);
 ** [[SQLITE_VTAB_INNOCUOUS]]<dt>SQLITE_VTAB_INNOCUOUS</dt>
 ** <dd>Calls of the form
 ** [sqlite3_vtab_config](db,SQLITE_VTAB_INNOCUOUS) from within the
-** the [xConnect] or [xCreate] methods of a [virtual table] implementation
+** [xConnect] or [xCreate] methods of a [virtual table] implementation
 ** identify that virtual table as being safe to use from within triggers
 ** and views.  Conceptually, the SQLITE_VTAB_INNOCUOUS tag means that the
 ** virtual table can do no serious harm even if it is controlled by a
@@ -10206,7 +10206,7 @@ SQLITE_API const char *sqlite3_vtab_collation(sqlite3_index_info*,int);
 ** </table>
 **
 ** ^For the purposes of comparing virtual table output values to see if the
-** values are same value for sorting purposes, two NULL values are considered
+** values are the same value for sorting purposes, two NULL values are considered
 ** to be the same.  In other words, the comparison operator is "IS"
 ** (or "IS NOT DISTINCT FROM") and not "==".
 **
@@ -10216,7 +10216,7 @@ SQLITE_API const char *sqlite3_vtab_collation(sqlite3_index_info*,int);
 **
 ** ^A virtual table implementation is always free to return rows in any order
 ** it wants, as long as the "orderByConsumed" flag is not set.  ^When the
-** the "orderByConsumed" flag is unset, the query planner will add extra
+** "orderByConsumed" flag is unset, the query planner will add extra
 ** [bytecode] to ensure that the final results returned by the SQL query are
 ** ordered correctly.  The use of the "orderByConsumed" flag and the
 ** sqlite3_vtab_distinct() interface is merely an optimization.  ^Careful
@@ -10313,7 +10313,7 @@ SQLITE_API int sqlite3_vtab_in(sqlite3_index_info*, int iCons, int bHandle);
 ** sqlite3_vtab_in_next(X,P) should be one of the parameters to the
 ** xFilter method which invokes these routines, and specifically
 ** a parameter that was previously selected for all-at-once IN constraint
-** processing use the [sqlite3_vtab_in()] interface in the
+** processing using the [sqlite3_vtab_in()] interface in the
 ** [xBestIndex|xBestIndex method].  ^(If the X parameter is not
 ** an xFilter argument that was selected for all-at-once IN constraint
 ** processing, then these routines return [SQLITE_ERROR].)^
@@ -10368,7 +10368,7 @@ SQLITE_API int sqlite3_vtab_in_next(sqlite3_value *pVal, sqlite3_value **ppOut);
 ** and only if *V is set to a value.  ^The sqlite3_vtab_rhs_value(P,J,V)
 ** inteface returns SQLITE_NOTFOUND if the right-hand side of the J-th
 ** constraint is not available.  ^The sqlite3_vtab_rhs_value() interface
-** can return an result code other than SQLITE_OK or SQLITE_NOTFOUND if
+** can return a result code other than SQLITE_OK or SQLITE_NOTFOUND if
 ** something goes wrong.
 **
 ** The sqlite3_vtab_rhs_value() interface is usually only successful if
@@ -10396,8 +10396,8 @@ SQLITE_API int sqlite3_vtab_rhs_value(sqlite3_index_info*, int, sqlite3_value **
 ** KEYWORDS: {conflict resolution mode}
 **
 ** These constants are returned by [sqlite3_vtab_on_conflict()] to
-** inform a [virtual table] implementation what the [ON CONFLICT] mode
-** is for the SQL statement being evaluated.
+** inform a [virtual table] implementation of the [ON CONFLICT] mode
+** for the SQL statement being evaluated.
