4 Where no oxen are , the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 14:4. 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.
בְּאֵ֣ין אֲ֭לָפִים אֵב֣וּס בָּ֑ר וְרָב־תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת בְּכֹ֣חַ שֽׁוֹר׃
בְּאֵ֣ין
אֵב֣וּס
בָּ֑ר
וְרָב
תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת
בְּכֹ֣חַ
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.
Οὗ μή εἰσι βόες, φάτναι καθαραί· οὗ δὲ πολλὰ γεννήματα, φανερὰ βοὸς ἰσχύς.
Οὗ
- 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
- ὅς
- Transliteration
- hou
- Morphology
- relative pronoun/adverb
- Gloss
- of whom, where
- Part of Speech
- relative pronoun/adverb
- Definition
- Relative pronoun or adverbial relative form.
- Occurrences
- 4123
μή
- 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
- μή
- Transliteration
- me
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not, lest
- Part of Speech
- particle
- Definition
- Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
- Occurrences
- 2979
εἰσι
- 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
- εἰμί
- Transliteration
- eisi
- Morphology
- verb, present active indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they are
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To be or exist.
- Strong's
- G1510
- Occurrences
- 5427
βόες
- 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
- βόες
- Transliteration
- boes
- Morphology
- nominative/vocative plural masculine/feminine 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
- 34
φάτναι
- 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
- φάτναι
- Transliteration
- phatnai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
καθαραί
- 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
- καθαραί
- Transliteration
- katharai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
οὗ
- 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
- ὅς
- Transliteration
- hou
- Morphology
- relative pronoun/adverb
- Gloss
- of whom, where
- Part of Speech
- relative pronoun/adverb
- Definition
- Relative pronoun or adverbial relative form.
- Occurrences
- 4123
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
πολλὰ
- 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
- πολύς
- Transliteration
- polla
- Morphology
- adjective, nominative/accusative neuter plural
- Gloss
- many, much
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- Much, many, great, or abundant.
- Occurrences
- 415
γεννήματα
- 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
- γεννήματα
- Transliteration
- gennemata
- Morphology
- nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
- 33
φανερὰ
- 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
- φανερὰ
- Transliteration
- phanera
- Morphology
- nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
βοὸς
- 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
- βοὸς
- Transliteration
- boos
- 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
- 3
ἰσχύς
- 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
- Ἰσχύς
- Transliteration
- ischys
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἰσχύς
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 27
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.
ܐܬܪ ܕܠܝܬ ܬܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܟܝܢ ܐܘܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܘܣܘܓܐܐ ܕܥ̈ܠܠܬܐ ܒܚܝܠܗ ܕܬܘܪܐ
ܐܬܪ
- 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
- ܐܬܪ
- Transliteration
- 'tr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 28
ܕܠܝܬ
- 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
- ܕܠܝܬ
- Transliteration
- dlyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 169
ܬܘܪ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܬܘܪܐ
- Transliteration
- twr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 91
ܕܟܝܢ
- 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
- ܕܟܝܢ
- Transliteration
- dkyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 6
ܐܘܪ̈ܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܐܘܪܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- 'wrwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 1
ܘܣܘܓܐܐ
- 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
- ܘܣܘܓܐܐ
- Transliteration
- wswg''
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 23
ܕܥ̈ܠܠܬܐ
- 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
- ܕܥܠܠܬܐ
- Transliteration
- d'llt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 6
ܒܚܝܠܗ
- 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
- ܒܚܝܠܗ
- Transliteration
- bhylh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 13
ܕܬܘܪܐ
- 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
- ܕܬܘܪܐ
- Transliteration
- dtwr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 26
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.
אֲתַר דְלֵית תּוֹרָא דַכְיָן אוּרְוָתָא וְסוּגְעָא דַעֲלַלְתָּא בְּחַיְלֵיהּ דְתוֹרָא׃
אֲתַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתר
- Transliteration
- 'tr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 216
דְלֵית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לית
- Transliteration
- dlyt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 629
תּוֹרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תורא
- Transliteration
- twr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 34
דַכְיָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- כין
- Transliteration
- dkyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 33
אוּרְוָתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אורותא
- Transliteration
- 'wrwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1
וְסוּגְעָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סוגעא
- Transliteration
- wswg''
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 20
דַעֲלַלְתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עללתא
- Transliteration
- d'llt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 6
בְּחַיְלֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חיליה
- Transliteration
- bchylyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 19
דְתוֹרָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תורא
- Transliteration
- dtwr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 34
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Ubi non sunt boves, præsepe vacuum est; ubi autem plurimæ segetes, ibi manifesta est fortitudo bovis.
ubi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ubi
- Transliteration
- ubi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 354
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
boves
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bos
- Transliteration
- boves
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 227
praesepe
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praesaepe
- Transliteration
- praesepe
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 8
vacuum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uacuus
- Transliteration
- vacuum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 44
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
ubi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ubi
- Transliteration
- ubi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 354
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
plurimae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- multus
- Transliteration
- plurimae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 1032
segetes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- seges
- Transliteration
- segetes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 18
ibi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ibi
- Transliteration
- ibi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 517
manifesta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- manifestus
- Transliteration
- manifesta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 44
fortitudo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fortitudo
- Transliteration
- fortitudo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 193
bovis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bos
- Transliteration
- bovis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 227
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