Psalms
Chapter 18
Verse 28
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Psalms 18

World English Bible, Verse 28

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28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 18:28. 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 54
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.

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה עַם־עָנִ֣י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינַ֖יִם רָמ֣וֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃

8 word entries
כִּֽי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
אַ֭תָּה
Lemma
859 a
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H859
Occurrences
535
עַם
Lemma
5971 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5971
Occurrences
682
עָנִ֣י
Lemma
6041
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6041
Occurrences
59
תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ
Lemma
3467
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3467
Occurrences
116
וְעֵינַ֖יִם
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender dual absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
47
רָמ֣וֹת
Lemma
7311 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7311
Occurrences
126
תַּשְׁפִּֽיל
Lemma
8213
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 2rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H8213
Occurrences
19
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 17:28 because this tradition numbers the passage differently.

Ὅτι σὺ λαὸν ταπεινὸν σώσεις, καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑπερηφάνων ταπεινώσεις.

9 word entries
Ὅτι
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
ὅτι
Transliteration
hoti
Morphology
subordinating conjunction
Gloss
that, because, for
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Conjunction introducing cause, content, or explanation.
Occurrences
3703
σὺ
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
λαὸν
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
laos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
people
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
People, nation, or community.
Occurrences
1841
ταπεινὸν
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
tapeinon
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
8
σώσεις
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
soseis
Morphology
Greek -εις form; likely verb 2nd singular or plural noun/adjective depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
13
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
ὀφθαλμοὺς
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
ophthalmous
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative plural
Gloss
eyes
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Eye; by extension sight or perception.
Occurrences
553
ὑπερηφάνων
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
yperephanon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
10
ταπεινώσεις
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
tapeinoseis
Morphology
Greek -εις form; likely verb 2nd singular or plural noun/adjective depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
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 ܕܐܢܬ ܥܡܐ ܡܣܟܢܐ ܬܦܪܘܩ ܘܥܝ̈ܢܐ ܪ̈ܡܬܐ ܬܡܟܟ

8 word entries
ܡܛܠ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
MVL
Morphology
MVL
Occurrences
0
ܕܐܢܬ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
D>NT
Morphology
D->NT
Occurrences
0
ܥܡܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
<M>
Morphology
<M=/~>
Occurrences
0
ܡܣܟܢܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
MSKN>
Morphology
MSKN/~>
Occurrences
0
ܬܦܪܘܩ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
TPRWQ
Morphology
!T!PR&WQ[
Occurrences
0
ܘܥܝ̈ܢܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
W<J"N>
Morphology
W-<JN/(J~>
Occurrences
0
ܪ̈ܡܬܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
R"MT>
Morphology
RM/T=~>
Occurrences
0
ܬܡܟܟ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
TMKK
Morphology
!T!MKK[:d
Occurrences
0
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.

מְטוּל דְאַנְתְּ יַת עַמָא בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל דַחֲשִׁיכִין בֵּינֵי עַמְמַיָא בְּגָלוּתָא אַנְתְּ עֲתִיד לְמִפְרַק וּבְמֵימְרָךְ אוּמַיָא תַקִיפַיָא דְמִתְגַבְּרִין עֲלֵיהוֹן תַּמְאִיךְ׃

19 word entries
מְטוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טול
Transliteration
mtwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
322
דְאַנְתְּ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אנת
Transliteration
d'nt
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + personal pronoun
Gloss
of/that you
Occurrences
120
יַת
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
ית
Transliteration
yt
Morphology
accusative/direct object marker
Gloss
direct object marker
Occurrences
4303
עַמָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עם
Transliteration
'm'
Morphology
noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
people
Occurrences
1754
בֵּית
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בית
Transliteration
byt
Morphology
noun construct/absolute
Gloss
house, household
Occurrences
2611
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yshr'l
Morphology
proper noun
Gloss
Israel
Occurrences
2312
דַחֲשִׁיכִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dchshykyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
6
בֵּינֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
יני
Transliteration
byny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
148
עַמְמַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'mmy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
635
בְּגָלוּתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bglwt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
71
אַנְתְּ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אנת
Transliteration
'nt
Morphology
personal pronoun
Gloss
you
Occurrences
120
עֲתִיד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tyd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
130
לְמִפְרַק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmprq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
33
וּבְמֵימְרָךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbmymrk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
אוּמַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wmy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
38
תַקִיפַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tqypy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
11
דְמִתְגַבְּרִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmtgbryn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
8
עֲלֵיהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
342
תַּמְאִיךְ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tm'yk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
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 17:28 because this tradition numbers the passage differently.

Quoniam tu populum humilem salvum facies, et oculos superborum humiliabis.

10 word entries
quoniam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quoniam
Transliteration
quoniam
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1134
tu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tu
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
populum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
populus
Transliteration
populum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2030
humilem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
humilis
Transliteration
humilem
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
66
salvum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
saluus
Transliteration
salvum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
169
facies
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
facies
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
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
oculos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
oculus
Transliteration
oculos
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
682
superborum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
superborum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
63
humiliabis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
humilio
Transliteration
humiliabis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
132
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: "For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness." 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: "For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness." 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.

2 Samuel 22:29

For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.

20 relevance votes

Job 29:3

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

18 relevance votes

Isaiah 42:16

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

17 relevance votes

Matthew 4:16

the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

14 relevance votes

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

12 relevance votes

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

12 relevance votes

Psalms 112:4

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

10 relevance votes

Proverbs 20:27

The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

10 relevance votes

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.

8 relevance votes

Psalms 132:17

I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.

7 relevance votes

1 Kings 15:4

Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;

3 relevance votes

Job 18:6

The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.

3 relevance votes
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