1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Isaiah 21:1. 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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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
מַשָּׂ֖א מִדְבַּר־יָ֑ם כְּסוּפ֤וֹת בַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙ לַֽחֲלֹ֔ף מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר בָּ֔א מֵאֶ֖רֶץ נוֹרָאָֽה׃
מַשָּׂ֖א
מִדְבַּר
יָ֑ם
כְּסוּפ֤וֹת
בַּנֶּ֨גֶב֙
לַֽחֲלֹ֔ף
מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר
בָּ֔א
מֵאֶ֖רֶץ
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.
Ὡς καταιγὶς διʼ ἐρήμου διέλθοι, ἐξ ἐρήμου ἐρχομένη ἐκ γῆς φοβερὸν
Ὡς
- 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
- ὡς
- Transliteration
- hos
- Morphology
- comparative conjunction/adverb
- Gloss
- as, like, when
- Part of Speech
- conjunction/adverb
- Definition
- Comparative or temporal conjunction/adverb.
- Occurrences
- 1899
καταιγὶς
- 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
- καταιγὶς
- Transliteration
- kataigis
- Morphology
- nominative singular feminine third-declension pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 14
διʼ
- 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
- διά
- Transliteration
- di
- Morphology
- preposition, elided form
- Gloss
- through, because of
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided form of διά.
- Occurrences
- 881
ἐρήμου
- 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
- ἔρημος
- Transliteration
- eremou
- Morphology
- adjective/substantive, feminine/masculine/neuter genitive singular
- Gloss
- of wilderness, desert
- Part of Speech
- adjective/noun
- Definition
- Desolate, deserted; wilderness or desert.
- Occurrences
- 327
διέλθοι
- 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.
- Lemma
- διέλθοι
- Transliteration
- dielthoi
- Morphology
- nominative plural masculine 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
ἐξ
- 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
- ἐκ
- Transliteration
- ek
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- from, out of
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the genitive; form before a vowel.
- Occurrences
- 3500
ἐρήμου
- 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
- ἔρημος
- Transliteration
- eremou
- Morphology
- adjective/substantive, feminine/masculine/neuter genitive singular
- Gloss
- of wilderness, desert
- Part of Speech
- adjective/noun
- Definition
- Desolate, deserted; wilderness or desert.
- Occurrences
- 327
ἐρχομένη
- 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
- ἐρχομένη
- Transliteration
- erchomene
- Morphology
- nominative feminine 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
- 5
ἐκ
- 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
- ἐκ
- Transliteration
- ek
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- from, out of
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the genitive; form before a vowel.
- Occurrences
- 3500
γῆς
- 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
- γῆ
- Transliteration
- ges
- Morphology
- noun, feminine genitive singular
- Gloss
- of earth, of land
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Earth, ground, or land.
- Strong's
- G1093
- Occurrences
- 2962
φοβερὸν
- 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
- φοβερὸν
- Transliteration
- phoberon
- Morphology
- accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
- 7
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.
ܡܫܩܠܐ ܕܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܝܡܐ ܐܝܟ ܥܠܥܠܐ ܡܢ ܬܝܡܢܐ ܬܪܗܛ ܡܢ ܡܕܒܪܐ ܘܬܐܬܐ ܡܢ ܐܪܥܐ ܪܚܝܩܬܐ
ܡܫܩܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܫܩܠܐ
- Transliteration
- mshql'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 13
ܕܡܕܒܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܡܕܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- dmdbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 24
ܕܝܡܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܝܡܐ
- Transliteration
- dym'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 72
ܐܝܟ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܝܟ
- Transliteration
- 'yk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2051
ܥܠܥܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܠܥܠܐ
- Transliteration
- 'l'l'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 18
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܢ
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5552
ܬܝܡܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܝܡܢܐ
- Transliteration
- tymn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 15
ܬܪܗܛ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܪܗܛ
- Transliteration
- trht
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܢ
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5552
ܡܕܒܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܕܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- mdbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 43
ܘܬܐܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܬܐܬܐ
- Transliteration
- wt't'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܢ
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5552
ܐܪܥܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܐܪܥܐ
- Transliteration
- ara
- Morphology
- noun, feminine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- earth, land
- Occurrences
- 731
ܪܚܝܩܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܪܚܝܩܬܐ
- Transliteration
- rhyqt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 17
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
מַטַל מַשִׁרְיָן דְאָתְיָן מִמַדְבְּרָא כְּמֵי יַמָא דְנָגְדִין כְּעַלְעוֹלִין דְאָתָן בְּאוֹרַח דָרוֹמָא מַדְבְּרָא וְאַתְיָן מִמַדְבְּרָא מֵאַרְעָא דְאִתְעֲבִידָא בָּהּ חֲסִינִין׃
מַטַל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מטל
- Transliteration
- mtl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 26
מַשִׁרְיָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שרין
- Transliteration
- mshryn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 74
דְאָתְיָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתין
- Transliteration
- d'tyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 38
מִמַדְבְּרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מדברא
- Transliteration
- mmdbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 141
כְּמֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- כמי
- Transliteration
- kmy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 14
יַמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ימא
- Transliteration
- ym'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 284
דְנָגְדִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נגדין
- Transliteration
- dngdyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 22
כְּעַלְעוֹלִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עלעולין
- Transliteration
- k'l'wlyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 4
דְאָתָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתן
- Transliteration
- d'tn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 235
בְּאוֹרַח
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אורח
- Transliteration
- b'wrch
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 182
דָרוֹמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רומא
- Transliteration
- drwm'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 151
מַדְבְּרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דברא
- Transliteration
- mdbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 46
וְאַתְיָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתין
- Transliteration
- w'tyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 38
מִמַדְבְּרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מדברא
- Transliteration
- mmdbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 141
מֵאַרְעָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ארע
- Transliteration
- m'r''
- Morphology
- prefixed preposition מ + noun feminine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- from earth, land
- Occurrences
- 1735
דְאִתְעֲבִידָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתעבידא
- Transliteration
- d't'byd'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 10
בָּהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בה
- Transliteration
- bh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 209
חֲסִינִין׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חסינין
- Transliteration
- chsynyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 8
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Onus deserti maris. [Sicut turbines ab africo veniunt, de deserto venit, de terra horribili.
onus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- onus
- Transliteration
- onus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 82
deserti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- desertus
- Transliteration
- deserti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 111
maris
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mare
- Transliteration
- maris
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 490
sicut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sicut
- Transliteration
- sicut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 1559
turbines
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- turbo
- Transliteration
- turbines
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 111
ab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- ab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
africo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- africum
- Transliteration
- africo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1
veniunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- veniunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
de
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- de
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 4779
deserto
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- desertum
- Transliteration
- deserto
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 196
venit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- venit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
de
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- de
- Transliteration
- de
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 4779
terra
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- terra
- Transliteration
- terra
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Gloss
- earth
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- earth, land, ground
- Etymology
- Latin noun behind English terrestrial and terrain.
- Occurrences
- 3087
horribili
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- horribilis
- Transliteration
- horribili
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 15
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.
Isaiah 14:23
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
6 relevance votesJeremiah 51:42
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
5 relevance votesIsaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
5 relevance votesZechariah 9:14
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
4 relevance votesIsaiah 17:1
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
3 relevance votesJob 37:9
From the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold from the north.
2 relevance votesEzekiel 31:12
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth have gone down from his shade, and have left him.
2 relevance votesDaniel 11:40
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
2 relevance votesEzekiel 30:11
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
1 relevance votes