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Ecclesiastes 11

American Standard Version, Verse 7

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7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

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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.

Panels 5
Word Entries 55
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.

וּמָת֖וֹק הָא֑וֹר וְט֥וֹב לַֽעֵינַ֖יִם לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

7 word entries
וּמָת֖וֹק
Lemma
c/4966
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adjective
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4966
Occurrences
3
הָא֑וֹר
Lemma
d/216
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H216
Occurrences
7
וְט֥וֹב
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adjective
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2896
Occurrences
27
לַֽעֵינַ֖יִם
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender dual absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
112
לִרְא֥וֹת
Lemma
l/7200
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
73
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
Lemma
d/8121
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H8121
Occurrences
91
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.

Καὶ γλυκὺ τὸ φῶς, καὶ ἀγαθὸν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τοῦ βλέπειν σὺν τὸν ἥλιον.

13 word entries
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Transliteration
helios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
sun
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Sun.
Occurrences
177
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.

ܚܠܐ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܛܒ ܠܥܝܢ̈ܐ ܠܡܚܙܐ ܫܡܫܐ

6 word entries
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.
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.
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.
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.
Transliteration
shmsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
99
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.

וּבַסִים נְהוֹרָא דְּאוֹרָיְתָא וְטָב לְאַנְהָרָא עַיְנִין חַשִּׁיכִין לְמֶחֱזֵי יְקָר אַפֵּי שְׁכִינְתָא דַּעֲתִיד לְאַנְהָרָא אַפֵּי צַדִּיקַיָּא מִן זִיו שְׁכִינְתָא וּלְמֶהֱוֵי שׁוּפְרֵיהוֹן כְּשִׁמְשָׁא׃

21 word entries
וּבַסִים
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Transliteration
kshmsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
136
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.

[Dulce lumen, et delectabile est oculis videre solem.

8 word entries
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
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 votes

Matthew 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 votes

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; And good tidings make the bones fat.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 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 votes

Job 33:30

To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

6 relevance votes

Proverbs 29:13

The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

5 relevance votes

Ecclesiastes 6:5

moreover it hath not seen the sun nor known it; this hath rest rather than the other:

3 relevance votes

Psalms 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 votes

Job 33:28

He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

3 relevance votes
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