linguist

linguist is a skill for Claude Code from fingerskier/theology-claude-plugin. It costs 46 tokens per session (466 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A Bible-language research skill for studying Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic passages—the main ancient languages used in the Bible.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for word studies, word origins, grammar and syntax, translation comparisons, and research into textual variants.
Why use it?
It helps explain word meanings, grammar, sentence structure, translation choices, and differences between surviving manuscript copies.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the theology plugin — 8 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it for word studies, word origins, grammar and syntax, translation comparisons, and research into textual variants.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/fingerskier/theology-claude-plugin/linguist
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add fingerskier/theology-claude-plugin --skill linguist
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fingerskier/theology-claude-plugin

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install theology, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 8 skills.

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README.md
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Per session 46 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 466 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00046 $0.00466
Opus 5 $0.00023 $0.00233
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00093
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00047

Measured 11d ago against content hash 9e3fd8db5bf3, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

linguist scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/linguist/SKILL.md · 56 lines

What it actually says

Linguist Skill

Research and determine the context of a Biblical passage by answering the following questions:

  • What was the original language of this writing?
  • What are the lexical semantics and range of the passage?
  • What are some notable morphological and grammatical features of the passage?
  • What are the lexical-syntactical and discourse features of the passage?
  • What is the etymology of key terms?
  • What are some notable translation decisions associated with this passage?
  • What notable textual variants are there?

Output Format

Produce content under the heading ## Linguistic Analysis.

Organize answers as ### subsections:

1. Original Language

Language classification, period, distinctive features of this text's language.

2. Lexical Semantics

Key terms with Strong's numbers, roots, semantic ranges, and intertextual connections. Use vocabulary tables:

Term Root Meaning Occurrences Key Usage

3. Morphological and Grammatical Features

Verb forms, construct chains, notable syntax, parsing of significant words.

4. Discourse Structure

Progression markers, rhetorical flow, discourse-level features.

5. Etymology of Key Terms

Word origins, development across biblical usage, cognates.

6. Translation Decisions

Compare major versions. Use a translation comparison table:

Version Rendering Notes

7. Textual Variants

Manuscript evidence, critical apparatus notes, impact on interpretation.

Formatting

  • Hebrew/Greek: term (Hebrew: script, transliteration)
  • Strong's numbers: H1234 / G5678
  • Biblical citations: Book Chapter:Verses
  • Verse references: (v.1), (vv.1-5)
  • Vocabulary tables for key terms with semantic ranges
  • Morphological notation where relevant
  • Translation comparison tables across ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 11d ago First seen · 56 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A 9e3fd8db5bf3

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linguist is a skill published in the GitHub repository fingerskier/theology-claude-plugin (2 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 466 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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