Psalms
Chapter 129
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Psalms 129

Bible in Basic English, Verse 3

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3 The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 129:3. 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 33
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.

עַל־גַּ֭בִּי חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ למענותם׃

7 word entries
עַל
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
גַּ֭בִּי
Lemma
1354
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1354
Occurrences
8
חָרְשׁ֣וּ
Lemma
2790 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2790
Occurrences
23
חֹרְשִׁ֑ים
Lemma
2790 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2790
Occurrences
23
הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ
Lemma
748
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H748
Occurrences
25
למענותם
Lemma
l/4618
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4618
Occurrences
2
לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם
Lemma
l/4618
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4618
Occurrences
2
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.

Ἐὰν ἀνομίας παρατηρήσῃς Κύριε, Κύριε, τίς ὑποστήσεται;

7 word entries
Ἐὰν
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
ἐάν
Transliteration
ean
Morphology
conditional particle
Gloss
if, whenever
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Definition
Conditional particle, often with subjunctive.
Occurrences
1253
ἀνομίας
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
anomias
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive singular or accusative plural
Gloss
lawlessness, iniquity
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lawlessness, iniquity, or transgression.
Occurrences
169
παρατηρήσῃς
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.
Transliteration
paratereses
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
1
Κύριε
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
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
Κύριε
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
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
τίς
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
τίς
Transliteration
tis
Morphology
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Gloss
who, someone
Part of Speech
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Definition
Interrogative or indefinite pronoun depending on accent/context.
Occurrences
1124
ὑποστήσεται
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
ypostesetai
Morphology
verb, future middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it will ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
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.

ܥܠ ܚܨܝ ܢܓܕܘ ܢ̈ܓܕܐ ܘܐܓܪܘ ܡܘܟܟܗܘܢ

6 word entries
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3346
ܚܨܝ
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
ܚܨܝ
Transliteration
hsy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܢܓܕܘ
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
ngdw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5
ܢ̈ܓܕܐ
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
ngd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
7
ܘܐܓܪܘ
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
w'grw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
ܡܘܟܟܗܘܢ
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
mwkkhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1
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.

עַל גוּשְׁמִי רְדוּ רָדַיָא אוֹרִיכִי לְמוּרְדָנִיתְהוֹן׃

6 word entries
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
גוּשְׁמִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gwshmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
12
רְדוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רדו
Transliteration
rdw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
20
רָדַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rdy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
3
אוֹרִיכִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wryky
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
לְמוּרְדָנִיתְהוֹן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmwrdnythwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
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.

Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit?

7 word entries
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
iniquitates
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iniquitates
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
460
observabis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
obseruo
Transliteration
observabis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
79
Domine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
Domine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Domine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
quis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
sustinebit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sustinebit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
130

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.

Isaiah 51:23

And I will put it into the hand of your cruel masters, and of those whose yoke has been hard on you; who have said to your soul, Down on your face! so that we may go over you: and you have given your backs like the earth, even like the street, for them to go over.

8 relevance votes

Psalms 141:7

Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough.

4 relevance votes
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