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Lamentations 3

Webster's Bible, Verse 10

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10 He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Lamentations 3:10. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 37
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.

דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אריה בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃

7 word entries
דֹּ֣ב
Lemma
1677
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1677
Occurrences
3
אֹרֵ֥ב
Lemma
693
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H693
Occurrences
20
הוּא֙
Lemma
1931
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H1931
Occurrences
1188
לִ֔י
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
אריה
Lemma
738 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H738
Occurrences
19
אֲרִ֖י
Lemma
738 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H738
Occurrences
19
בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים
Lemma
b/4565
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4565
Occurrences
8
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.

ἐτάραξεν ἄρκος ἐνεδρεύουσα, αὐτός μοι λέων ἐν κρυφαίοις,

8 word entries
ἐτάραξεν
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
etaraxen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἄρκος
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
arkos
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
6
ἐνεδρεύουσα
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
enedreyoysa
Morphology
present active participle, nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss
doing/being ...
Part of Speech
participle
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
αὐτός
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
μοι
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
λέων
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
leon
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
lion
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lion.
Occurrences
49
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
κρυφαίοις
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
kryphaiois
Morphology
dative plural masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
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.

ܕܐܒܐ ܟܡ̇ܢܐ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܠܝ. ܘܐܪܝܐ ܒܛܘܫܝܐ̣

6 word entries
ܕܐܒܐ
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.
Transliteration
d'b'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
14
ܟܡ̇ܢܐ
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.
Transliteration
kmn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܗܘ̣ܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1800
ܠܝ
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
ܠܝ
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
865
ܘܐܪܝܐ
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.
Transliteration
w'ry'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܒܛܘܫܝܐ̣
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.
Transliteration
btwshy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
12
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

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.

דוּבָּא מְכַמֵּן הוּא לִי אַרְיָא דְמִיטַמַּר בִּכְבִישָׁא׃

7 word entries
דוּבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ובא
Transliteration
dwb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
4
מְכַמֵּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כמן
Transliteration
mkmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
13
הוּא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוא
Transliteration
hw'
Morphology
personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
he, it
Occurrences
992
לִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לי
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
595
אַרְיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'ry'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
58
דְמִיטַמַּר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmytmr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
בִּכְבִישָׁא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bkbysh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
3
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.

Daleth Ursus insidians factus est mihi, leo in absconditis.

9 word entries
DELETH
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Deleg
Transliteration
DELETH
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
4
ursus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ursus
Transliteration
ursus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
13
insidians
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
insidians
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
38
factus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
factus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
mihi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mihi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
leo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
leo
Transliteration
leo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
136
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
absconditis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
absconditis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
87

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 38:13

I reckoned till morning, that , as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

2 relevance votes

Hosea 5:14

For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him .

2 relevance votes

Job 10:16

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself wonderful upon me.

2 relevance votes

Hosea 6:1

Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 10:9

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 17:12

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

1 relevance votes
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