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Nehemiah 2

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19 But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?

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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.

וַיִּשְׁמַע֩ סַנְבַלַּ֨ט הַחֹרֹנִ֜י וְטֹבִיָּ֣ה ׀ הָעֶ֣בֶד הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֗י וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙ הָֽעַרְבִ֔י וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ לָ֔נוּ וַיִּבְז֖וּ עָלֵ֑ינוּ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים הַעַ֥ל הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אַתֶּ֥ם מֹרְדִֽים׃

23 word entries
וַיִּשְׁמַע֩
Lemma
c/8085
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
250
סַנְבַלַּ֨ט
Lemma
5571
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5571
Occurrences
6
הַחֹרֹנִ֜י
Lemma
d/2772
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun gentilic masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H2772
Occurrences
3
וְטֹבִיָּ֣ה
Lemma
c/2900
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun proper
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2900
Occurrences
7
הָעֶ֣בֶד
Lemma
d/5650
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5650
Occurrences
16
הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֗י
Lemma
d/5984
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun gentilic masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5984
Occurrences
9
וְגֶ֨שֶׁם֙
Lemma
c/1654
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun proper
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1654
Occurrences
3
הָֽעַרְבִ֔י
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun gentilic masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H6163
Occurrences
5
וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ
Lemma
c/3932
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3932
Occurrences
4
לָ֔נוּ
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
וַיִּבְז֖וּ
Lemma
c/959
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H959
Occurrences
12
עָלֵ֑ינוּ
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
מָֽה
Lemma
4100
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
449
הַדָּבָ֤ר
Lemma
d/1697
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
351
הַזֶּה֙
Lemma
d/2088
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + pronoun
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H2088
Occurrences
699
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
אַתֶּ֣ם
Lemma
859 d
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H859
Occurrences
213
עֹשִׂ֔ים
Lemma
6213 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
1634
הַעַ֥ל
Morphology
Hebrew: particle + preposition
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
9
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
Lemma
d/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1083
אַתֶּ֥ם
Lemma
859 d
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H859
Occurrences
213
מֹרְדִֽים
Lemma
4775
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4775
Occurrences
11
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.

ܘܫ̣ܡܥ ܣܡܒܠܝܛ ܚܘܪܢܝܐ ܘܛܘܒܝܐ ܓܒܪܐ ܥܡܘܢܝܐ ܘܓܫܘܡ ܥܪܒܝܐ ܘܓܚܟܘ ܥܠܝܢ ܘܡܝܩܘ ܒܢ ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܡܢܐ ܗܝ ܡܠܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܥܒܕܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܕܠܡܐ ܥܠ ܡܠܟܐ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܡܪܕܝܢ

24 word entries
ܘܫ̣ܡܥ
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
wshm'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
102
ܣܡܒܠܝܛ
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
smblyt
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
6
ܚܘܪܢܝܐ
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
hwrny'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
3
ܘܛܘܒܝܐ
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
wtwby'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
ܓܒܪܐ
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
gbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
622
ܥܡܘܢܝܐ
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
'mwny'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
8
ܘܓܫܘܡ
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
wgshwm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܥܪܒܝܐ
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
'rby'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
12
ܘܓܚܟܘ
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
wghkw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
2
ܥܠܝܢ
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
'lyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
130
ܘܡܝܩܘ
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
wmyqw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܒܢ
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
ܒܢ
Transliteration
bn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
27
ܘܐܡܪܝܢ
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'mryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
135
ܡܢܐ
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
ܡܢܐ
Transliteration
mn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
299
ܗܝ
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
ܗܝ
Transliteration
hi
Morphology
pronoun/copula, feminine singular
Gloss
she, it, is
Occurrences
578
ܡܠܬܐ
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
meltha
Morphology
noun, feminine emphatic singular
Gloss
word, matter
Occurrences
116
ܗܕܐ
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
ܗܕܐ
Transliteration
hd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
446
ܕܥܒܕܝܢ
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
d'bdyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
30
ܐܢܬܘܢ
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
'ntwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
350
ܕܠܡܐ
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
dlm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
132
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3346
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
ܐܢܬܘܢ
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
'ntwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
350
ܡܪܕܝܢ
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
mrdyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
3
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.

Audierunt autem Sanaballat Horonites, et Tobias servus Ammanites, et Gosem Arabs, et subsannaverunt nos, et despexerunt, dixeruntque: Quæ est hæc res quam facitis? numquid contra regem vos rebellatis?

29 word entries
audierunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audierunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
Sanaballat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Sanaballat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4
Horonites
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Horonites
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
3
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
Tobias
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Tobias
Transliteration
Tobias
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
57
servus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
seruus
Transliteration
servus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
846
ammanites
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
ammanites
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4
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
Gosem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Goses
Transliteration
Gosem
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
6
Arabs
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Arabs
Transliteration
Arabs
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
4
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
subsannaverunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
subsannaverunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
14
nos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nos
Transliteration
nos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1585
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
despexerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
despexerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
68
dixeruntque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixeruntque
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
{dixeruntque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{dixeruntque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
haec
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
haec
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
res
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
res
Transliteration
res
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
207
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
facitis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
facitis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
numquid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
numquid
Transliteration
numquid
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
408
contra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
contra
Transliteration
contra
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
895
regem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
regem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
vos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
rebellatis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rebello
Transliteration
rebellatis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
16
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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.

  • 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.

Nehemiah 6:6

And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;

9 relevance votes

Psalms 80:6

You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

3 relevance votes

Mark 5:40

And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

3 relevance votes

John 19:12

Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.

2 relevance votes

Acts 24:5

For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

2 relevance votes

Nehemiah 4:1

Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.

2 relevance votes

Job 30:1

But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

2 relevance votes

Luke 23:2

And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

2 relevance votes

Jeremiah 20:8

For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.

2 relevance votes

Nehemiah 6:9

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

2 relevance votes

Hebrews 11:36

And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

2 relevance votes

Nehemiah 2:10

And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.

2 relevance votes
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