18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Isaiah 42:18. 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.
הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים שְׁמָ֑עוּ וְהַעִוְרִ֖ים הַבִּ֥יטוּ לִרְאֽוֹת׃
הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים
שְׁמָ֑עוּ
וְהַעִוְרִ֖ים
הַבִּ֥יטוּ
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.
Οἱ κωφοὶ ἀκούσατε, καὶ οἱ τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέψατε ἰδεῖν.
Οἱ
- 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
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
κωφοὶ
- 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
- κωφοὶ
- Transliteration
- kophoi
- 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
- 5
ἀκούσατε
- 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
- ἀκούω
- Transliteration
- akousate
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd plural
- Gloss
- hear, listen
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To hear, listen, or obey.
- Occurrences
- 438
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
οἱ
- 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
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
τυφλοὶ
- 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
- τυφλοὶ
- Transliteration
- typhloi
- 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
- 6
ἀναβλέψατε
- 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
- ἀναβλέψατε
- Transliteration
- anablepsate
- Morphology
- vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
- Gloss
- form requires context
- Part of Speech
- verb/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 2
ἰδεῖν
- 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
- ὁράω
- Transliteration
- idein
- Morphology
- aorist active infinitive
- Gloss
- to see
- Part of Speech
- infinitive
- Definition
- To see, perceive, or look at.
- Occurrences
- 768
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.
ܚܪ̈ܫܐ ܫܡܥܘ ܘܥܘܝܪ̈ܐ ܐܣܬܟܠܘ ܘܚܙܘ
ܚܪ̈ܫܐ
- 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
- ܚܪܫܐ
- Transliteration
- hrsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 9
ܫܡܥܘ
- 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
- ܫܡܥܘ
- Transliteration
- shm'w
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 144
ܘܥܘܝܪ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܘܥܘܝܪܐ
- Transliteration
- w'wyr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܐܣܬܟܠܘ
- 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
- ܐܣܬܟܠܘ
- Transliteration
- 'stklw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 17
ܘܚܙܘ
- 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
- ܘܚܙܘ
- Transliteration
- whzw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 79
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.
רַשִׁיעַיָא דְאִינוּן כְּחֵרְשִׁין הֲלָא אוּדְנִין לְכוֹן שְׁמָעוּ וְחַיָבַיָא דְאִינוּן כְּסָמָן הֲלָא עַיְנִין לְכוֹן אִסְתַּכָּלוּ וַחֲזוֹ׃
רַשִׁיעַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רשיעיא
- Transliteration
- rshy'y'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 166
דְאִינוּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אינון
- Transliteration
- d'ynwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 449
כְּחֵרְשִׁין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חרשין
- Transliteration
- kchrshyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 9
הֲלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הלא
- Transliteration
- hl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 287
אוּדְנִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אודנין
- Transliteration
- 'wdnyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 7
לְכוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- כון
- Transliteration
- lkwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 384
שְׁמָעוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שמעו
- Transliteration
- shm'w
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 97
וְחַיָבַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חיביא
- Transliteration
- wchyby'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 43
דְאִינוּן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אינון
- Transliteration
- d'ynwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 449
כְּסָמָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סמן
- Transliteration
- ksmn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 8
הֲלָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הלא
- Transliteration
- hl'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 287
עַיְנִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עינין
- Transliteration
- 'ynyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 16
לְכוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- כון
- Transliteration
- lkwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 384
אִסְתַּכָּלוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אסתכלו
- Transliteration
- 'stklw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 13
וַחֲזוֹ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חזו
- Transliteration
- wchzw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 101
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Surdi, audite, et cæci, intuemini ad videndum.
surdi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- surdus
- Transliteration
- surdi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 14
audite
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- audio
- Transliteration
- audite
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1534
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
caeci
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- caecus
- Transliteration
- caeci
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 79
intuemini
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- intueor
- Transliteration
- intuemini
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 53
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
videndum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uideo
- Transliteration
- videndum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1988
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 43:8
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
4 relevance votesIsaiah 29:18
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
3 relevance votesIsaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
3 relevance votesProverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
3 relevance votesLuke 7:22
Then Jesus answering, said to them, Go, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
2 relevance votesExodus 4:11
And the LORD said to him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD.
2 relevance votes