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Chapter 38
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7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

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Panels 5
Word Entries 54
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיְהִ֗י עֵ֚ר בְּכ֣וֹר יְהוּדָ֔ה רַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיְמִתֵ֖הוּ יְהוָֽה׃

9 word entries
וַיְהִ֗י
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
עֵ֚ר
Lemma
6147
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6147
Occurrences
9
בְּכ֣וֹר
Lemma
1060
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1060
Occurrences
83
יְהוּדָ֔ה
Lemma
3063
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3063
Occurrences
682
רַ֖ע
Lemma
7451 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7451
Occurrences
117
בְּעֵינֵ֣י
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender dual construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
324
יְהוָ֑ה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
וַיְמִתֵ֖הוּ
Lemma
c/4191
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4191
Occurrences
255
יְהוָֽה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
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.

Ἐγένετο δὲ Ἢρ πρωτότοκος Ἰούδα πονηρὸς ἔναντι Κυρίου· καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός.

13 word entries
Ἐγένετο
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
egeneto
Morphology
verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it became, happened
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To become, happen, come to be, or be made.
Occurrences
1418
δὲ
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
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
Ἢρ
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
Ἢρ
Transliteration
er
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἢρ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
9
πρωτότοκος
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
prototokos
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
37
Ἰούδα
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
Iouda
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Judah, Judas
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Judah/Judas depending on context.
Occurrences
692
πονηρὸς
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
poneros
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
18
ἔναντι
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
enanti
Morphology
preposition/adverb
Gloss
before, opposite
Part of Speech
preposition/adverb
Definition
Before, opposite, or in the presence of.
Occurrences
247
Κυρίου
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
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
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
ἀπέκτεινεν
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
apekteinen
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀπέκτεινεν
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
29
αὐτὸν
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
Θεός
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.
Transliteration
theos
Morphology
noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
3522
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וַהֲוָה עֵר בּוּכְרָא דִיהוּדָה בִּישׁ קֳדָם יְיָ וַאֲמִיתֵהּ יְיָ

9 word entries
וַהֲוָה
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוה
Transliteration
whwh
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root הוה
Gloss
and was, became, happened
Occurrences
292
עֵר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ער
Transliteration
'r
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
בּוּכְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bwkr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
52
דִיהוּדָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dyhwdh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
48
בִּישׁ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ביש
Transliteration
bysh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
47
קֳדָם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
קדם
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
prepositional or nominal form
Gloss
before, in front of, east
Occurrences
823
יְיָ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yy
Morphology
divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss
the Lord
Occurrences
1694
וַאֲמִיתֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'myth
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
יְיָ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yy
Morphology
divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss
the Lord
Occurrences
1694
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.

ܘܗܘ̣ܐ ܥܝܪ ܒܘܟܪܗ ܕܝܗܘܕܐ ܒܝܫ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ. ܘܐܡܝܬܗ ܡܪܝܐ.

9 word entries
ܘܗܘ̣ܐ
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
WHW#>
Morphology
W-HW(J&>[
Occurrences
0
ܥܝܪ
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
<JR
Morphology
<JR/
Occurrences
0
ܒܘܟܪܗ
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
BWKRH
Morphology
BWKR/-H
Occurrences
0
ܕܝܗܘܕܐ
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
DJHWD>
Morphology
D-JHWD>/
Occurrences
0
ܒܝܫ
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
BJC
Morphology
BJC/
Occurrences
0
ܩܕܡ
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
QDM
Morphology
QDM/
Occurrences
0
ܡܪܝܐ
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
MRJ>
Morphology
MRJ>/
Occurrences
0
ܘܐܡܝܬܗ
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>MJTH
Morphology
W-]>]M(W&JT[-H
Occurrences
0
ܡܪܝܐ
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
MRJ>
Morphology
MRJ>/
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.

Fuit quoque Her primogenitus Judæ nequam in conspectu Domini: et ab eo occisus est.

14 word entries
fuitque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
fuitque
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
{fuitque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{fuitque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
Her
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Her
Transliteration
Her
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
10
primogenitus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
primogenitus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
136
Iudae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iuda
Transliteration
Iudae
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
970
nequam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nequam
Transliteration
nequam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
61
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
conspectu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
conspectu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
413
Domini
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domini
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
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
ab
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
ab
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
occisus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
occido
Transliteration
occisus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
370
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

1 Chronicles 2:3

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-born of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

7 relevance votes

Genesis 46:12

And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron, and Hamul.

6 relevance votes

Numbers 26:19

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

5 relevance votes

Genesis 13:13

But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinners before the LORD, exceedingly.

3 relevance votes

Genesis 19:13

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has become great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 55:23

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

1 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 33:6

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

0 relevance votes

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

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