4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 57:4. 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.
יִשְׁלַ֤ח מִשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ וְֽיוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי חֵרֵ֣ף שֹׁאֲפִ֣י סֶ֑לָה יִשְׁלַ֥ח אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים חַסְדּ֥וֹ וַאֲמִתּֽוֹ׃
יִשְׁלַ֤ח
מִשָּׁמַ֨יִם
וְֽיוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי
חֵרֵ֣ף
שֹׁאֲפִ֣י
יִשְׁלַ֥ח
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים
חַסְדּ֥וֹ
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.
Ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ μήτρας, ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς, ἐλάλησαν ψευδῆ.
Ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν
- Transliteration
- apellotriothesan
- Morphology
- verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- were ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 2
οἱ
- 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
ἁμαρτωλοὶ
- 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
- ἁμαρτωλοὶ
- Transliteration
- amartoloi
- 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
- 22
ἀπὸ
- 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
- ἀπό
- Transliteration
- apo
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- from, away from
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
- Occurrences
- 3869
μήτρας
- 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
- μήτρας
- Transliteration
- metras
- Morphology
- accusative plural feminine or genitive 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
- 9
ἐπλανήθησαν
- 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
- ἐπλανήθησαν
- Transliteration
- eplanethesan
- Morphology
- verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- were ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 14
ἀπὸ
- 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
- ἀπό
- Transliteration
- apo
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- from, away from
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
- Occurrences
- 3869
γαστρὸς
- 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
- γαστρὸς
- Transliteration
- gastros
- 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
- 16
ἐλάλησαν
- 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
- elalesan
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they spoke
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To speak, say, or talk.
- Occurrences
- 734
ψευδῆ
- 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
- ψευδής
- Transliteration
- pseude
- Morphology
- adjective, accusative masculine/feminine singular or neuter nominative/accusative plural
- Gloss
- false, lying
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- False, lying, deceitful.
- Occurrences
- 51
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.
ܕܫܕܪ ܡܢ ܫܡܝܐ ܘܦܪܩܢܝ ܘܚܣܕ ܠܒ̈ܥܠܕܒܒܝ ܫܕܪ ܐܠܗܐ ܛܝܒܘܬܗ ܘܩܘܫܬܗ
ܕܫܕܪ
- 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
- ܕܫܕܪ
- Transliteration
- dshdr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 21
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
ܫܡܝܐ
- 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
- ܫܡܝܐ
- Transliteration
- shmaya
- Morphology
- noun, plural/emphatic
- Gloss
- heavens, sky
- Occurrences
- 200
ܘܦܪܩܢܝ
- 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
- ܘܦܪܩܢܝ
- Transliteration
- wprqny
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 3
ܘܚܣܕ
- 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
- ܘܚܣܕ
- Transliteration
- whsd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܠܒ̈ܥܠܕܒܒܝ
- 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
- ܠܒܥܠܕܒܒܝ
- Transliteration
- lb'ldbby
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܫܕܪ
- 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
- ܫܕܪ
- Transliteration
- shdr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 74
ܐܠܗܐ
- 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
- ܐܠܗܐ
- Transliteration
- alaha
- Morphology
- noun, masculine emphatic singular
- Gloss
- God
- Occurrences
- 940
ܛܝܒܘܬܗ
- 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
- ܛܝܒܘܬܗ
- Transliteration
- tybwth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 31
ܘܩܘܫܬܗ
- 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
- ܘܩܘܫܬܗ
- Transliteration
- wqwshth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
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.
יְשַׁדֵר מַלְאֲכֵיהּ מִשְׁמֵי מְרוֹמָא וְיִפְרְקִנְנִי חַסֵד שָׁיְפִי לְעַלְמִין יְשַׁדַר אֱלָהָא טוּבֵיהּ וְקוּשְׁטֵיהּ׃
יְשַׁדֵר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ישדר
- Transliteration
- yshdr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 8
מַלְאֲכֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לאכיה
- Transliteration
- ml'kyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
מִשְׁמֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שמי
- Transliteration
- mshmy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 126
מְרוֹמָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רומא
- Transliteration
- mrwm'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 151
וְיִפְרְקִנְנִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יפרקנני
- Transliteration
- wyprqnny
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
חַסֵד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חסד
- Transliteration
- chsd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 6
שָׁיְפִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שיפי
- Transliteration
- shypy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1
לְעַלְמִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עלמין
- Transliteration
- l'lmyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 126
יְשַׁדַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ישדר
- Transliteration
- yshdr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 8
אֱלָהָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אלה
- Transliteration
- 'lh'
- Morphology
- noun masculine singular emphatic
- Gloss
- God
- Occurrences
- 779
טוּבֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- טוביה
- Transliteration
- twbyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 62
וְקוּשְׁטֵיהּ׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קושטיה
- Transliteration
- wqwshtyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 8
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.
alienati
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- alieno
- Transliteration
- alienati
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 9
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
peccatores
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- peccator
- Transliteration
- peccatores
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 195
a
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- a
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
vulva
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uulua
- Transliteration
- vulva
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 30
erraverunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- erro
- Transliteration
- erraverunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 73
ab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- ab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
utero
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uterus
- Transliteration
- utero
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 66
locuti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- loquor
- Transliteration
- locuti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1543
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
falsa
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- falsus
- Transliteration
- falsa
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 41
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 58:6
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
8 relevance votesProverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
7 relevance votesPsalms 35:17
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
6 relevance votesPsalms 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
5 relevance votesPsalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
4 relevance votesProverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
4 relevance votesPsalms 52:2
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 relevance votesProverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
2 relevance votesJudges 9:20
but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo and devour Abimelech.”
2 relevance votesPsalms 10:9
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.
2 relevance votesProverbs 25:18
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
2 relevance votesJames 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
2 relevance votes