 **
 ** Note that the [SQLITE_IGNORE] constant is also used as a potential
 ** return value from the [sqlite3_set_authorizer()] callback and that
@@ -10437,39 +10437,39 @@ SQLITE_API int sqlite3_vtab_rhs_value(sqlite3_index_info*, int, sqlite3_value **
 ** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_EST]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_EST</dt>
 ** <dd>^The "double" variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set to the
 ** query planner's estimate for the average number of rows output from each
-** iteration of the X-th loop.  If the query planner's estimates was accurate,
+** iteration of the X-th loop.  If the query planner's estimate was accurate,
 ** then this value will approximate the quotient NVISIT/NLOOP and the
 ** product of this value for all prior loops with the same SELECTID will
-** be the NLOOP value for the current loop.
+** be the NLOOP value for the current loop.</dd>
 **
 ** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NAME]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NAME</dt>
 ** <dd>^The "const char *" variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set
 ** to a zero-terminated UTF-8 string containing the name of the index or table
-** used for the X-th loop.
+** used for the X-th loop.</dd>
 **
 ** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_EXPLAIN]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_EXPLAIN</dt>
 ** <dd>^The "const char *" variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set
 ** to a zero-terminated UTF-8 string containing the [EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN]
-** description for the X-th loop.
+** description for the X-th loop.</dd>
 **
 ** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_SELECTID]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_SELECTID</dt>
 ** <dd>^The "int" variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set to the
 ** id for the X-th query plan element. The id value is unique within the
 ** statement. The select-id is the same value as is output in the first
-** column of an [EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN] query.
+** column of an [EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN] query.</dd>
 **
 ** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_PARENTID]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_PARENTID</dt>
 ** <dd>The "int" variable pointed to by the V parameter will be set to the
-** the id of the parent of the current query element, if applicable, or
+** id of the parent of the current query element, if applicable, or
 ** to zero if the query element has no parent. This is the same value as
-** returned in the second column of an [EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN] query.
+** returned in the second column of an [EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN] query.</dd>
 **
 ** [[SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NCYCLE]] <dt>SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NCYCLE</dt>
 ** <dd>The sqlite3_int64 output value is set to the number of cycles,
 ** according to the processor time-stamp counter, that elapsed while the
 ** query element was being processed. This value is not available for
 ** all query elements - if it is unavailable the output variable is
-** set to -1.
+** set to -1.</dd>
 ** </dl>
 */
 #define SQLITE_SCANSTAT_NLOOP    0
@@ -10510,8 +10510,8 @@ SQLITE_API int sqlite3_vtab_rhs_value(sqlite3_index_info*, int, sqlite3_value **
 ** sqlite3_stmt_scanstatus_v2() with a zeroed flags parameter.
 **
 ** Parameter "idx" identifies the specific query element to retrieve statistics
-** for. Query elements are numbered starting from zero. A value of -1 may be
-** to query for statistics regarding the entire query. ^If idx is out of range
+** for. Query elements are numbered starting from zero. A value of -1 may
+** retrieve statistics for the entire query. ^If idx is out of range
 ** - less than -1 or greater than or equal to the total number of query
 ** elements used to implement the statement - a non-zero value is returned and
 ** the variable that pOut points to is unchanged.
@@ -10668,8 +10668,8 @@ SQLITE_API int sqlite3_db_cacheflush(sqlite3*);
 ** triggers; and so forth.
 **
 ** When the [sqlite3_blob_write()] API is used to update a blob column,
-** the pre-update hook is invoked with SQLITE_DELETE. This is because the
-** in this case the new values are not available. In this case, when a
+** the pre-update hook is invoked with SQLITE_DELETE, because
+** the new values are not yet available. In this case, when a
 ** callback made with op==SQLITE_DELETE is actually a write using the
 ** sqlite3_blob_write() API, the [sqlite3_preupdate_blobwrite()] returns
 ** the index of the column being written. In other cases, where the
@@ -10922,7 +10922,7 @@ SQLITE_API SQLITE_EXPERIMENTAL int sqlite3_snapshot_recover(sqlite3 *db, const c
 ** For an ordinary on-disk database file, the serialization is just a
 ** copy of the disk file.  For an in-memory database or a "TEMP" database,
 ** the serialization is the same sequence of bytes which would be written
-** to disk if that database where backed up to disk.
