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Nehemiah 4

Bible in Basic English, Verse 16

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16 And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Nehemiah 4:16. 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 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.

גַּ֣ם בָּעֵ֤ת הַהִיא֙ אָמַ֣רְתִּי לָעָ֔ם אִ֣ישׁ וְנַעֲר֔וֹ יָלִ֖ינוּ בְּת֣וֹךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְהָֽיוּ־לָ֧נוּ הַלַּ֛יְלָה מִשְׁמָ֖ר וְהַיּ֥וֹם מְלָאכָֽה׃

16 word entries
גַּ֣ם
Lemma
1571
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1571
Occurrences
508
בָּעֵ֤ת
Lemma
b/6256
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
107
הַהִיא֙
Lemma
d/1931
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + pronoun
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1931
Occurrences
440
אָמַ֣רְתִּי
Lemma
559
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
1301
לָעָ֔ם
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5971
Occurrences
125
אִ֣ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
וְנַעֲר֔וֹ
Lemma
c/5288
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5288
Occurrences
13
יָלִ֖ינוּ
Lemma
3885 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3885
Occurrences
43
בְּת֣וֹךְ
Lemma
b/8432
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H8432
Occurrences
310
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם
Lemma
3389
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3389
Occurrences
350
וְהָֽיוּ
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
לָ֧נוּ
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
הַלַּ֛יְלָה
Lemma
d/3915
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3915
Occurrences
58
מִשְׁמָ֖ר
Lemma
4929
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4929
Occurrences
11
וְהַיּ֥וֹם
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3117
Occurrences
15
מְלָאכָֽה
Lemma
4399
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4399
Occurrences
91
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.

ܐܦ ܒܗ ܒܙܒܢܐ ܗ̇ܘ ܐܡ̇ܪܬ ܠܥܡܐ ܕܓܒܪܐ ܘܛܠܝܗ ܢܗܘܘܢ ܒܝܬܝܢ ܒܓܘ ܫܘܩ̈ܐ ܕܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܘܢܗܘܘܢ ܢܛܪܝܢ ܠܗ̇ ܒܠܠܝܐ ܘܒܐܝܡܡܐ ܘܢܗܘܘܢ ܥܒܕܝܢ ܥ̇ܒܕܐ

21 word entries
ܐܦ
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
ܐܦ
Transliteration
'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
586
ܒܗ
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
ܒܗ
Transliteration
bh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
571
ܒܙܒܢܐ
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
bzbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
81
ܗ̇ܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
ܐܡ̇ܪܬ
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
'mrt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
121
ܠܥܡܐ
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
l'm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
168
ܕܓܒܪܐ
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
dgbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
109
ܘܛܠܝܗ
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
wtlyh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܢܗܘܘܢ
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
nhwwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
122
ܒܝܬܝܢ
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
bytyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
ܒܓܘ
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
ܒܓܘ
Transliteration
bgw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
100
ܫܘܩ̈ܐ
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
shwq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
16
ܕܐܘܪܫܠܡ
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'wrshlm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
125
ܘܢܗܘܘܢ
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
wnhwwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
67
ܢܛܪܝܢ
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
ntryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
28
ܠܗ̇
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
ܒܠܠܝܐ
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
blly'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
88
ܘܒܐܝܡܡܐ
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
wb'ymm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܘܢܗܘܘܢ
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
wnhwwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
67
ܥܒܕܝܢ
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
'bdyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
71
ܥ̇ܒܕܐ
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
'bd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
209
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.

Et factum est a die illa, media pars juvenum eorum faciebat opus, et media parata erat ad bellum: et lanceæ, et scuta, et arcus, et loricæ, et principes post eos in omni domo Juda.

34 word entries
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
a
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
a
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
die
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dies
Transliteration
die
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2559
illa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illa
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
media
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
medius
Transliteration
media
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
558
pars
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pars
Transliteration
pars
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
501
iuvenum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iuuenis
Transliteration
iuvenum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
102
eorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
faciebant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
faciebant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
opus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
opus
Transliteration
opus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
656
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
media
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
medius
Transliteration
media
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
558
parata
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
paro
Transliteration
parata
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
152
erat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
bellum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
bellum
Transliteration
bellum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
186
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
lanceae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lancea
Transliteration
lanceae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
27
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
scuta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scutum
Transliteration
scuta
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
32
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
arcus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
arcus
Transliteration
arcus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
69
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
loricae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lorica
Transliteration
loricae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
20
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
principes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
principes
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
830
post
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
post
Transliteration
post
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
621
eos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
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
omni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omni
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
domo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
domus
Transliteration
domo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1989
Iuda
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Iuda
Transliteration
Iuda
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
970
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

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So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 101:6

My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.

2 relevance votes
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