2 Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Nehemiah 13:2. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
כִּ֣י לֹ֧א קִדְּמ֛וּ אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּלֶּ֣חֶם וּבַמָּ֑יִם וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר עָלָ֤יו אֶת־בִּלְעָם֙ לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ הַקְּלָלָ֖ה לִבְרָכָֽה׃
כִּ֣י
קִדְּמ֛וּ
אֶת
בְּנֵ֥י
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
בַּלֶּ֣חֶם
וּבַמָּ֑יִם
וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר
עָלָ֤יו
אֶת
לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ
וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ
אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ
הַקְּלָלָ֖ה
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 ܕܠܐ ܐܪܥܘ ܠܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܒܠܚܡܐ ܘܒܡܝ̈ܐ ܘܐܓܪܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܠܒܠܥܡ ܠܡܠܛ ܐܢܘܢ ܘܐܗܦܟ ܐܠܗܢ ܠܘ̈ܛܬܗ ܠܒܘܪ̈ܟܬܐ
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
ܕܠܐ
- 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
- ܕܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1157
ܐܪܥܘ
- 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
- ܐܪܥܘ
- Transliteration
- 'r'w
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܠܒܢ̈ܝ
- 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
- ܠܒܢܝ
- Transliteration
- lbny
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 121
ܐܝܣܪܝܠ
- 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
- ܐܝܣܪܝܠ
- Transliteration
- 'ysryl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 809
ܒܠܚܡܐ
- 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
- ܒܠܚܡܐ
- Transliteration
- blhm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 7
ܘܒܡܝ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܘܒܡܝܐ
- Transliteration
- wbmy'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
ܘܐܓܪܘ
- 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
- ܘܐܓܪܘ
- Transliteration
- w'grw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4
ܠܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1134
ܠܒܠܥܡ
- 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
- ܠܒܠܥܡ
- Transliteration
- lbl'm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 13
ܠܡܠܛ
- 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
- ܠܡܠܛ
- Transliteration
- lmlt
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 3
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
ܘܐܗܦܟ
- 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
- ܘܐܗܦܟ
- Transliteration
- w'hpk
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 44
ܐܠܗܢ
- 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
- ܐܠܗܢ
- Transliteration
- 'lhn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 147
ܠܘ̈ܛܬܗ
- 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
- ܠܘܛܬܗ
- Transliteration
- lwtth
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܠܒܘܪ̈ܟܬܐ
- 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
- ܠܒܘܪܟܬܐ
- Transliteration
- lbwrkt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 4
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
eo quod non occurrerint filiis Israël cum pane et aqua, et conduxerint adversum eos Balaam ad maledicendum eis: et convertit Deus noster maledictionem in benedictionem.
eo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- eo
- Transliteration
- eo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 698
quod
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quod
- Transliteration
- quod
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1241
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
occurrerint
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- occurro
- Transliteration
- occurrerint
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 97
filiis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filius
- Transliteration
- filiis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 5067
Israhel
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Israel
- Transliteration
- Israhel
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 2547
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5272
pane
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- panis
- Transliteration
- pane
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 393
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
aqua
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aqua
- Transliteration
- aqua
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 692
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
conduxerint
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- conduco
- Transliteration
- conduxerint
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 23
adversum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aduersus
- Transliteration
- adversum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 428
eum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
Balaam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Baalam
- Transliteration
- Balaam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 43
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7531
maledicendum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- maledico
- Transliteration
- maledicendum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 142
ei
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- ei
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
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
convertit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- conuerto
- Transliteration
- convertit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 343
Deus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- deus
- Transliteration
- Deus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Gloss
- God
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- God, deity
- Etymology
- Latin noun for God or a god.
- Occurrences
- 4889
noster
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- noster
- Transliteration
- noster
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1263
maledictionem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- maledictio
- Transliteration
- maledictionem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 50
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
benedictionem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- benedictio
- Transliteration
- benedictionem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 119
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate tradition
The current Greek Brenton source archive does not expose this as the same canonical book. Related Greek Esther/Ezra traditions are tracked under separate or alternate structures where available.
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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.
Deuteronomy 23:5
But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.
12 relevance votesPsalms 109:28
They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.
6 relevance votesMicah 6:5
O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord.
6 relevance votesMatthew 25:40
And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
5 relevance votesNumbers 23:18
And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:
4 relevance votes