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Chapter 20
Verse 16
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Proverbs 20

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16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 20:16. 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 42
Editorial Notes 1
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Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.

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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.

לְֽקַח־בִּ֭גְדוֹ כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּבְעַ֖ד נכרים חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃

9 word entries
לְֽקַח
Lemma
3947
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3947
Occurrences
420
בִּ֭גְדוֹ
Lemma
899 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H899
Occurrences
163
כִּי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
עָ֣רַב
Lemma
6148
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6148
Occurrences
18
זָ֑ר
Lemma
2114 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2114
Occurrences
61
וּבְעַ֖ד
Lemma
c/1157
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1157
Occurrences
20
נכרים
Lemma
5237
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H5237
Occurrences
30
נָכְרִיָּ֣ה
Lemma
5237
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H5237
Occurrences
30
חַבְלֵֽהוּ
Lemma
2254 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperative 2rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2254
Occurrences
12
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.

ܢܣܒܘ ܡܪܛܘܛܗ ܕܡ̇ܢ ܕܥܪܒ ܠܢܘܟܪܝܐ ܘܥܠ ܐ̈ܦܝ ܢܘܟܪ̈ܝܐ ܢܣܒܘ ܡܫܟܢܗ

10 word entries
ܢܣܒܘ
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
nsbw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
21
ܡܪܛܘܛܗ
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
mrtwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܕܡ̇ܢ
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
ܕܡܢ
Transliteration
dmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
417
ܕܥܪܒ
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'rb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܠܢܘܟܪܝܐ
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
lnwkry'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
9
ܘܥܠ
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
ܘܥܠ
Transliteration
w'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
687
ܐ̈ܦܝ
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
ܐܦܝ
Transliteration
'py
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
143
ܢܘܟܪ̈ܝܐ
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
nwkry'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
69
ܢܣܒܘ
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
nsbw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
21
ܡܫܟܢܗ
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
mshknh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
16
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.

נְסֵיב לְבוּשֵׁיהּ מְטוּל דַעֲרִיב לְחִלְיוֹנַי וְלָא אַפֵּי נוּכְרֵיתָא מַשְׁכְּנֵיהּ׃

9 word entries
נְסֵיב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nsyb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
119
לְבוּשֵׁיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lbwshyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
6
מְטוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טול
Transliteration
mtwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
322
דַעֲרִיב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'ryb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
4
לְחִלְיוֹנַי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lchlywny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
וְלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ולא
Transliteration
wl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1587
אַפֵּי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אפי
Transliteration
'py
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
212
נוּכְרֵיתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nwkryt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
9
מַשְׁכְּנֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mshknyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
9
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.

[Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo.

14 word entries
tolle
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tollo
Transliteration
tolle
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
348
vestimentum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
vestimentum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
224
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
fideiussor
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
fideiussor
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2
extitit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
exsisto
Transliteration
extitit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
9
alieni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
alienus
Transliteration
alieni
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
198
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
pro
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pro
Transliteration
pro
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1148
extraneis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
extraneis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
20
aufer
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aufero
Transliteration
aufer
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
324
pignus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pignus
Transliteration
pignus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
17
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
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note

Coverage: Source-structure exceptions

Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.

Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.

Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.

Source availability notes

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • Greek LXX alternate structure

    This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.

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.

Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 11:15

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it : and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 7:10

And behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 2:16

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 23:27

For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

2 relevance votes
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