5 A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 29:5. 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.
גֶּ֭בֶר מַחֲלִ֣יק עַל־רֵעֵ֑הוּ רֶ֝֗שֶׁת פּוֹרֵ֥שׂ עַל־פְּעָמָֽיו׃
גֶּ֭בֶר
מַחֲלִ֣יק
עַל
רֵעֵ֑הוּ
רֶ֝֗שֶׁת
פּוֹרֵ֥שׂ
עַל
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.
Ὃς παρασκευάζεται ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ φιλου δίκτυον, περιβάλλει αὐτὸ τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ ποσίν.
Ὃς
- 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
- hos
- Morphology
- relative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- who, which
- Part of Speech
- relative pronoun
- Definition
- Relative pronoun who, which, that.
- Occurrences
- 4123
παρασκευάζεται
- 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
- παρασκευάζεται
- Transliteration
- paraskeyazetai
- Morphology
- verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
ἐπὶ
- 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
- ἐπί
- Transliteration
- epi
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- on, upon, over, against
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
- Occurrences
- 6685
πρόσωπον
- 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
- πρόσωπον
- Transliteration
- prosopon
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- face, presence
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Face, presence, person, or front.
- Occurrences
- 1170
τοῦ
- 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
ἑαυτοῦ
- 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
- ἑαυτοῦ
- Transliteration
- heautou
- Morphology
- reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
- Gloss
- of himself, his own
- Part of Speech
- reflexive pronoun
- Definition
- Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
- Occurrences
- 462
φιλου
- 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
- φιλου
- Transliteration
- philoy
- Morphology
- genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
- Gloss
- of ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/pronoun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
δίκτυον
- 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
- δίκτυον
- Transliteration
- diktyon
- 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
περιβάλλει
- 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
- περιβάλλει
- Transliteration
- periballei
- Morphology
- dative singular or indeclinable form 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
αὐτὸ
- 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
- αὐτός
- Transliteration
- autos
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, himself
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 26672
τοῖς
- 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
ἑαυτοῦ
- 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
- ἑαυτοῦ
- Transliteration
- heautou
- Morphology
- reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
- Gloss
- of himself, his own
- Part of Speech
- reflexive pronoun
- Definition
- Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
- Occurrences
- 462
ποσίν
- 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
- ποσίν
- Transliteration
- posin
- Morphology
- dative plural noun pattern or 3rd plural verb ending depending on context
- Gloss
- to/for ... / they ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
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.
ܓܒܪܐ ܕܡܬܦܠܓ ܥܠ ܚܒܪܗ ܡܨܝܕܬܐ ܦܪܣ ܥܠ ܗ̈ܠܟܬܗ
ܓܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܓܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- gbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 622
ܕܡܬܦܠܓ
- 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
- ܕܡܬܦܠܓ
- Transliteration
- dmtplg
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܥܠ
- 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
- ܥܠ
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3346
ܚܒܪܗ
- 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
- ܚܒܪܗ
- Transliteration
- hbrh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 31
ܡܨܝܕܬܐ
- 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
- ܡܨܝܕܬܐ
- Transliteration
- msydt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 8
ܦܪܣ
- 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
- ܦܪܣ
- Transliteration
- prs
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 9
ܥܠ
- 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
- ܥܠ
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3346
ܗ̈ܠܟܬܗ
- 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
- ܗܠܟܬܗ
- Transliteration
- hlkth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 9
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.
גַבְרָא דְמִתְפְּלַג עַל חַבְרֵיהּ מְצוּדְתָּא פָּרֵס עַל הִלְכָתֵיהּ׃
גַבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברא
- Transliteration
- gbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 524
דְמִתְפְּלַג
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מתפלג
- Transliteration
- dmtplg
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
עַל
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- על
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- on, upon, against, concerning
- Occurrences
- 3568
חַבְרֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חבריה
- Transliteration
- chbryh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 101
מְצוּדְתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צודתא
- Transliteration
- mtswdt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 5
פָּרֵס
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פרס
- Transliteration
- prs
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 21
עַל
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- על
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- on, upon, against, concerning
- Occurrences
- 3568
הִלְכָתֵיהּ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הלכתיה
- Transliteration
- hlktyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 6
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Homo qui blandis fictisque sermonibus loquitur amico suo rete expandit gressibus ejus.
homo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- homo
- Transliteration
- homo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1653
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
blandis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- blandus
- Transliteration
- blandis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 2
fictisque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fictus
- Transliteration
- fictisque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 7
{fictisque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {fictisque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
sermonibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sermo
- Transliteration
- sermonibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 626
loquitur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- loquor
- Transliteration
- loquitur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1543
amico
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- amicus
- Transliteration
- amico
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 220
suo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- suo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
rete
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rete
- Transliteration
- rete
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 31
expandit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- expando
- Transliteration
- expandit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 44
gressibus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- gressus
- Transliteration
- gressibus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 37
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
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.
Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
5 relevance votesPsalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.
5 relevance votesJob 17:5
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
5 relevance votesHosea 5:1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is towards you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
5 relevance votesProverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.
4 relevance votesProverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
4 relevance votesRomans 16:18
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
4 relevance votesLamentations 1:13
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
4 relevance votes1 Thessalonians 2:5
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
4 relevance votesProverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
4 relevance votesProverbs 1:17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
4 relevance votesProverbs 20:19
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
4 relevance votes