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4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 12:4. 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 66
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.

אֵֽשֶׁת־חַ֭יִל עֲטֶ֣רֶת בַּעְלָ֑הּ וּכְרָקָ֖ב בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יו מְבִישָֽׁה׃

7 word entries
אֵֽשֶׁת
Lemma
802
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H802
Occurrences
438
חַ֭יִל
Lemma
2428
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2428
Occurrences
164
עֲטֶ֣רֶת
Lemma
5850
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5850
Occurrences
16
בַּעְלָ֑הּ
Lemma
1167
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1167
Occurrences
68
וּכְרָקָ֖ב
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7538
Occurrences
2
בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יו
Lemma
b/6106
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6106
Occurrences
25
מְבִישָֽׁה
Lemma
954
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H954
Occurrences
97
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.

Γυνὴ ἀνδρεία στέφανος τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς· ὥσπερ δὲ ἐν ξύλῳ σκώληξ, οὕτως ἄνδρα ἀπόλλυσι γυνὴ κακοποιός.

16 word entries
Γυνὴ
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
gyne
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
woman, wife
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Woman or wife.
Occurrences
889
ἀνδρεία
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
andreia
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
4
στέφανος
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
stephanos
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
16
τῷ
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἀνδρὶ
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
andri
Morphology
noun, masculine dative singular
Gloss
man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
αὐτῆς
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
ὥσπερ
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
hosper
Morphology
comparative conjunction/adverb
Gloss
just as, as
Part of Speech
conjunction/adverb
Definition
Comparative conjunction/adverb.
Occurrences
236
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
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
ξύλῳ
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
xylo
Morphology
dative singular 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
10
σκώληξ
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
skolex
Morphology
third-declension nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
9
οὕτως
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
houtos
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
thus, so
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
Thus, so, in this way.
Occurrences
776
ἄνδρα
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
andra
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
ἀπόλλυσι
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
apollysi
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
4
γυνὴ
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
gyne
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
woman, wife
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Woman or wife.
Occurrences
889
κακοποιός
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
kakopoios
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
1
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.

ܐܢܬܬܐ ܓܒܪܢܝܬܐ ܟܠܝܠܐ ܗܝ ܕܒܥܠܗ̇ ܘܐܝܟ ܒܠܛܝܬܐ ܘܬܘܠܥܐ ܒܩܝܣܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܡܘܒܕܐ ܠܓܒܪܐ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܥܒܕܬ ܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ

15 word entries
ܐܢܬܬܐ
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
'ntt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
166
ܓܒܪܢܝܬܐ
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
gbrnyt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
1
ܟܠܝܠܐ
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
klyl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
27
ܗܝ
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
ܗܝ
Transliteration
hi
Morphology
pronoun/copula, feminine singular
Gloss
she, it, is
Occurrences
578
ܕܒܥܠܗ̇
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
db'lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
5
ܘܐܝܟ
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'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
326
ܒܠܛܝܬܐ
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
bltyt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
3
ܘܬܘܠܥܐ
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
wtwl''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܒܩܝܣܐ
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
bqys'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
11
ܗܟܢܐ
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
hkn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
718
ܡܘܒܕܐ
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
mwbd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܠܓܒܪܐ
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
lgbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
124
ܐܢܬܬܐ
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
'ntt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
166
ܥܒܕܬ
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
'bdt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
105
ܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ
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
bysht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
352
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.

אִתְּתָא כְשַׁרְתָּא כְּלִילָא לְבַעֲלָהּ וְאִנְתְּתָא בִּישְׁתָּא הֵיךְ מַלְטִיתָא בְּקַיְסָא הֵיכְנָא מֵיבְדָא גַרְמוֹי דְגַבְרָהּ׃

13 word entries
אִתְּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
180
כְשַׁרְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
kshrt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
3
כְּלִילָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
klyl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
23
לְבַעֲלָהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lb'lh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
14
וְאִנְתְּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'ntt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
3
בִּישְׁתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bysht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
193
הֵיךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
היך
Transliteration
hyk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
459
מַלְטִיתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mltyt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
4
בְּקַיְסָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bqys'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
17
הֵיכְנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
hykn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
78
מֵיבְדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mybd'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
גַרְמוֹי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
grmwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
5
דְגַבְרָהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dgbrh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
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.

Mulier diligens corona est viro suo; et putredo in ossibus ejus, quæ confusione res dignas gerit.

15 word entries
mulier
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mulier
Transliteration
mulier
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
534
diligens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
diligens
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
10
corona
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
corona
Transliteration
corona
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
79
viro
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
viro
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
suo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
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
putredo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
putredo
Transliteration
putredo
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
11
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
ossibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
os
Transliteration
ossibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
657
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
confusione
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
confusione
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
78
res
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
res
Transliteration
res
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
207
dignas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dignus
Transliteration
dignas
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
104
gerit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gero
Transliteration
gerit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
65

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 14:30

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

11 relevance votes

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

10 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 11:11

Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

8 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

5 relevance votes

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

1 relevance votes
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