Psalms
Chapter 119
Verse 72
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Psalms 119

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72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. YODH

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 119:72. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 7
Word Entries 46
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.

טֽוֹב־לִ֥י תֽוֹרַת־פִּ֑יךָ מֵ֝אַלְפֵ֗י זָהָ֥ב וָכָֽסֶף׃

7 word entries
טֽוֹב
Lemma
2896 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2896
Occurrences
278
לִ֥י
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
תֽוֹרַת
Lemma
8451
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8451
Occurrences
106
פִּ֑יךָ
Lemma
6310
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6310
Occurrences
266
מֵ֝אַלְפֵ֗י
Lemma
m/505
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adjective
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H505
Occurrences
4
זָהָ֥ב
Lemma
2091
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2091
Occurrences
246
וָכָֽסֶף
Lemma
c/3701
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3701
Occurrences
32
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 118:72 because this tradition numbers the passage differently.

Ἀγαθόν μοι ὁ νόμος τοῦ στόματός σου, ὑπὲρ χιλιάδας χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου.

12 word entries
Ἀγαθόν
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
agathon
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀγαθόν
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
21
μοι
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
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
νόμος
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
nomos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
law
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Law, custom, or instruction.
Occurrences
332
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
στόματός
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
stomatos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive 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
34
σου
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
ὑπὲρ
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
hyper
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
over, above, on behalf of
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition used with genitive or accusative.
Occurrences
395
χιλιάδας
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
chiliadas
Morphology
noun/numeral, feminine accusative plural
Gloss
thousands
Part of Speech
noun/numeral
Definition
Thousands.
Occurrences
292
χρυσίου
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
chrysion
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
gold
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Gold.
Occurrences
279
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
ἀργυρίου
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
argyrion
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
silver, money
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Silver or money.
Occurrences
341
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.

ܛܐܒ ܠܝ ܢܡܘܣܗ ܕܦܘܡܟ ܡܢ ܐ̈ܠܦܐ ܕܕܗܒܐ ܘܕܣܐܡܐ

8 word entries
ܛܐܒ
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
ܛܐܒ
Transliteration
t'b
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܠܝ
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
ܠܝ
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
865
ܢܡܘܣܗ
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
nmwsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
22
ܕܦܘܡܟ
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
dpwmk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
5
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܐ̈ܠܦܐ
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
'lp'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
47
ܕܕܗܒܐ
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
ddhb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
143
ܘܕܣܐܡܐ
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
wds'm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
16
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.

טָב לִי אוֹרָיַת פּוּמָךְ מִן אֲלַף כִּכְּרִין דְהַב וְסִימָא׃

9 word entries
טָב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טב
Transliteration
tb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
212
לִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לי
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
595
אוֹרָיַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wryt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
7
פּוּמָךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pwmk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
37
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
אֲלַף
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אלף
Transliteration
'lp
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
46
כִּכְּרִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
kkryn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
26
דְהַב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דהב
Transliteration
dhb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
59
וְסִימָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wsym'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
27
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 118:72 because this tradition numbers the passage differently.

Bonum mihi lex oris tui, super millia auri et argenti.

10 word entries
bonum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bonus
Transliteration
bonum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
847
mihi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mihi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
lex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lex
Transliteration
lex
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
596
oris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
os
Transliteration
oris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
657
tui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
milia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mille
Transliteration
milia
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
626
auri
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aurum
Transliteration
auri
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
314
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
argenti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
argenti
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
255
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 law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. י JOD." 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 law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. י JOD." 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 19:10

They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

12 relevance votes

Psalms 119:127

Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.

11 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:16

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

9 relevance votes

Psalms 119:162

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

8 relevance votes

Psalms 119:14

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 119:111

I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

7 relevance votes

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.

7 relevance votes
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