Exodus
Chapter 4
Verse 2
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Exodus 4

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2 Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Exodus 4:2. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 55
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.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלָ֛יו יְהוָ֖ה מזה בְיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מַטֶּֽה׃

9 word entries
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
אֵלָ֛יו
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
יְהוָ֖ה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
מזה
Lemma
m/2088
Morphology
Hebrew: particle + pronoun
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H2088
Occurrences
64
מַה
Lemma
4100
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
449
זֶּ֣ה
Lemma
2088
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H2088
Occurrences
315
בְיָדֶ֑ךָ
Lemma
b/3027
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
546
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
מַטֶּֽה
Lemma
4294
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4294
Occurrences
94
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῳ Κύριος, τί τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου; ὁ δὲ εἶπε, ῥάβδος.

16 word entries
Εἶπε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eipe
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
δὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
αὐτῳ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
ayto
Morphology
dative singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
4
Κύριος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
τί
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
τίς
Transliteration
tis
Morphology
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Gloss
who, someone
Part of Speech
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Definition
Interrogative or indefinite pronoun depending on accent/context.
Occurrences
1124
τοῦτό
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
toyto
Morphology
verb, middle/passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
33
ἐστι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
esti
Morphology
verb, present active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it is
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
τὸ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἐν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
τῇ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
χειρί
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
cheir
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
hand
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Hand or power.
Occurrences
1718
σου
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
δὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
εἶπε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eipe
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
ῥάβδος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
abdos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
69
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

וַאֲמַר לֵהּ יְיָ מָא דֵין בִּידָךְ וַאֲמַר חוּטְרָא:

8 word entries
וַאֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
and said, spoke
Occurrences
1144
לֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לה
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
465
יְיָ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yy
Morphology
divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss
the Lord
Occurrences
1694
מָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מא
Transliteration
m'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
25
דֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דין
Transliteration
dyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
245
בִּידָךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ידך
Transliteration
bydk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
59
וַאֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
and said, spoke
Occurrences
1144
חוּטְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chwtr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
16
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.

ܘܐܡ̣ܪ ܠܗ ܡܪܝܐ. ܡ̇ܢܘ ܗܢܐ ܕܒܐܝܕܟ. ܘܐܡ̣ܪ̣ ܚܘܛܪܐ.

8 word entries
ܘܐܡ̣ܪ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
W>M#R
Morphology
W->MR[
Occurrences
0
ܠܗ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
LH
Morphology
L-H
Occurrences
0
ܡܪܝܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
MRJ>
Morphology
MRJ>/
Occurrences
0
ܡ̇ܢܘ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
M^NW
Morphology
MN=-(HW
Occurrences
0
ܗܢܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
HN>
Morphology
HN>
Occurrences
0
ܕܒܐܝܕܟ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DB>JDK
Morphology
D-B-&>JD/-K
Occurrences
0
ܘܐܡ̣ܪ̣
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
W>M#R#
Morphology
W->MR[
Occurrences
0
ܚܘܛܪܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
XWVR>
Morphology
XWVR/~>
Occurrences
0
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.

Dixit ergo ad eum: Quid est quod tenes in manu tua? Respondit: Virga.

14 word entries
dixit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
quid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quid
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
hoc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hoc
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
tenes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
teneo
Transliteration
tenes
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
189
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
manu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manus
Transliteration
manu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1822
tua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tua
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615
respondit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
respondit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
851
virga
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uirga
Transliteration
virga
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
116

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.

Exodus 4:17

You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”

7 relevance votes

Exodus 4:20

Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.

7 relevance votes

Isaiah 11:4

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 110:2

Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.

5 relevance votes

Genesis 30:37

Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

4 relevance votes

Leviticus 27:32

All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.

4 relevance votes

Micah 7:14

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest. Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land, in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

3 relevance votes
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