Sirach
Chapter 20
Verse 27
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Sirach 20

World English Bible, Verse 27

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27 He who is wise in words will advance himself. And one who is prudent will please great men.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Sirach 20:27. 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 32
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.

Ο σοφὸς ἐν λόγοις προάξει ἑαυτὸν, καὶ ἄνθρωπος φρόνιμος ἀρέσει μεγιστᾶσιν.

11 word entries
Ο
Status
Machine-aligned lexicon entry
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
Note
Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
Lemma
ο
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
article
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2
σοφὸς
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
sophos
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
wise
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Wise, skilled, or prudent.
Occurrences
61
ἐν
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
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
λόγοις
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
logois
Morphology
noun, masculine dative plural
Gloss
words, matters
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
1103
προάξει
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
proaxei
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
2
ἑαυτὸν
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
heautou
Morphology
reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
of himself, his own
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Definition
Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
Occurrences
462
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
ἄνθρωπος
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
anthropos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
human, man
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Human being, person, man.
Occurrences
1305
φρόνιμος
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
phronimos
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
19
ἀρέσει
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
aresei
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
6
μεγιστᾶσιν
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
megistasin
Morphology
dative plural noun pattern or 3rd plural verb ending depending on context
Gloss
to/for ... / they ...
Part of Speech
noun/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
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.

ܡܠ̣ܐ ܡ̈ܬܠܐ ܕܚܟܡܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܙܥܘܪܐ ܢܚܘܐ ܢܦܫܗ ܘܓܒܪܐ ܚܟܝܡܐ ܢܫܬܠܛ ܒܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ

11 word entries
ܡܠ̣ܐ
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
ML#>
Morphology
ML(J&>[/:p
Occurrences
0
ܡ̈ܬܠܐ
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"TL>
Morphology
MTL/(J~>
Occurrences
0
ܕܚܟܡܬܐ
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
DXKMT>
Morphology
D-XKM(>/T~>
Occurrences
0
ܐܝܟ
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
>JK
Morphology
>JK
Occurrences
0
ܙܥܘܪܐ
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
Z<WR>
Morphology
Z<WR/~>
Occurrences
0
ܢܚܘܐ
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
NXW>
Morphology
!N!XW(J&>[:d
Occurrences
0
ܢܦܫܗ
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
NPCH
Morphology
NPC/-H
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
ܚܟܝܡܐ
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
XKJM>
Morphology
XKJM/~>
Occurrences
0
ܢܫܬܠܛ
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
NCTLV
Morphology
!N!@(>(T&C@(C&TLV[
Occurrences
0
ܒܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ
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
BR"WRBN>
Morphology
B-RWRBN/(J~>
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.

Potior fur quam assiduitas viri mendacis: perditionem autem ambo hæreditabunt.

10 word entries
potius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
potius
Transliteration
potius
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
29
furem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fur
Transliteration
furem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
32
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quam
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
426
adsiduitas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
adsiduitas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5
viri
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
viri
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
mendacis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mendax
Transliteration
mendacis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
42
perditionem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
perditionem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
55
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
ambo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ambo
Transliteration
ambo
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
51
hereditabunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
hereditabunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
31
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