+** to disk if that database were backed up to disk.
 **
 ** The usual case is that sqlite3_serialize() copies the serialization of
 ** the database into memory obtained from [sqlite3_malloc64()] and returns
@@ -10931,7 +10931,7 @@ SQLITE_API SQLITE_EXPERIMENTAL int sqlite3_snapshot_recover(sqlite3 *db, const c
 ** contains the SQLITE_SERIALIZE_NOCOPY bit, then no memory allocations
 ** are made, and the sqlite3_serialize() function will return a pointer
 ** to the contiguous memory representation of the database that SQLite
-** is currently using for that database, or NULL if the no such contiguous
+** is currently using for that database, or NULL if no such contiguous
 ** memory representation of the database exists.  A contiguous memory
 ** representation of the database will usually only exist if there has
 ** been a prior call to [sqlite3_deserialize(D,S,...)] with the same
@@ -11002,7 +11002,7 @@ SQLITE_API unsigned char *sqlite3_serialize(
 ** database is currently in a read transaction or is involved in a backup
 ** operation.
 **
-** It is not possible to deserialized into the TEMP database.  If the
+** It is not possible to deserialize into the TEMP database.  If the
 ** S argument to sqlite3_deserialize(D,S,P,N,M,F) is "temp" then the
 ** function returns SQLITE_ERROR.
 **
@@ -11024,7 +11024,7 @@ SQLITE_API int sqlite3_deserialize(
   sqlite3 *db,            /* The database connection */
   const char *zSchema,    /* Which DB to reopen with the deserialization */
   unsigned char *pData,   /* The serialized database content */
-  sqlite3_int64 szDb,     /* Number bytes in the deserialization */
+  sqlite3_int64 szDb,     /* Number of bytes in the deserialization */
   sqlite3_int64 szBuf,    /* Total size of buffer pData[] */
   unsigned mFlags         /* Zero or more SQLITE_DESERIALIZE_* flags */
 );
@@ -11032,7 +11032,7 @@ SQLITE_API int sqlite3_deserialize(
 /*
 ** CAPI3REF: Flags for sqlite3_deserialize()
 **
-** The following are allowed values for 6th argument (the F argument) to
+** The following are allowed values for the 6th argument (the F argument) to
 ** the [sqlite3_deserialize(D,S,P,N,M,F)] interface.
 **
 ** The SQLITE_DESERIALIZE_FREEONCLOSE means that the database serialization
diff --git a/contrib/sqlite3/sqlite3.pc.in b/contrib/sqlite3/sqlite3.pc.in
index a9f941b1e40d..723dd5156390 100644
--- a/contrib/sqlite3/sqlite3.pc.in
+++ b/contrib/sqlite3/sqlite3.pc.in
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Name: SQLite
 Description: SQL database engine
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lsqlite3
-Libs.private: @LDFLAGS_MATH@ @LDFLAGS_ZLIB@ @LDFLAGS_ICU@
+Libs.private: @LDFLAGS_MATH@ @LDFLAGS_ZLIB@ @LDFLAGS_DLOPEN@ @LDFLAGS_PTHREAD@ @LDFLAGS_ICU@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/contrib/sqlite3/sqlite3rc.h b/contrib/sqlite3/sqlite3rc.h
index d412190d370b..42ece488e353 100644
--- a/contrib/sqlite3/sqlite3rc.h
+++ b/contrib/sqlite3/sqlite3rc.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #ifndef SQLITE_RESOURCE_VERSION
-#define SQLITE_RESOURCE_VERSION 3,50,2
+#define SQLITE_RESOURCE_VERSION 3,50,4
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