7 He who teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together, even like one who wakes a sleeper out of a deep sleep.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Sirach 22:7. 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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Word Entries
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Editorial Notes
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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 docet fatuum, quasi qui conglutinat testam.
7 word entries
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
docet
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- doceo
- Transliteration
- docet
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 226
fatuum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fatuus
- Transliteration
- fatuum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 33
quasi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quasi
- Transliteration
- quasi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 989
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
conglutinet
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- conglutino
- Transliteration
- conglutinet
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 4
testam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- testa
- Transliteration
- testam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 11
Spirit Nation Apocrypha Greek Alignment Note
English · Greek Deuterocanonical 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: The Greek apocryphal/deuterocanonical source uses alternate additions, grouping, or source structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep." 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.
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: "Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep." 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.
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate structure
The Greek source uses alternate additions, lettered verses, or different grouping here. Verified one-to-one aliases are attached where they can be mapped cleanly.
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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.