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Nehemiah 4

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3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Nehemiah 4:3. 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 34
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.

וַנִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל־אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַנַּעֲמִ֨יד מִשְׁמָ֧ר עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם יוֹמָ֥ם וָלַ֖יְלָה מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃

9 word entries
וַנִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל
Lemma
c/6419
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hithpael sequential imperfect 1rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6419
Occurrences
48
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
Lemma
430
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H430
Occurrences
1993
וַנַּעֲמִ֨יד
Lemma
c/5975
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 1rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5975
Occurrences
199
מִשְׁמָ֧ר
Lemma
4929
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4929
Occurrences
11
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
יוֹמָ֥ם
Lemma
3119
Morphology
Hebrew: adverb
Part of Speech
adverb
Strong's
H3119
Occurrences
47
וָלַ֖יְלָה
Lemma
c/3915
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3915
Occurrences
27
מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם
Lemma
m/6440
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
296
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.

ܘܨ̇ܠܝܢ ܩܕܡ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܢܩܝܡ ܥܠܝܢ ܢܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܐܝܡܡܐ ܘܒܠܠܝܐ ܡܢ ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ

10 word entries
ܘܨ̇ܠܝܢ
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
wslyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܩܕܡ
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
ܩܕܡ
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1019
ܐܠܗܐ
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
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
940
ܕܢܩܝܡ
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
dnqym
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
9
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
ܢܛܘܪ̈ܐ
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
ntwr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
21
ܒܐܝܡܡܐ
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
b'ymm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
40
ܘܒܠܠܝܐ
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
wblly'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
24
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ
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
qdmyhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
62
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.

Sed et Tobias Ammanites, proximus ejus, ait: Ædificent: si ascenderit vulpes, transiliet murum eorum lapideum.

15 word entries
sed
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sed
Transliteration
sed
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1637
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
Tobias
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tobia
Transliteration
Tobias
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
22
Ammanites
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Ammanites
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4
proximus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
propior
Transliteration
proximus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
158
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
ait
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aio
Transliteration
ait
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1222
aedificent
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
aedificent
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
449
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
ascenderit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ascendo
Transliteration
ascenderit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
671
vulpis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uulpes
Transliteration
vulpis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8
transiliet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
transiliet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
5
murum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
murus
Transliteration
murum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
213
eorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
lapideum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
lapideum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
20
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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Nehemiah 2:19

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?

3 relevance votes

2 Kings 18:23

And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

2 relevance votes

1 Kings 20:18

And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

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

1 Kings 20:10

Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.

2 relevance votes

Nehemiah 6:1

Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways);

1 relevance votes

Lamentations 5:18

Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.

1 relevance votes
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