Psalms
Chapter 18
Verse 4
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Psalms 18

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4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 18:4. 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 45
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.

מְ֭הֻלָּל אֶקְרָ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וּמִן־אֹ֝יְבַ֗י אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃

6 word entries
מְ֭הֻלָּל
Lemma
1984 b
Morphology
Hebrew: verb pual participle passive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1984
Occurrences
107
אֶקְרָ֣א
Lemma
7121
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7121
Occurrences
350
יְהוָ֑ה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
וּמִן
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H4480
Occurrences
105
אֹ֝יְבַ֗י
Lemma
341
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H341
Occurrences
229
אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ
Lemma
3467
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3467
Occurrences
116
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.

Οὐκ εἰσὶ λαλιαὶ οὐδὲ λόγοι, ὧν οὐχὶ ἀκούονται αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν·

11 word entries
Οὐκ
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
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
εἰσὶ
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
eisi
Morphology
verb, present active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they are
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
λαλιαὶ
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
laliai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
οὐδὲ
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
oude
Morphology
negative conjunction/particle
Gloss
and not, neither, nor
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Elided form of negative coordinating conjunction/particle οὐδέ.
Occurrences
530
λόγοι
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
logoi
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative plural
Gloss
words, matters
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Word, speech, account, matter, or reason.
Strong's
G3056
Occurrences
1103
ὧν
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
ὅς
Transliteration
hon
Morphology
relative pronoun, genitive plural
Gloss
of whom, of which
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Definition
Relative pronoun who, which, that.
Occurrences
4123
οὐχὶ
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
ouchi
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, no
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Emphatic negative particle.
Occurrences
180
ἀκούονται
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
akoyontai
Morphology
verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd plural
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
αἱ
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
φωναὶ
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
phonai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
8
αὐτῶν
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.

ܡܫܒܚܐ ܐܩܪܐ ܠܡܪܝܐ ܘܡܢ ܒ̈ܥܠܕܒܒܝ ܐܬܦܪܩ

6 word entries
ܡܫܒܚܐ
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
MCBX>
Morphology
!M!CBX[/~>:dp
Occurrences
0
ܐܩܪܐ
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
>QR>
Morphology
!>!QR(J&>[
Occurrences
0
ܠܡܪܝܐ
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
LMRJ>
Morphology
L-MRJ>/
Occurrences
0
ܘܡܢ
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
WMN
Morphology
W-MN
Occurrences
0
ܒ̈ܥܠܕܒܒܝ
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
B"<LDBBJ
Morphology
B<LDBB/J-(J
Occurrences
0
ܐܬܦܪܩ
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
>TPRQ
Morphology
@>T@PRQ[
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.

אֲמַר דָוִד בְתוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא אֲנָא מְצַלֵי קֳדָם יְיָ וּמִן בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבִי פָּרִיק יָתִי׃

12 word entries
אֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
'mr
Morphology
verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
said, spoke
Occurrences
3728
דָוִד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דוד
Transliteration
dwd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1106
בְתוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
btwshbcht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
88
אֲנָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אנא
Transliteration
'n'
Morphology
personal pronoun first singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1108
מְצַלֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
צלי
Transliteration
mtsly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
81
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
יְיָ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yy
Morphology
divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss
the Lord
Occurrences
3908
וּמִן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ומן
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
310
בַּעֲלֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עלי
Transliteration
b'ly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
440
דְבָבִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בבי
Transliteration
dbby
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
79
פָּרִיק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pryq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
52
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
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.

Non sunt loquelæ, neque sermones, quorum non audiantur voces eorum.

10 word entries
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
loquellae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquela
Transliteration
loquellae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
13
neque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
neque
Transliteration
neque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
930
sermones
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sermo
Transliteration
sermones
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
626
quorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
audiantur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audiantur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
voces
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uox
Transliteration
voces
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
583
eorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eorum
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 116:3

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

7 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 1:9

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

4 relevance votes

Psalms 124:4

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 22:16

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

3 relevance votes

Matthew 26:47

While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

3 relevance votes

Isaiah 13:8

They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.

2 relevance votes

Acts 21:30

All the city was moved and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.

2 relevance votes

Matthew 26:55

In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.

2 relevance votes
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