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Nehemiah 4

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4 Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Nehemiah 4:4. 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 48
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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֗ה כָּשַׁל֙ כֹּ֣חַ הַסַּבָּ֔ל וְהֶעָפָ֖ר הַרְבֵּ֑ה וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ לֹ֣א נוּכַ֔ל לִבְנ֖וֹת בַּחוֹמָֽה׃

12 word entries
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
יְהוּדָ֗ה
Lemma
3063
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3063
Occurrences
682
כָּשַׁל֙
Lemma
3782
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3782
Occurrences
45
כֹּ֣חַ
Lemma
3581 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3581
Occurrences
87
הַסַּבָּ֔ל
Lemma
d/5449
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5449
Occurrences
2
וְהֶעָפָ֖ר
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6083
Occurrences
1
הַרְבֵּ֑ה
Lemma
7235 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil infinitive absolute
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7235
Occurrences
151
וַאֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙
Lemma
c/587
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + pronoun
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H587
Occurrences
31
לֹ֣א
Lemma
3808
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
3277
נוּכַ֔ל
Lemma
3201
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 1rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3201
Occurrences
183
לִבְנ֖וֹת
Lemma
l/1129
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1129
Occurrences
51
בַּחוֹמָֽה
Lemma
b/2346
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H2346
Occurrences
15
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.

ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܝܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ ܒ̣ܨܪ ܠܗ ܚܝܠܐ ܡܢ ܩܘܦ̈ܝܐ ܘܥܦܪܐ ܣ̇ܓܝ ܛܒ ܘܚܢܢ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܝܢ ܚܢܢ ܠܡܒܢܐ ܫܘܪܐ

16 word entries
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
ܝܗܘ̈ܕܝܐ
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
yhwdy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
102
ܒ̣ܨܪ
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
ܒܨܪ
Transliteration
bsr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
ܠܗ
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
ܚܝܠܐ
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
hyl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
331
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
ܩܘܦ̈ܝܐ
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
qwpy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
2
ܘܥܦܪܐ
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'pr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
8
ܣ̇ܓܝ
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
ܣܓܝ
Transliteration
sgy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
143
ܛܒ
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
ܛܒ
Transliteration
tb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
279
ܘܚܢܢ
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
whnn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
32
ܠܐ
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
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
2566
ܡܫܟܚܝܢ
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
mshkhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
46
ܚܢܢ
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
ܚܢܢ
Transliteration
hnn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
157
ܠܡܒܢܐ
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
lmbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
54
ܫܘܪܐ
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
shwr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
97
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.

Audi, Deus noster, quia facti sumus despectui: converte opprobrium super caput eorum, et da eos in despectionem in terra captivitatis.

20 word entries
audi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
Deus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
noster
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
noster
Transliteration
noster
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1263
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
facti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
facti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
sumus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sumus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
despectio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
despectio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
7
converte
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
converte
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
343
obprobrium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
obprobrium
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
91
super
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
super
Transliteration
super
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3146
caput
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caput
Transliteration
caput
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
501
eorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
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
da
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
do
Transliteration
da
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2116
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
despectionem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
despectionem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
7
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
terra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
terra
Transliteration
terra
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
earth
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
earth, land, ground
Etymology
Latin noun behind English terrestrial and terrain.
Occurrences
3087
captivitatis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
captivitatis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
92
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.

Psalms 79:12

And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.

8 relevance votes

Proverbs 3:34

He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

6 relevance votes

Hosea 12:14

I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.

2 relevance votes

1 Samuel 17:26

And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

1 relevance votes
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