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Ezra 8

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23 So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request.

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Panels 4
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.

וַנָּצ֛וּמָה וַנְּבַקְשָׁ֥ה מֵאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ עַל־זֹ֑את וַיֵּעָתֵ֖ר לָֽנוּ׃

7 word entries
וַנָּצ֛וּמָה
Lemma
c/6684
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 1rd person common gender plural + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6684
Occurrences
9
וַנְּבַקְשָׁ֥ה
Lemma
c/1245
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb piel sequential imperfect 1rd person common gender plural + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1245
Occurrences
49
מֵאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ
Lemma
m/430
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H430
Occurrences
18
עַל
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
זֹ֑את
Lemma
2063
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H2063
Occurrences
251
וַיֵּעָתֵ֖ר
Lemma
c/6279
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb niphal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6279
Occurrences
14
לָֽנוּ
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
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.

Καὶ ἐνηστεύσαμεν, καὶ ἐζητήσαμεν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν περὶ τούτου, καὶ ἐπήκουσεν ἡμῖν.

13 word entries
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
ἐνηστεύσαμεν
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
enesteysamen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
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
ἐζητήσαμεν
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
ezetesamen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
παρὰ
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
para
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, beside, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of παρά.
Occurrences
776
τοῦ
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
Θεοῦ
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
theou
Morphology
noun, masculine genitive singular
Gloss
of God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
3522
ἡμῶν
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
περὶ
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
peri
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
about, concerning, around
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition used with genitive or accusative.
Occurrences
752
τούτου
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
houtos
Morphology
demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
this one
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Definition
This, these.
Occurrences
3767
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
ἐπήκουσεν
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
epekoysen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
15
ἡμῖν
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
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.

ܘܢܨܘܡ ܘܢܒܥܐ ܡܢ ܐܠܗܢ ܥܠ ܗܕܐ ܘܡܫܬܡܥ ܠܢ

8 word entries
ܘܢܨܘܡ
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
wnswm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܘܢܒܥܐ
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
wnb''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
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
ܐܠܗܢ
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
'lhn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
147
ܥܠ
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
ܥܠ
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3346
ܗܕܐ
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
ܗܕܐ
Transliteration
hd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
446
ܘܡܫܬܡܥ
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
wmshtm'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܠܢ
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
ܠܢ
Transliteration
ln
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
322
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.

Jejunavimus autem, et rogavimus Deum nostrum per hoc: et evenit nobis prospere.

20 word entries
omnia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnia
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
secundum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
secundum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
529
Dei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Dei
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
legem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lex
Transliteration
legem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
596
fiant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fio
Transliteration
fiant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
449
Deo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
altissimo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
altus
Transliteration
altissimo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
112
,
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
,
Transliteration
,
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
274
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1109
qua
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
qua
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
forte
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
forte
Transliteration
forte
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
200
exsurgat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
exsurgo
Transliteration
exsurgat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
57
ira
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ira
Transliteration
ira
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
265
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
regno
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
regnum
Transliteration
regno
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
499
regis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
regis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
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
filiorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filiorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
.
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
.
Transliteration
.
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
129
Source availability notes

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  • 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.

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Ezra 8:31

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandits by the way.

9 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 4:29

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

6 relevance votes

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

5 relevance votes

Isaiah 19:22

Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them.

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1 Chronicles 5:20

They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them because they put their trust in him.

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Daniel 9:3

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

4 relevance votes

Jeremiah 33:3

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

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Nehemiah 9:1

Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.

3 relevance votes

Luke 2:37

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.

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Acts 10:30

Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing

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