7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ecclesiastes 11:7. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.
Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וּמָת֖וֹק הָא֑וֹר וְט֥וֹב לַֽעֵינַ֖יִם לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
וּמָת֖וֹק
הָא֑וֹר
וְט֥וֹב
לַֽעֵינַ֖יִם
לִרְא֥וֹת
אֶת
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.
Καὶ γλυκὺ τὸ φῶς, καὶ ἀγαθὸν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τοῦ βλέπειν σὺν τὸν ἥλιον.
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
γλυκὺ
- 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
- γλυκὺ
- Transliteration
- glyky
- Morphology
- rare LXX source token; morphology and lexical role require manual review
- Gloss
- rare source form
- Part of Speech
- adverb/adjectival form
- Definition
- Final low-confidence LXX tail classification for a rare Greek, elided, numeral, or transliterated source token. Exact lexical identity and morphology require manual review.
- Occurrences
- 3
τὸ
- 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
φῶς
- 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
- φῶς
- Transliteration
- phos
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- light
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Light.
- Occurrences
- 113
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
ἀγαθὸν
- 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
- ἀγαθός
- Transliteration
- agathon
- Morphology
- adjective, accusative masculine singular or nominative/accusative neuter singular
- Gloss
- good
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- Good, beneficial, noble, or upright.
- Occurrences
- 290
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
ὀφθαλμοῖς
- 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
- ὀφθαλμός
- Transliteration
- ophthalmois
- Morphology
- noun, masculine dative plural
- Gloss
- eyes
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Eye; by extension sight or perception.
- Occurrences
- 553
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
βλέπειν
- 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
- βλέπειν
- Transliteration
- blepein
- Morphology
- present/aorist active infinitive pattern
- Gloss
- to ...
- Part of Speech
- infinitive
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 14
σὺν
- 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
- σύν
- Transliteration
- syn
- Morphology
- preposition with dative
- Gloss
- with
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition meaning with or together with.
- Occurrences
- 187
τὸν
- 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
ἥλιον
- 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
- ἥλιος
- Transliteration
- helios
- Morphology
- noun, masculine nominative singular
- Gloss
- sun
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Sun.
- Occurrences
- 177
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.
ܚܠܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܛܒ ܠܥܝܢ̈ܐ ܠܡܚܙܐ ܫܡܫܐ
ܚܠܐ
- 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
- ܚܠܐ
- Transliteration
- hl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 36
ܢܘܗܪܐ
- 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
- ܢܘܗܪܐ
- Transliteration
- nwhr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 67
ܘܛܒ
- 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
- ܘܛܒ
- Transliteration
- wtb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 22
ܠܥܝܢ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܠܥܝܢܐ
- Transliteration
- l'yn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 5
ܠܡܚܙܐ
- 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
- ܠܡܚܙܐ
- Transliteration
- lmhz'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 25
ܫܡܫܐ
- 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
- ܫܡܫܐ
- Transliteration
- shmsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 99
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.
וּבַסִים נְהוֹרָא דְּאוֹרָיְתָא וְטָב לְאַנְהָרָא עַיְנִין חַשִּׁיכִין לְמֶחֱזֵי יְקָר אַפֵּי שְׁכִינְתָא דַּעֲתִיד לְאַנְהָרָא אַפֵּי צַדִּיקַיָּא מִן זִיו שְׁכִינְתָא וּלְמֶהֱוֵי שׁוּפְרֵיהוֹן כְּשִׁמְשָׁא׃
וּבַסִים
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בסים
- Transliteration
- wbsym
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 3
נְהוֹרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נהורא
- Transliteration
- nhwr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 35
דְּאוֹרָיְתָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אוריתא
- Transliteration
- d'wryt'
- Morphology
- prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun feminine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- of/that law, Torah
- Occurrences
- 299
וְטָב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- וטב
- Transliteration
- wtb
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 11
לְאַנְהָרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אנהרא
- Transliteration
- l'nhr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 13
עַיְנִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עינין
- Transliteration
- 'ynyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 16
חַשִּׁיכִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חשיכין
- Transliteration
- chshykyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 6
לְמֶחֱזֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מחזי
- Transliteration
- lmchzy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 25
יְקָר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יקר
- Transliteration
- yqr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 82
אַפֵּי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אפי
- Transliteration
- 'py
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 212
שְׁכִינְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שכינתא
- Transliteration
- shkynt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 11
דַּעֲתִיד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עתיד
- Transliteration
- d'tyd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 130
לְאַנְהָרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אנהרא
- Transliteration
- l'nhr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 13
אַפֵּי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אפי
- Transliteration
- 'py
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 212
צַדִּיקַיָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צדיקיא
- Transliteration
- tsdyqy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 212
מִן
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מן
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- from, out of, than
- Occurrences
- 2836
זִיו
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זיו
- Transliteration
- zyw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 33
שְׁכִינְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שכינתא
- Transliteration
- shkynt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 11
וּלְמֶהֱוֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- למהוי
- Transliteration
- wlmhwy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 20
שׁוּפְרֵיהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שופריהון
- Transliteration
- shwpryhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
כְּשִׁמְשָׁא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שמשא
- Transliteration
- kshmsh'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 136
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
[Dulce lumen, et delectabile est oculis videre solem.
dulce
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dulcis
- Transliteration
- dulce
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 32
lumen
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lumen
- Transliteration
- lumen
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 90
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
delectabile
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- delectabilis
- Transliteration
- delectabile
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 4
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
oculis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- oculus
- Transliteration
- oculis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 682
videre
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uideo
- Transliteration
- videre
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1988
solem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sol
- Transliteration
- solem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 201
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.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
8 relevance votesMatthew 5:45
that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
8 relevance votesProverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; And good tidings make the bones fat.
7 relevance votesPsalms 84:11
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
7 relevance votesJob 33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
6 relevance votesProverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
5 relevance votesEcclesiastes 6:5
moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:
3 relevance votesPsalms 56:13
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
3 relevance votesJob 33:28
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
3 relevance votes