Psalms
Chapter 78
Verse 23
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Psalms 78

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 78:23. 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 35
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.

וַיְצַ֣ו שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל וְדַלְתֵ֖י שָׁמַ֣יִם פָּתָֽח׃

6 word entries
וַיְצַ֣ו
Lemma
c/6680
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb piel sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6680
Occurrences
93
שְׁחָקִ֣ים
Lemma
7834
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7834
Occurrences
13
מִמָּ֑עַל
Lemma
m/4605
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adverb
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4605
Occurrences
27
וְדַלְתֵ֖י
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common feminine dual construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1817
Occurrences
7
שָׁמַ֣יִם
Lemma
8064
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8064
Occurrences
99
פָּתָֽח
Lemma
6605 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6605
Occurrences
96
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 77:23 because this tradition numbers the passage differently.

Καὶ ἐνετείλατο νεφέλαις ὑπεράνωθεν, καὶ θύρας οὐρανοῦ ἀνέῳξε·

8 word entries
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
ἐνετείλατο
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
eneteilato
Morphology
verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it commanded
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To command, order, or instruct.
Occurrences
257
νεφέλαις
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
nephelais
Morphology
dative plural feminine pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
13
ὑπεράνωθεν
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
yperanothen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
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
θύρας
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
thyras
Morphology
noun, feminine accusative plural
Gloss
doors, gates
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Door, gate, or entrance.
Occurrences
182
οὐρανοῦ
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
ouranou
Morphology
noun, masculine genitive singular
Gloss
of heaven, of sky
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Heaven, sky, or heavenly realm.
Strong's
G3772
Occurrences
474
ἀνέῳξε
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
aneoxe
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
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.

ܘܦܩܕ ܠܥ̈ܢܢܐ ܡܢ ܠܥܠ ܘܬܪ̈ܥܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ ܐܬܦܬܚܘ

7 word entries
ܘܦܩܕ
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
wpqd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
69
ܠܥ̈ܢܢܐ
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
l'nn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
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
ܠܥܠ
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
ܠܥܠ
Transliteration
l'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
86
ܘܬܪ̈ܥܐ
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
wtr''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
29
ܕܫܡܝܐ
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
dshmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
98
ܐܬܦܬܚܘ
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
'tpthw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
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.

וּפְקִיד שְׁחָקֵי מִלְעֵיל וְדָשֵׁי שְׁמַיָא פְּתַח׃

6 word entries
וּפְקִיד
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
פקד
Transliteration
wpqyd
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root פקד
Gloss
and commanded, appointed, charged
Occurrences
133
שְׁחָקֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shchqy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
מִלְעֵיל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ml'yl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
8
וְדָשֵׁי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דשי
Transliteration
wdshy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
26
שְׁמַיָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
shmy'
Morphology
noun masculine plural emphatic
Gloss
heavens, sky
Occurrences
368
פְּתַח׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
פתח
Transliteration
ptch
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
35
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 77:23 because this tradition numbers the passage differently.

Et mandavit nubibus desuper, et januas cæli aperuit.

8 word entries
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
mandavit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mando
Transliteration
mandavit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
118
nubibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nubes
Transliteration
nubibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
150
desuper
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
desuper
Transliteration
desuper
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
72
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
ianuas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ianua
Transliteration
ianuas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
39
caeli
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caelum
Transliteration
caeli
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
heaven
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
heaven, sky
Etymology
Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
Occurrences
740
aperuit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aperio
Transliteration
aperuit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
283
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: "Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven," 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: "Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven," 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.

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.

6 relevance votes

Malachi 3:10

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.

4 relevance votes

Psalms 33:9

For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.

2 relevance votes

2 Kings 7:19

and that captain answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” and he said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 5:6

I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”

1 relevance votes

2 Kings 7:2

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?” He said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”

1 relevance votes
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