5 Near them, the Tekoites were at work; but their chiefs did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Nehemiah 3:5. 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.
When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.
Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וְעַל־יָדָ֖ם הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ הַתְּקוֹעִ֑ים וְאַדִּֽירֵיהֶם֙ לֹא־הֵבִ֣יאוּ צַוָּרָ֔ם בַּעֲבֹדַ֖ת אֲדֹנֵיהֶֽם׃ ס
וְעַל
יָדָ֖ם
הֶחֱזִ֣יקוּ
הַתְּקוֹעִ֑ים
וְאַדִּֽירֵיהֶם֙
הֵבִ֣יאוּ
צַוָּרָ֔ם
בַּעֲבֹדַ֖ת
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.
ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܬܚܘܡܐ ܬ̇ܩܦܘ ܬܩܘ̈ܥܝܐ ܘܫܠܝܛܢ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܘܠܐ ܐܥܠܘ ܨܘܪܗܘܢ ܒܦܘܠܚܢܐ ܕܡܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ
ܘܥܕܡܐ
- 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
- ܘܥܕܡܐ
- Transliteration
- w'dm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 240
ܠܬܚܘܡܐ
- 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
- ܠܬܚܘܡܐ
- Transliteration
- lthwm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 27
ܬ̇ܩܦܘ
- 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
- ܬܩܦܘ
- Transliteration
- tqpw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
ܬܩܘ̈ܥܝܐ
- 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
- ܬܩܘܥܝܐ
- Transliteration
- tqw'y'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 3
ܘܫܠܝܛܢ̈ܝܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܘܫܠܝܛܢܝܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- wshlytnyhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 3
ܘܠܐ
- 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
- ܘܠܐ
- Transliteration
- wl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1993
ܐܥܠܘ
- 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
- ܐܥܠܘ
- Transliteration
- ''lw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܨܘܪܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܨܘܪܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- swrhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 2
ܒܦܘܠܚܢܐ
- 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
- ܒܦܘܠܚܢܐ
- Transliteration
- bpwlhn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 5
ܕܡܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܕܡܪܝܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- dmryhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Et juxta eos ædificaverunt Thecueni: optimates autem eorum non supposuerunt colla sua in opere Domini sui.
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
iuxta
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iuxta
- Transliteration
- iuxta
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 593
eos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
aedificaverunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aedifico
- Transliteration
- aedificaverunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 449
Thecueni
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Thecuens
- Transliteration
- Thecueni
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1
optimates
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- optimates
- Transliteration
- optimates
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 30
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
eorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
subposuerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suppono
- Transliteration
- subposuerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 16
colla
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- collum
- Transliteration
- colla
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 49
sua
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- sua
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
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
opere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- opus
- Transliteration
- opere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 656
Domini
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dominus
- Transliteration
- Domini
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 8181
sui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- suus
- Transliteration
- sui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 5783
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.
Nehemiah 3:27
After him the Tekoites were making good another part, opposite the great tower which comes out, and up to the wall of the Ophel.
4 relevance votes2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:
3 relevance votesJeremiah 27:2
This is what the Lord has said to me: Make for yourself bands and yokes and put them on your neck;
1 relevance votesAmos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa; what he saw about Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earth-shock.
1 relevance votesJeremiah 27:12
And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.
1 relevance votesActs 15:10
Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?
1 relevance votesJeremiah 27:8
And it will come about, that if any nation does not become a servant to this same Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will send punishment on that nation, says the Lord, by the sword and need of food and by disease, till I have given them into his hands.
1 relevance votesJudges 5:23
A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones.
1 relevance votes1 Corinthians 1:26
For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:
1 relevance votesMatthew 11:29
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
1 relevance votes