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Nehemiah 1

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4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

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Word Entries 51
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.

וַיְהִ֞י כְּשָׁמְעִ֣י ׀ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔ה וָאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖ה יָמִ֑ים וָֽאֱהִ֥י צָם֙ וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל לִפְנֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

15 word entries
וַיְהִ֞י
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
כְּשָׁמְעִ֣י
Lemma
k/8085
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
42
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
הַדְּבָרִ֣ים
Lemma
d/1697
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
351
הָאֵ֗לֶּה
Lemma
d/428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + pronoun
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H428
Occurrences
276
יָשַׁ֨בְתִּי֙
Lemma
3427
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3427
Occurrences
600
וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔ה
Lemma
c/1058
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1058
Occurrences
62
וָאֶתְאַבְּלָ֖ה
Lemma
c/56
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hithpael sequential imperfect 1rd person common gender singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H56
Occurrences
14
יָמִ֑ים
Lemma
3117
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3117
Occurrences
731
וָֽאֱהִ֥י
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
צָם֙
Lemma
6684
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6684
Occurrences
11
וּמִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל
Lemma
c/6419
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hithpael participle active
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6419
Occurrences
48
לִפְנֵ֖י
Lemma
l/6440
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
1012
אֱלֹהֵ֥י
Lemma
430
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H430
Occurrences
1993
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם
Lemma
d/8064
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H8064
Occurrences
246
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.

ܗܝܕܝܢ ܟܕ ܫ̇ܡܥܬ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܝ̇ܬܒ ܗ̇ܘܝܬ ܘܒ̇ܟܐ ܘܡܬܐܒܠ ܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ ܣܓܝ̈ܐܐ ܘܗ̇ܘܝܬ ܨܐܡ ܘܡܨ̇ܠܐ ܩܕܡ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ

17 word entries
ܗܝܕܝܢ
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
hydyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
149
ܟܕ
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
ܟܕ
Transliteration
kd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
881
ܫ̇ܡܥܬ
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
shm't
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
66
ܡ̈ܠܐ
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
ܡܠܐ
Transliteration
ml'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
159
ܗܠܝܢ
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
hlyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
840
ܝ̇ܬܒ
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
ܝܬܒ
Transliteration
ytb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
71
ܗ̇ܘܝܬ
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
hwyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
234
ܘܒ̇ܟܐ
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
wbk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
19
ܘܡܬܐܒܠ
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
wmt'bl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ
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
ywmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
227
ܣܓܝ̈ܐܐ
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
sgy''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
345
ܘܗ̇ܘܝܬ
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
whwyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
29
ܨܐܡ
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
ܨܐܡ
Transliteration
s'm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
4
ܘܡܨ̇ܠܐ
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
wmsl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
ܩܕܡ
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
ܩܕܡ
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1019
ܐܠܗܐ
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
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
940
ܕܫܡܝܐ
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
dshmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
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.

Cumque audissem verba hujuscemodi, sedi, et flevi, et luxi diebus multis: jejunabam, et orabam ante faciem Dei cæli:

19 word entries
cumque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cumque
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5272
{cumque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{cumque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
audissem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audissem
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
verba
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verba
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
huiuscemodi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
huiuscemodi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
67
sedi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sedeo
Transliteration
sedi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
422
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
flevi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fleo
Transliteration
flevi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
114
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
luxi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
luxus?
Transliteration
luxi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2
diebus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dies
Transliteration
diebus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2559
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
ieiunabam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ieiuno
Transliteration
ieiunabam
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
39
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
orabam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
oro
Transliteration
orabam
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
220
ante
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ante
Transliteration
ante
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
594
faciem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facies
Transliteration
faciem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
793
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
caeli
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caelum
Transliteration
caeli
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
heaven
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
heaven, sky
Etymology
Latin noun for heaven or sky; often normalized as caelum.
Occurrences
740
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.

Daniel 9:3

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

14 relevance votes

Psalms 137:1

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

9 relevance votes

Ezra 10:1

Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.

8 relevance votes

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

6 relevance votes

Zephaniah 3:18

I will remove those who grieve about the appointed feasts from you. They are a burden and a reproach to you.

5 relevance votes

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

4 relevance votes

Daniel 2:18

that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret, that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

4 relevance votes

Jonah 1:9

He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.”

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Ezra 9:3

When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

3 relevance votes
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