Occurrences
50
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
πλανώμενος
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
planomenos
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
4
διανοεῖται
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
dianoeitai
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
3
μωρά
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
mora
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
1
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.

ܚܣܝܪ̈ܝ ܠܒܐ ܢܐܡܪܘܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܘܓܒܪܐ ܥܘ̇ܠܐ ܢܬܪܥܐ ܗܟܢܐ

8 word entries
ܚܣܝܪ̈ܝ
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
XSJR"J
Morphology
XS&JR[/J:p
Occurrences
0
ܠܒܐ
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
LB>
Morphology
LB/~>
Occurrences
0
ܢܐܡܪܘܢ
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
N>MRWN
Morphology
!N!>MR[WN
Occurrences
0
ܗܠܝܢ
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
HLJN
Morphology
HLJN
Occurrences
0
ܘܓܒܪܐ
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
WGBR>
Morphology
W-GBR/~>
Occurrences
0
ܥܘ̇ܠܐ
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
<W^L>
Morphology
<WL/~>
Occurrences
0
ܢܬܪܥܐ
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
NTR<>
Morphology
!N!@(>T@R<(J&>[:d
Occurrences
0
ܗܟܢܐ
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
HKN>
Morphology
HKN>
Occurrences
0
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.

Qui minoratur corde cogitat inania, et vir imprudens et errans cogitat stulta.]

12 word entries
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
minoratur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
minoro
Transliteration
minoratur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12
corde
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cor
Transliteration
corde
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1028
cogitat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cogito
Transliteration
cogitat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
192
inania
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inanis
Transliteration
inania
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
25
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
vir
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
vir
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
inprudens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
inprudens
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
18
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
errans
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
erro
Transliteration
errans
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
73
cogitat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cogito
Transliteration
cogitat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
192
stulta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
stultus
Transliteration
stulta
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
129
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