5 Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 51:5. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
כִּֽי־פְ֭שָׁעַי אֲנִ֣י אֵדָ֑ע וְחַטָּאתִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃
כִּֽי
פְ֭שָׁעַי
אֵדָ֑ע
וְחַטָּאתִ֖י
נֶגְדִּ֣י
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.
Ἠγάπησας κακίαν ὑπὲρ ἀγαθωσύνην, ἀδικίαν ὑπὲρ τὸ λαλῆσαι δικαιοσύνην· διάψαλμα.
Ἠγάπησας
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἠγάπησας
- Transliteration
- egapesas
- Morphology
- aorist active participle nominative masculine singular pattern, or 2nd singular verb depending on context
- Gloss
- having ...
- Part of Speech
- participle/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 10
κακίαν
- 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.
- Lemma
- κακίαν
- Transliteration
- kakian
- Morphology
- aorist 3rd plural verb pattern or accusative feminine noun pattern depending on context
- Gloss
- they ... / ...
- Part of Speech
- verb/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 37
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.
- Lemma
- ὑπέρ
- Transliteration
- hyper
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- over, above, on behalf of
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition used with genitive or accusative.
- Occurrences
- 395
ἀγαθωσύνην
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἀγαθωσύνην
- Transliteration
- agathosynen
- 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
- 8
ἀδικίαν
- 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
- ἀδικία
- Transliteration
- adikian
- Morphology
- noun, feminine accusative singular
- Gloss
- injustice, unrighteousness
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Injustice, unrighteousness, wrong, or iniquity.
- Occurrences
- 166
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.
- Lemma
- ὑπέρ
- Transliteration
- hyper
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- over, above, on behalf of
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition used with genitive or accusative.
- Occurrences
- 395
τὸ
- 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
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
λαλῆσαι
- 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
- λαλέω
- Transliteration
- lalesai
- Morphology
- aorist active infinitive
- Gloss
- to speak
- Part of Speech
- infinitive
- Definition
- To speak, say, or talk.
- Occurrences
- 734
δικαιοσύνην
- 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
- δικαιοσύνη
- Transliteration
- dikaiosyne
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative singular
- Gloss
- righteousness, justice
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Righteousness, justice, uprightness.
- Occurrences
- 284
διάψαλμα
- 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
- διάψαλμα
- Transliteration
- diapsalma
- Morphology
- noun/liturgical marker, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- interlude, psalm pause
- Part of Speech
- noun/liturgical marker
- Definition
- Psalmic/liturgical marker, often corresponding to Selah.
- Occurrences
- 74
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 ܕܣܟ̈ܠܘܬܝ ܝܕܥ ܐܢܐ ܘܚ̈ܛܗܝ ܠܘܩܒܠܝ ܐܢܘܢ ܒܟܠܙܒܢ
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
ܕܣܟ̈ܠܘܬܝ
- 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
- ܕܣܟܠܘܬܝ
- Transliteration
- dsklwty
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܝܕܥ
- 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
- ܝܕܥ
- Transliteration
- yd'
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 215
ܐܢܐ
- 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
- ܐܢܐ
- Transliteration
- ena
- Morphology
- personal pronoun, first common singular
- Gloss
- I
- Occurrences
- 1289
ܘܚ̈ܛܗܝ
- 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
- ܘܚܛܗܝ
- Transliteration
- whthy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4
ܠܘܩܒܠܝ
- 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
- ܠܘܩܒܠܝ
- Transliteration
- lwqbly
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 13
ܐܢܘܢ
- 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
- ܐܢܘܢ
- Transliteration
- 'nwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 1636
ܒܟܠܙܒܢ
- 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
- ܒܟܠܙܒܢ
- Transliteration
- bklzbn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 33
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.
אֲרוּם מְרוֹדַי קֳדָמַי גַלְיָן וְחוֹבִי לְקִבְלִי תְדִירָא׃
אֲרוּם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ארום
- Transliteration
- 'rwm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 997
מְרוֹדַי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רודי
- Transliteration
- mrwdy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 10
קֳדָמַי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קדמי
- Transliteration
- qdmy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 443
גַלְיָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גלין
- Transliteration
- glyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 24
וְחוֹבִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חובי
- Transliteration
- wchwby
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 114
לְקִבְלִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קבלי
- Transliteration
- lqbly
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 17
תְדִירָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תדירא
- Transliteration
- tdyr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 69
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Dilexisti malitiam super benignitatem; iniquitatem magis quam loqui æquitatem.
dilexisti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diligo
- Transliteration
- dilexisti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 338
malitiam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- malitia
- Transliteration
- malitiam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 113
super
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- super
- Transliteration
- super
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3146
benignitatem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- benignitas
- Transliteration
- benignitatem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 9
iniquitatem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iniquitas
- Transliteration
- iniquitatem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 460
magis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- magis
- Transliteration
- magis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 190
quam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quam
- Transliteration
- quam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 426
loqui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- loquor
- Transliteration
- loqui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1543
aequitatem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aequitas
- Transliteration
- aequitatem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 36
diapsalma
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- diapsalma
- Transliteration
- diapsalma
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 61
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.
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Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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