21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 26:21. 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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Word Entries
49
Editorial Notes
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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.
פֶּחָ֣ם לְ֭גֶחָלִים וְעֵצִ֣ים לְאֵ֑שׁ וְאִ֥ישׁ מדונים לְחַרְחַר־רִֽיב׃ פ
9 word entries
פֶּחָ֣ם
לְ֭גֶחָלִים
וְעֵצִ֣ים
לְאֵ֑שׁ
וְאִ֥ישׁ
מדונים
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים
לְחַרְחַר
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.
Ἐσχάρα ἄνθραξι καὶ ξύλα πυρὶ, ἀνὴρ δὲ λοίδορος εἰς ταραχὴν μάχης.
11 word entries
Ἐσχάρα
- 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
- ἐσχάρα
- Transliteration
- eschara
- 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
- 3
ἄνθραξι
- 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
- ἄνθραξι
- Transliteration
- anthraxi
- 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
- 2
καὶ
- 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
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
ξύλα
- 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
- ξύλον
- Transliteration
- xylon
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- wood, tree
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Wood, tree, timber, or wooden object.
- Occurrences
- 258
πυρὶ
- 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
- πῦρ
- Transliteration
- pyr
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- fire
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Fire.
- Occurrences
- 446
ἀνὴρ
- 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
- ἀνήρ
- Transliteration
- aner
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- man, husband
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Man, male, husband.
- Occurrences
- 1573
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
λοίδορος
- 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
- λοίδορος
- Transliteration
- loidoros
- 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
εἰς
- 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
- εἰς
- Transliteration
- eis
- Morphology
- preposition with accusative
- Gloss
- into, to, for
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
- Occurrences
- 6787
ταραχὴν
- 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
- ταραχὴν
- Transliteration
- tarachen
- Morphology
- accusative singular 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
- 3
μάχης
- 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
- μάχης
- Transliteration
- maches
- Morphology
- genitive singular feminine or nominative masculine 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
- 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.
ܛܪܛܩܠ ܠܓܘܡܪ̈ܐ ܘܩܝܣ̈ܐ ܠܢܘܪܐ ܘܓܒܪܐ ܛܪܟܢܐ ܡܓܪܓ ܗܪܬܐ
8 word entries
ܛܪܛܩܠ
- 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
- ܛܪܛܩܠ
- Transliteration
- trtql
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
ܠܓܘܡܪ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܠܓܘܡܪܐ
- Transliteration
- lgwmr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܘܩܝܣ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܘܩܝܣܐ
- Transliteration
- wqys'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 15
ܠܢܘܪܐ
- 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
- ܠܢܘܪܐ
- Transliteration
- lnwr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 8
ܘܓܒܪܐ
- 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
- ܘܓܒܪܐ
- Transliteration
- wgbr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 92
ܛܪܟܢܐ
- 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
- ܛܪܟܢܐ
- Transliteration
- trkn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 2
ܡܓܪܓ
- 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
- ܡܓܪܓ
- Transliteration
- mgrg
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 7
ܗܪܬܐ
- 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
- ܗܪܬܐ
- Transliteration
- hrt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 4
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.
טַרְטְקֵל לְגוּמְרֵי וְקִיסֵי לְנוּרָא וְגַבְרָא תִגְרָנָא מְחַרֵה בְהוּתָא׃
8 word entries
טַרְטְקֵל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- טרטקל
- Transliteration
- trtql
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
לְגוּמְרֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גומרי
- Transliteration
- lgwmry
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 5
וְקִיסֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קיסי
- Transliteration
- wqysy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 14
לְנוּרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נורא
- Transliteration
- lnwr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 115
וְגַבְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברא
- Transliteration
- wgbr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 524
תִגְרָנָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תגרנא
- Transliteration
- tgrn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 2
מְחַרֵה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חרה
- Transliteration
- mchrh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
בְהוּתָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- הותא
- Transliteration
- bhwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- 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.
Sicut carbones ad prunas, et ligna ad ignem, sic homo iracundus suscitat rixas.
13 word entries
sicut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sicut
- Transliteration
- sicut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 1559
carbones
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- carbo
- Transliteration
- carbones
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 15
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
prunam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pruna
- Transliteration
- prunam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 8
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
ligna
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lignum
- Transliteration
- ligna
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 314
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
ignem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ignis
- Transliteration
- ignem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 540
sic
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sic
- Transliteration
- sic
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 584
homo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- homo
- Transliteration
- homo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1653
iracundus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iracundus
- Transliteration
- iracundus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 9
suscitat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suscito
- Transliteration
- suscitat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 163
rixas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- rixa
- Transliteration
- rixas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 14
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 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
5 relevance votesProverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
5 relevance votes2 Samuel 20:1
There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the shofar, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”
3 relevance votes1 Kings 12:20
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.
2 relevance votesPsalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
2 relevance votesProverbs 30:33
For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
2 relevance votesProverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
2 relevance votes