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Ezra 4

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16 We inform the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, then you will have no possession beyond the River.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ezra 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 4
Word Entries 72
Editorial Notes 0
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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.

Γνωρίζομεν οὖν ἡμεῖς τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι ἂν ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη οἰκοδομηθῇ, καὶ τὰ τείχη αὐτῆς καταρτισθῇ, οὐκ ἔστι σοι εἰρήνη.

20 word entries
Γνωρίζομεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
gnorizomen
Morphology
verb, active indicative/subjunctive, 1st plural pattern
Gloss
we ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
οὖν
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
οὖν
Transliteration
oun
Morphology
inferential particle/conjunction
Gloss
therefore, then
Part of Speech
particle/conjunction
Definition
Inferential particle.
Occurrences
229
ἡμεῖς
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
τῷ
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
βασιλεῖ
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
basileus
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
king
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
King or ruler.
Occurrences
3067
ὅτι
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
ὅτι
Transliteration
hoti
Morphology
subordinating conjunction
Gloss
that, because, for
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Conjunction introducing cause, content, or explanation.
Occurrences
3703
ἂν
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
ἄν
Transliteration
an
Morphology
modal particle
Gloss
would, might
Part of Speech
modal particle
Definition
Modal particle marking contingency or potentiality.
Occurrences
633
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
πόλις
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
polis
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
city
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
City or town.
Occurrences
1387
ἐκείνη
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
ekeine
Morphology
demonstrative pronoun/adjective, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
that one, that
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun/adjective
Definition
That, those.
Occurrences
490
οἰκοδομηθῇ
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
oikodometh
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
καὶ
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
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
τὰ
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
τείχη
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
teichos
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
wall
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Wall, especially a city wall.
Occurrences
111
αὐτῆς
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
καταρτισθῇ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
katartisth
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
οὐκ
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
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
ἔστι
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
σοι
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
εἰρήνη
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
eirene
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
peace
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Peace, welfare, or wholeness.
Occurrences
265
Biblical Aramaic Passages Aramaic · Biblical Aramaic · Public Domain WLC text; CC BY 4.0 OSHB lemma/morphology

Coverage: Canonical Aramaic passages in Genesis, Jeremiah, Ezra, and Daniel

Original Aramaic passages embedded in the Hebrew Bible, not a full Targum.

מְהוֹדְעִ֤ין אֲנַ֙חְנָה֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן לָקֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה חֲלָק֙ בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔א לָ֥א אִיתַ֖י לָֽךְ׃ פ

18 word entries
מְהוֹדְעִ֤ין
Lemma
3046
Morphology
Aramaic: verb haphel participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3046
Occurrences
36
אֲנַ֨חְנָה֙
Lemma
586
Morphology
Aramaic: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H586
Occurrences
4
לְמַלְכָּ֔א
Lemma
l/4430
Morphology
Aramaic: particle direct object marker + noun common masculine singular determined + particle definite article
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4430
Occurrences
18
דִּ֠י
Lemma
1768
Morphology
Aramaic: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1768
Occurrences
332
הֵ֣ן
Lemma
2006 a
Morphology
Aramaic: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2006
Occurrences
12
קִרְיְתָ֥א
Lemma
7149
Morphology
Aramaic: noun common feminine singular determined + particle definite article
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7149
Occurrences
7
דָךְ֙
Lemma
1791
Morphology
Aramaic: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H1791
Occurrences
13
תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א
Lemma
1124
Morphology
Aramaic: verb hithpeel imperfect 3rd person feminine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1124
Occurrences
14
וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה
Lemma
c/7792
Morphology
Aramaic: conjunction + noun common masculine plural determined + particle definite article
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7792
Occurrences
4
יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן
Lemma
3635 b
Morphology
Aramaic: verb hishtaphel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3635
Occurrences
2
לָקֳבֵ֣ל
Lemma
l/6903
Morphology
Aramaic: conjunction + conjunction
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6903
Occurrences
6
דְּנָ֔ה
Lemma
1836
Morphology
Aramaic: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1836
Occurrences
53
חֲלָק֙
Lemma
2508
Morphology
Aramaic: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2508
Occurrences
3
בַּעֲבַ֣ר
Lemma
b/5675
Morphology
Aramaic: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5675
Occurrences
5
נַהֲרָ֔א
Lemma
5103
Morphology
Aramaic: noun proper + particle definite article
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5103
Occurrences
15
לָ֥א
Lemma
3809
Morphology
Aramaic: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3809
Occurrences
67
אִיתַ֖י
Lemma
383
Morphology
Aramaic: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H383
Occurrences
17
לָֽךְ
Lemma
l
Morphology
Aramaic: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
64
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.

ܡܘܕܥܝܢܢ ܠܡܠܟܐ ܕܐܢ ܗ̇ܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܬܬܒܢܐ ܘܫܘܪ̈ܝܗ̇ ܢܬܬܪܝܡܘܢ ܡܛܠ ܗܢܐ ܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܒܥܒܪ ܢܗܪܐ ܠܝܬ ܠܟ

15 word entries
ܡܘܕܥܝܢܢ
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
mwd'ynn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
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
ܕܐܢ
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
ܕܐܢ
Transliteration
d'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
85
ܗ̇ܝ
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
ܗܝ
Transliteration
hi
Morphology
pronoun/copula, feminine singular
Gloss
she, it, is
Occurrences
578
ܡܕܝܢܬܐ
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
mdynt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
206
ܬܬܒܢܐ
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
ttbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
8
ܘܫܘܪ̈ܝܗ̇
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
wshwryh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
ܢܬܬܪܝܡܘܢ
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
nttrymwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
7
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
ܗܢܐ
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
ܗܢܐ
Transliteration
hn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
876
ܫܘܠܛܢܐ
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
shwltn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
22
ܒܥܒܪ
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'br
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
6
ܢܗܪܐ
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
nhr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
60
ܠܝܬ
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
ܠܝܬ
Transliteration
lyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
159
ܠܟ
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
ܠܟ
Transliteration
lk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
701
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.

Nuntiamus nos regi, quoniam si civitas illa ædificata fuerit, et muri ipsius instaurati, possessionem trans fluvium non habebis.

19 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
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
illis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
nati
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nascor
Transliteration
nati
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
189
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
,
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
,
Transliteration
,
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
274
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
ipsae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ipse
Transliteration
ipsae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2134
educaverunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
educo
Transliteration
educaverunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
269
eos
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eos
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
plantaverunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
planto
Transliteration
plantaverunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
76
vineas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uinea
Transliteration
vineas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
149
,
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
,
Transliteration
,
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
274
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
quibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
vinum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uinum
Transliteration
vinum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
224
fit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fio
Transliteration
fit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
449
.
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
.
Transliteration
.
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
129
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.

  • 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.

1 Kings 4:24

For he had dominion over all on this side of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on all sides around him.

2 relevance votes

Ezra 4:20

There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll was paid to them.

2 relevance votes

2 Samuel 8:3

David also struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.

2 relevance votes
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