Psalms
Chapter 116
Verse 3
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Psalms 116

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3 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

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Panels 7
Word Entries 53
Editorial Notes 2
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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.

אֲפָפ֤וּנִי ׀ חֶבְלֵי־מָ֗וֶת וּמְצָרֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל מְצָא֑וּנִי צָרָ֖ה וְיָג֣וֹן אֶמְצָֽא׃

9 word entries
אֲפָפ֤וּנִי
Lemma
661
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H661
Occurrences
5
חֶבְלֵי
Lemma
2256 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2256
Occurrences
28
מָ֗וֶת
Lemma
4194
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4194
Occurrences
93
וּמְצָרֵ֣י
Lemma
c/4712
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4712
Occurrences
1
שְׁא֣וֹל
Lemma
7585
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7585
Occurrences
50
מְצָא֑וּנִי
Lemma
4672
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4672
Occurrences
305
צָרָ֖ה
Lemma
6869 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6869
Occurrences
50
וְיָג֣וֹן
Lemma
c/3015
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3015
Occurrences
4
אֶמְצָֽא
Lemma
4672
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4672
Occurrences
305
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.

Shown from source reference 114:3 because this tradition numbers the passage differently.

Περιέσχον με ὠδῖνες θανάτου, κίνδυνοι ᾅδου εὕροσάν με· θλίψιν καὶ ὀδύνην εὗρον,

12 word entries
Περιέσχον
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
perieschon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular 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
9
με
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
ὠδῖνες
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
odines
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ὠδῖνες
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
17
θανάτου
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
thanatos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
death
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Death.
Occurrences
301
κίνδυνοι
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
kindynoi
Morphology
nominative plural masculine 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
1
ᾅδου
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
hadou
Morphology
noun, masculine genitive singular
Gloss
of Hades, of Sheol
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Hades, the underworld, or the realm of the dead.
Occurrences
66
εὕροσάν
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
eyrosan
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural pattern
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
με
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
θλίψιν
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
thlipsin
Morphology
accusative singular feminine or third-declension accusative 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
12
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
ὀδύνην
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
odynen
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
11
εὗρον
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
heuron
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
Gloss
they found; I found
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To find or discover.
Occurrences
152
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.

ܡܛܠ ܕܚܕܪܘܢܝ ܚܒ̈ܠܐ ܕܡܘܬܐ ܘܐ̈ܘܠܨܢܐ ܕܫܝܘܠ ܡܛܝܘܢܝ ܐܘܠܨܢܐ ܘܕܐܘܘܐܢܐ ܐܫܟܚܬ

10 word entries
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܕܚܕܪܘܢܝ
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
dhdrwny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܚܒ̈ܠܐ
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
hbl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
38
ܕܡܘܬܐ
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
dmwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
46
ܘܐ̈ܘܠܨܢܐ
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'wlsn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
ܕܫܝܘܠ
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
dshywl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
12
ܡܛܝܘܢܝ
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
mtywny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܐܘܠܨܢܐ
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
'wlsn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
38
ܘܕܐܘܘܐܢܐ
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
wd'ww'n'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܐܫܟܚܬ
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
'shkht
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
42
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.

אַקִיפוּ יָתִי מְרָעֵי מוֹתָא וְעִיקְתִין דְשֵׁיוֹל אַשְׁכְּחוּנִי עִיקְתָא וְדָבוֹנָא אֶשְׁכָּח׃

10 word entries
אַקִיפוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'qypw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
7
יָתִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
יתי
Transliteration
yty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
381
מְרָעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רעי
Transliteration
mr'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
23
מוֹתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ותא
Transliteration
mwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
64
וְעִיקְתִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'yqtyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
דְשֵׁיוֹל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dshywl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
24
אַשְׁכְּחוּנִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'shkchwny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
עִיקְתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'yqt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
וְדָבוֹנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wdbwn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
אֶשְׁכָּח׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'shkch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
33
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.

Shown from source reference 114:3 because this tradition numbers the passage differently.

Circumdederunt me dolores mortis; et pericula inferni invenerunt me. Tribulationem et dolorem inveni,

12 word entries
circumdederunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
circumdederunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
111
me
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
me
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
dolores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dolor
Transliteration
dolores
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
119
mortis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mors
Transliteration
mortis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
408
pericula
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
pericula
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
31
inferni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
inferni
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
60
invenerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inuenio
Transliteration
invenerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
682
me
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
me
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
tribulationem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
tribulationem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
141
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
dolorem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dolor
Transliteration
dolorem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
119
inveni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
inuenio
Transliteration
inveni
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
682
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note

Coverage: Source-structure exceptions

Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.

Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.

Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.

Spirit Nation Latin Vulgate Alignment Note English · Latin Vulgate Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note

Coverage: Source-structure exceptions

Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.

Editorial alignment note: The Clementine Vulgate source does not expose this exact reader reference as a one-to-one source row. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.

Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.

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 38:6

I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

8 relevance votes

Luke 22:44

Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

5 relevance votes

Hebrews 5:7

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

4 relevance votes
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