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Ezra 4

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5 And they gave payment to men who made designs against them and kept them from effecting their purpose, all through the time of Cyrus, king of Persia, till Darius became king.

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Panels 4
Word Entries 71
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.

וְסֹכְרִ֧ים עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם יוֹעֲצִ֖ים לְהָפֵ֣ר עֲצָתָ֑ם כָּל־יְמֵ֗י כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס וְעַד־מַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרָֽס׃

15 word entries
וְסֹכְרִ֧ים
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7936
Occurrences
1
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
יוֹעֲצִ֖ים
Lemma
3289
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3289
Occurrences
56
לְהָפֵ֣ר
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb hiphil infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6565
Occurrences
9
עֲצָתָ֑ם
Lemma
6098
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6098
Occurrences
59
כָּל
Lemma
3605
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
3268
יְמֵ֗י
Lemma
3117
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3117
Occurrences
731
כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ
Lemma
3566
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3566
Occurrences
9
מֶ֣לֶךְ
Lemma
4428
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1112
פָּרַ֔ס
Lemma
6539
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6539
Occurrences
25
וְעַד
Lemma
c/5704
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5704
Occurrences
224
מַלְכ֖וּת
Lemma
4438
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4438
Occurrences
58
דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ
Lemma
1867
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1867
Occurrences
2
מֶֽלֶךְ
Lemma
4428
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1112
פָּרָֽס
Lemma
6539
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6539
Occurrences
25
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.

καὶ μισθούμενοι ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς βουλευόμενοι τοῦ διασκεδάσαι βουλὴν αὐτῶν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας Κύρου βασιλέως Περσῶν, καὶ ἕως βασιλείας Δαρείου βασιλείας Περσῶν.

21 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
μισθούμενοι
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
misthoymenoi
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
1
ἐπʼ
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
ἐπί
Transliteration
ep
Morphology
preposition, elided form
Gloss
on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences
6685
αὐτοὺς
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
βουλευόμενοι
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
boyleyomenoi
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
4
τοῦ
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
διασκεδάσαι
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
diaskedasai
Morphology
Greek -σαι form; likely aorist infinitive or middle/passive verb form depending on context
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
8
βουλὴν
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
boulen
Morphology
noun, feminine accusative singular
Gloss
counsel, plan
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Counsel, plan, purpose, or advice.
Occurrences
68
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
πάσας
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
πᾶς
Transliteration
pas
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
all, every
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
All, every, whole.
Occurrences
6138
τὰς
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
ἡμέρας
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
hemera
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
day
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Day.
Occurrences
2366
Κύρου
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
kyroy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
24
βασιλέως
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
basileus
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
king
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
King or ruler.
Occurrences
3067
Περσῶν
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
Person
Morphology
proper noun/adjective, masculine genitive plural
Gloss
of Persians
Part of Speech
proper noun/adjective
Definition
Persian; member of the Persian people.
Occurrences
47
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
ἕως
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
ἕως
Transliteration
heos
Morphology
preposition/conjunction
Gloss
until, as far as
Part of Speech
preposition/conjunction
Definition
Temporal or spatial marker.
Occurrences
1413
βασιλείας
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
basileia
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
kingdom, reign
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Kingdom, reign, royal power, or dominion.
Occurrences
343
Δαρείου
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
dareioy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
25
βασιλείας
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
basileia
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
kingdom, reign
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Kingdom, reign, royal power, or dominion.
Occurrences
343
Περσῶν
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
Person
Morphology
proper noun/adjective, masculine genitive plural
Gloss
of Persians
Part of Speech
proper noun/adjective
Definition
Persian; member of the Persian people.
Occurrences
47
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.

ܘܐܓܪܝܢ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܡܠܘ̈ܟܐ ܕܢܒܛܠܘܢ ܡ̣̈ܠܟܝܗܘܢ ܟܘܠ ܝܘܡ̈ܝ ܟܘܪܫ ܡܠܟܐ ܦܪܣܝܐ ܥܕ ܡܠܟܘܬ ܕܪܝܘܫ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܦܪܣ

15 word entries
ܘܐܓܪܝܢ
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
w'gryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܥܠܝܗܘܢ
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
'lyhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
349
ܡܠܘ̈ܟܐ
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
mlwk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
5
ܕܢܒܛܠܘܢ
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
dnbtlwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1
ܡ̣̈ܠܟܝܗܘܢ
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
mlkyhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
3
ܟܘܠ
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
ܟܘܠ
Transliteration
kwl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
119
ܝܘܡ̈ܝ
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
ywmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
47
ܟܘܪܫ
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
kwrsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
25
ܡܠܟܐ
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.
Transliteration
malka
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
king
Occurrences
1870
ܦܪܣܝܐ
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
prsy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
12
ܥܕ
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
ܥܕ
Transliteration
'd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
42
ܡܠܟܘܬ
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
mlkwt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
6
ܕܪܝܘܫ
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
drywsh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
16
ܡܠܟܐ
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.
Transliteration
malka
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
king
Occurrences
1870
ܕܦܪܣ
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
dprs
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
19
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.

Conduxerunt autem adversus eos consiliatores, ut destruerent consilium eorum omnibus diebus Cyri regis Persarum, et usque ad regnum Darii regis Persarum.

20 word entries
iugulantur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iugulo
Transliteration
iugulantur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12
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
iugulant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iugulo
Transliteration
iugulant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
12
,
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
,
Transliteration
,
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
274
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
regis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
regis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
verbum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verbum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
praetereunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
praetereunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
71
.
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
.
Transliteration
.
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
129
nam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nam
Transliteration
nam
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
211
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
vicerint
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uinco
Transliteration
vicerint
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
62
,
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
,
Transliteration
,
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
274
adferunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
affero
Transliteration
adferunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
174
regi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
regi
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
omnia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnia
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
quaecumque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
quaecumque
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
303
praedati
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
praedor
Transliteration
praedati
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
17
fuerint
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
fuerint
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
Source availability notes

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  • Targum Aramaic not in current source set

    No license-clean Targum panel is currently mapped for this book in the imported public-domain source set.

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.

Nahum 1:11

One has gone out from you who is designing evil against the Lord, whose purposes are of no value.

4 relevance votes

Ezra 4:24

So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.

2 relevance votes
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