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Nehemiah 1

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1 The history of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. Now it came about, in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, when I was in Shushan, the king's town,

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Nehemiah 1:1. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 3
Word Entries 42
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.

דִּבְרֵ֥י נְחֶמְיָ֖ה בֶּן־חֲכַלְיָ֑ה וַיְהִ֤י בְחֹֽדֶשׁ־כסלו שְׁנַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֥י הָיִ֖יתִי בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָֽה׃

14 word entries
דִּבְרֵ֥י
Lemma
1697
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
866
נְחֶמְיָ֖ה
Lemma
5166
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5166
Occurrences
8
בֶּן
Lemma
1121 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1121
Occurrences
4020
חֲכַלְיָ֑ה
Lemma
2446
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2446
Occurrences
2
וַיְהִ֤י
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
בְחֹֽדֶשׁ
Lemma
b/2320
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H2320
Occurrences
65
כסלו
Lemma
3691
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3691
Occurrences
2
כִּסְלֵיו֙
Lemma
3691
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3691
Occurrences
2
שְׁנַ֣ת
Lemma
8141
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8141
Occurrences
646
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים
Lemma
6242
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6242
Occurrences
204
וַאֲנִ֥י
Lemma
c/589
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + pronoun
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H589
Occurrences
178
הָיִ֖יתִי
Lemma
1961
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1660
בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן
Lemma
b/7800
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7800
Occurrences
16
הַבִּירָֽה
Lemma
d/1002
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1002
Occurrences
16
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.

ܘܗ̣ܘܐ ܒܝܪܚ ܟܢܘܢ ܒܫܢܬ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܐܢܐ ܩܐܡ ܗ̇ܘܝܬ ܒܫܘܫܢ ܒܝܪܬܐ

10 word entries
ܘܗ̣ܘܐ
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
whw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
367
ܒܝܪܚ
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
byrh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
4
ܟܢܘܢ
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
knwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
5
ܒܫܢܬ
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
bshnt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
88
ܥܣܪܝܢ
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
'sryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
151
ܐܢܐ
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
ܐܢܐ
Transliteration
ena
Morphology
personal pronoun, first common singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1289
ܩܐܡ
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
ܩܐܡ
Transliteration
q'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
61
ܗ̇ܘܝܬ
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
hwyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
234
ܒܫܘܫܢ
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
bshwshn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
10
ܒܝܪܬܐ
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
byrt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
18
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.

Verba Nehemiæ filii Helchiæ. Et factum est in mense Casleu, anno vigesimo, et ego eram in Susis castro.

18 word entries
verba
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verba
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
Neemiae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Neemius
Transliteration
Neemiae
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
5
filii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filii
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
Echliae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Echlias
Transliteration
Echliae
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1
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
factum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
factum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
mense
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mensis
Transliteration
mense
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
302
casleu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
casleus
Transliteration
casleu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5
anno
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
annus
Transliteration
anno
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
831
vicesimo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
vicesimo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
52
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
ego
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
eram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
eram
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
Susis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Susa
Transliteration
Susis
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
16
castro
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
castra
Transliteration
castro
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
263
Source availability notes

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Zechariah 7:1

And it came about in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month Chislev.

7 relevance votes

Nehemiah 10:1

Now those who put down their names were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,

7 relevance votes

Esther 1:2

That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,

6 relevance votes

Daniel 8:2

And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.

5 relevance votes

Ezra 7:7

And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

4 relevance votes

Nehemiah 2:1

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

3 relevance votes

Esther 3:15

The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.

3 relevance votes

Ezra 10:9

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain.

3 relevance votes
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