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Psalms 40

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4 Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 40:4. 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 67
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.

וַיִּתֵּ֬ן בְּפִ֨י ׀ שִׁ֥יר חָדָשׁ֮ תְּהִלָּ֪ה לֵֽאלֹ֫הֵ֥ינוּ יִרְא֣וּ רַבִּ֣ים וְיִירָ֑אוּ וְ֝יִבְטְח֗וּ בַּיהוָֽה׃

11 word entries
וַיִּתֵּ֬ן
Lemma
c/5414
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5414
Occurrences
746
בְּפִ֨י
Lemma
b/6310
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
73
שִׁ֥יר
Lemma
7892 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7892
Occurrences
59
חָדָשׁ֮
Lemma
2319
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2319
Occurrences
46
תְּהִלָּ֪ה
Lemma
8416
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8416
Occurrences
41
לֵֽאלֹ֫הֵ֥ינוּ
Lemma
l/430
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H430
Occurrences
124
יִרְא֣וּ
Lemma
7200
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
675
רַבִּ֣ים
Lemma
7227 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7227
Occurrences
362
וְיִירָ֑אוּ
Lemma
c/3372
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3372
Occurrences
75
וְ֝יִבְטְח֗וּ
Lemma
c/982
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H982
Occurrences
21
בַּיהוָֽה
Lemma
b/3068
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
105
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.

Κύριος βοηθήσαι αὐτῷ ἐπὶ κλίνης ὀδύνης αὐτοῦ, ὅλην τὴν κοίτην αὐτοῦ ἔστρεψας ἐν τῇ ἀῤῥωστίᾳ αὐτοῦ.

16 word entries
Κύριος
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
βοηθήσαι
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
boethesai
Morphology
Greek -σαι form; likely aorist infinitive or middle/passive verb form depending on context
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
αὐτῷ
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ἐπὶ
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
ἐπί
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences
6685
κλίνης
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
klines
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
18
ὀδύνης
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
odynes
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
15
αὐτοῦ
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ὅλην
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
holen
Morphology
adjective, accusative feminine singular
Gloss
whole, all
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Whole, entire, all.
Occurrences
195
τὴν
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
κοίτην
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
koiten
Morphology
accusative singular feminine pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
30
αὐτοῦ
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ἔστρεψας
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
estrepsas
Morphology
accusative plural feminine or genitive singular feminine pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
ἐν
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
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
τῇ
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
ἀῤῥωστίᾳ
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
aostia
Morphology
dative singular feminine pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
αὐτοῦ
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
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.

ܝܗܒ ܒܦܘܡܝ ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܕܢܚܙܘܢ ܣ̈ܓܝܐܐ ܘܢܚܕܘܢ ܘܢܣܒܪܘܢ ܒܡܪܝܐ

11 word entries
ܝܗܒ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܝܗܒ
Transliteration
yahab
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
gave
Occurrences
147
ܒܦܘܡܝ
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
bpwmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
9
ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ
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
tshbwht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
54
ܚܕܬܐ
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
hdt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
37
ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ
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
tshbwht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
54
ܠܐܠܗܐ
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'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
178
ܕܢܚܙܘܢ
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
dnhzwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
8
ܣ̈ܓܝܐܐ
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
sgy''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
345
ܘܢܚܕܘܢ
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
wnhdwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
13
ܘܢܣܒܪܘܢ
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
wnsbrwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܒܡܪܝܐ
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
bmry'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
67
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.

וְסַדַר בְּפוּמִי שְׁבַח חֲדָתָא תְּהֵי תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא קֳדָם אֱלָהָנָא יֶחֱמוּן סַגִיאִין וְיִדְחֲלוּן וְיִסְבְּרוּן בְּמֵימְרָא דַיְיָ׃

14 word entries
וְסַדַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
סדר
Transliteration
wsdr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
22
בְּפוּמִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bpwmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
51
שְׁבַח
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שבח
Transliteration
shbch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
29
חֲדָתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chdt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
26
תְּהֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תהי
Transliteration
thy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
210
תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
twshbcht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
88
קֳדָם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
קדם
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
prepositional or nominal form
Gloss
before, in front of, east
Occurrences
2023
אֱלָהָנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lhn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
111
יֶחֱמוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ychmwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
15
סַגִיאִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sgy'yn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
188
וְיִדְחֲלוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wydchlwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
20
וְיִסְבְּרוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wysbrwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
בְּמֵימְרָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
bmymr'
Morphology
prefixed preposition ב + noun masculine emphatic
Gloss
in/with word, command, utterance
Occurrences
357
דַיְיָ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דיי
Transliteration
dyy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1761
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.

Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris ejus; universum stratum ejus versasti in infirmitate ejus.

15 word entries
Dominus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Dominus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
opem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ops
Transliteration
opem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
20
ferat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fero
Transliteration
ferat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
392
illi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
lectum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lectus
Transliteration
lectum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
35
doloris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dolor
Transliteration
doloris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
119
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
universum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
universum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
889
stratum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sterno
Transliteration
stratum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
45
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
versasti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerso
Transliteration
versasti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
infirmitate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
infirmitate
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
63
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

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.

Psalms 125:5

But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 34:8

By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 2:12

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 15:4

Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.

4 relevance votes

Jonah 2:8

The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.

4 relevance votes

Psalms 119:21

Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.

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