Nehemiah
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Nehemiah 2

English Revised Version, Verse 3

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3 And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Nehemiah 2:3. 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 62
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.

וָאֹמַ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְעוֹלָ֣ם יִחְיֶ֑ה מַדּ֜וּעַ לֹא־יֵרְע֣וּ פָנַ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָעִ֜יר בֵּית־קִבְר֤וֹת אֲבֹתַי֙ חֲרֵבָ֔ה וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ אֻכְּל֥וּ בָאֵֽשׁ׃ ס

18 word entries
וָאֹמַ֣ר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
Lemma
l/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
201
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
Lemma
d/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1083
לְעוֹלָ֣ם
Lemma
l/5769
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5769
Occurrences
177
יִחְיֶ֑ה
Lemma
2421
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2421
Occurrences
140
מַדּ֜וּעַ
Lemma
4069
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4069
Occurrences
62
לֹא
Lemma
3808
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3808
Occurrences
3277
יֵרְע֣וּ
Lemma
7489 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7489
Occurrences
59
פָנַ֗י
Lemma
6440
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
630
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
הָעִ֜יר
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5892
Occurrences
390
בֵּית
Lemma
1004 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1004
Occurrences
1121
קִבְר֤וֹת
Lemma
6913
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6913
Occurrences
37
אֲבֹתַי֙
Lemma
1
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1
Occurrences
995
חֲרֵבָ֔ה
Lemma
2717 b
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2717
Occurrences
21
וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ
Lemma
c/8179
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8179
Occurrences
19
אֻכְּל֥וּ
Lemma
398
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal passive perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H398
Occurrences
481
בָאֵֽשׁ
Lemma
b/784
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H784
Occurrences
129
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.

ܘܐ̇ܡܪܬ ܠܡܠܟܐ ܡܠܟܐ ܠܥܠܡ ܚܝܝ ܡܛܠ ܡܢܐ ܠܐ ܢܒܐ̈ܫܢ ܐܦ̈ܝ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܐܒܗ̈ܝ ܚܪܒܐ ܘܬܪ̈ܥܝܗ̇ ܡܘܩܕܝܢ ܒܢܘܪܐ

18 word entries
ܘܐ̇ܡܪܬ
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'mrt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
306
ܠܡܠܟܐ
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
lmlk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
267
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
ܠܥܠܡ
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'lm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
295
ܚܝܝ
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
ܚܝܝ
Transliteration
hyy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
17
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
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
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
ܢܒܐ̈ܫܢ
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
nb'shn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܐܦ̈ܝ
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
ܐܦܝ
Transliteration
'py
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
143
ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ
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
dmdynt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
62
ܕܒܝܬ
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
dbyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
401
ܡܠܟܘܬܐ
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
mlkwt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
101
ܕܐܒܗ̈ܝ
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'bhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
7
ܚܪܒܐ
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
hrb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
81
ܘܬܪ̈ܥܝܗ̇
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
wtr'yh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
ܡܘܩܕܝܢ
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
mwqdyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
7
ܒܢܘܪܐ
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
bnwr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
98
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 dixi regi: Rex, in æternum vive: quare non mœreat vultus meus, quia civitas domus sepulchrorum patris mei deserta est, et portæ ejus combustæ sunt igni?

26 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
dixi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
regi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
regi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2981
rex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
rex
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
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
aeternum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
aeternum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
306
vive
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uiuo
Transliteration
vive
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
524
quare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quare
Transliteration
quare
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
224
non
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
non
Transliteration
non
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7320
maereat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
maereo
Transliteration
maereat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
17
vultus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uultus
Transliteration
vultus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
97
meus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meus
Transliteration
meus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4586
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
civitas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ciuitas
Transliteration
civitas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1108
domus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
domus
Transliteration
domus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1989
sepulchrorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sepulchrorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
95
patris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
patris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
mei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
deserta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
deserta
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
111
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
portae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
porta
Transliteration
portae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
412
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
conbustae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
comburo
Transliteration
conbustae
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
103
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
igni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ignis
Transliteration
igni
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
540
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.

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

7 relevance votes

1 Kings 1:31

Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 137:6

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

4 relevance votes

Daniel 5:10

Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

4 relevance votes

Daniel 2:4

Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

4 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 21:20

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

3 relevance votes

Daniel 6:21

Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

3 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 32:33

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

3 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 28:27

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

3 relevance votes

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; yea, her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

3 relevance votes

Daniel 6:6

Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 102:14

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust.

2 relevance votes
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