5 Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence — their espousals!
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 49:5. 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.
שִׁמְע֥וֹן וְלֵוִ֖י אַחִ֑ים כְּלֵ֥י חָמָ֖ס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃
וְלֵוִ֖י
אַחִ֑ים
כְּלֵ֥י
חָמָ֖ס
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.
Συμεὼν καὶ Λευὶ ἀδελφοὶ συνετέλεσαν ἀδικίαν ἐξαιρέσεως αὐτῶν·
Συμεὼν
- 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
- Συμεών
- Transliteration
- Symeon
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Simeon
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Simeon, biblical personal and tribal name.
- Occurrences
- 52
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
Λευὶ
- 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
- Λευί
- Transliteration
- Leui
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Levi
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Levi, patriarchal and tribal name.
- Occurrences
- 68
ἀδελφοὶ
- 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
- ἀδελφός
- Transliteration
- adelphos
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- brother
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Brother, kinsman, or member of a people.
- Occurrences
- 739
συνετέλεσαν
- 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
- συνετέλεσαν
- Transliteration
- synetelesan
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural pattern
- Gloss
- they ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 15
ἀδικίαν
- 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
- ἀδικία
- Transliteration
- adikian
- Morphology
- noun, feminine accusative singular
- Gloss
- injustice, unrighteousness
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Injustice, unrighteousness, wrong, or iniquity.
- Occurrences
- 166
ἐξαιρέσεως
- 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
- ἐξαιρέσεως
- Transliteration
- exaireseos
- Morphology
- adverbial -ως form or perfect participle pattern depending on context
- Gloss
- ...ly / having ...
- Part of Speech
- adverb/participle form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
αὐτῶν
- 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
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
שִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי אַחִין גַּבְרִין גִּבָּרִין בְּאַרַע תּוֹתָבוּתְהוֹן עֲבָדוּ גְּבוּרָא
שִׁמְעוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שמעון
- Transliteration
- shm'wn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 26
וְלֵוִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לוי
- Transliteration
- wlwy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 42
אַחִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אחין
- Transliteration
- 'chyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 7
גַּבְרִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברין
- Transliteration
- gbryn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 31
גִּבָּרִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גברין
- Transliteration
- gbryn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 31
בְּאַרַע
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארע
- Transliteration
- b'r'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 840
תּוֹתָבוּתְהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תותבותהון
- Transliteration
- twtbwthwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 4
עֲבָדוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עבדו
- Transliteration
- 'bdw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 75
גְּבוּרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גבורא
- Transliteration
- gbwr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 3
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.
ܫܡܥܘܢ ܘܠܘܝ ܐ̈ܚܐ ܡܐ̈ܢܐ ܕܪܘܓܙܐ ܡܢ ܟܝܢܗܘܢ.
ܫܡܥܘܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- CM<WN
- Morphology
- CM<WN/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܠܘܝ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- WLWJ
- Morphology
- W-LWJ/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܐ̈ܚܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- >"X>
- Morphology
- >X/(J~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܐ̈ܢܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- M>"N>
- Morphology
- M>N/(J~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܕܪܘܓܙܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- DRWGZ>
- Morphology
- D-RWGZ/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- MN
- Morphology
- MN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܟܝܢܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- KJNHWN
- Morphology
- KJN/-HWN
- Occurrences
- 0
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Simeon et Levi fratres vasa iniquitatis bellantia.
Symeon
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Simon
- Transliteration
- Symeon
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 204
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
Levi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- leuis
- Transliteration
- Levi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 28
fratres
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- frater
- Transliteration
- fratres
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1060
vasa
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uas
- Transliteration
- vasa
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 270
iniquitatis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iniquitas
- Transliteration
- iniquitatis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 460
bellantia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bello
- Transliteration
- bellantia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 32
Ranked cross references
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Proverbs 18:9
He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he [is] to a destroyer.
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