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Nehemiah 8

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1 All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.

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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.

וַיֵּאָסְפ֤וּ כָל־הָעָם֙ כְּאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד אֶל־הָ֣רְח֔וֹב אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י שַֽׁעַר־הַמָּ֑יִם וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ לְעֶזְרָ֣א הַסֹּפֵ֔ר לְהָבִ֗יא אֶת־סֵ֙פֶר֙ תּוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

24 word entries
וַיֵּאָסְפ֤וּ
Lemma
c/622
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb niphal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H622
Occurrences
89
כָל
Lemma
3605
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
3268
הָעָם֙
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5971
Occurrences
815
כְּאִ֣ישׁ
Lemma
k/376
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
23
אֶחָ֔ד
Lemma
259
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H259
Occurrences
678
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
הָ֣רְח֔וֹב
Lemma
d/7339
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H7339
Occurrences
3
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
לִפְנֵ֣י
Lemma
l/6440
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
1012
שַֽׁעַר
Lemma
8179
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8179
Occurrences
159
הַמָּ֑יִם
Lemma
d/4325
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4325
Occurrences
98
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
לְעֶזְרָ֣א
Lemma
l/5830
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5830
Occurrences
4
הַסֹּפֵ֔ר
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5608
Occurrences
37
לְהָבִ֗יא
Lemma
l/935
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb hiphil infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
124
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
סֵ֨פֶר֙
Lemma
5612 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5612
Occurrences
110
תּוֹרַ֣ת
Lemma
8451
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8451
Occurrences
106
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
Lemma
4872
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4872
Occurrences
726
אֲשֶׁר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
צִוָּ֥ה
Lemma
6680
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6680
Occurrences
398
יְהוָ֖ה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Lemma
3478
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3478
Occurrences
2260
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.

ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ ܥܡܐ ܟܠܗ ܐܝܟ ܓܒܪܐ ܚܕ ܠܫܘܩܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܩܕܡ ܬܪܥܐ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܠܥܙܪܐ ܣ̇ܦܪܐ ܠܡܝܬܝܘ ܣ̣ܦܪܐ ܕܢܡܘܣܐ ܕܡܘܫܐ ܕܦ̇ܩܕ ܡܪܝܐ ܥܠ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ

22 word entries
ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ
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'tknshw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
55
ܥܡܐ
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
ܥܡܐ
Transliteration
amma
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
people, nation
Occurrences
688
ܟܠܗ
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
ܟܠܗ
Transliteration
klh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
558
ܐܝܟ
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
ܐܝܟ
Transliteration
'yk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2051
ܓܒܪܐ
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
gbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
622
ܚܕ
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
ܚܕ
Transliteration
hd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
509
ܠܫܘܩܐ
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
lshwq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
3
ܕܐܝܬ
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'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
277
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
ܬܪܥܐ
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
tr''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
160
ܕܡܝ̈ܐ
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
dmy'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
83
ܘܐܡܪܝܢ
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'mryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
135
ܠܥܙܪܐ
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'zr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
8
ܣ̇ܦܪܐ
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
spr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
93
ܠܡܝܬܝܘ
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
lmytyw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
13
ܣ̣ܦܪܐ
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
spr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
93
ܕܢܡܘܣܐ
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
dnmws'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
39
ܕܡܘܫܐ
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
dmwsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
53
ܕܦ̇ܩܕ
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
dpqd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
77
ܡܪܝܐ
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
maryah
Morphology
divine title, emphatic form
Gloss
Lord
Occurrences
2917
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
ܐܝܣܪܝܠ
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
'ysryl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
809
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 venerat mensis septimus: filii autem Israël erant in civitatibus suis. Congregatusque est omnis populus quasi vir unus ad plateam quæ est ante portam aquarum: et dixerunt Esdræ scribæ ut afferret librum legis Moysi, quam præceperat Dominus Israëli.

39 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
venerat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
venerat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
mensis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mensis
Transliteration
mensis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
302
septimus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
septimus
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
135
filii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
filii
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
Israhel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Israel
Transliteration
Israhel
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
2547
erant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
civitatibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ciuitas
Transliteration
civitatibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1108
suis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
congregatusque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
congregatusque
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
401
{congregatusque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{congregatusque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
omnis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
populus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
populus
Transliteration
populus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2030
quasi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quasi
Transliteration
quasi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
989
vir
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
vir
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
unus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
unus
Transliteration
unus
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
1077
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
plateam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
platea
Transliteration
plateam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
87
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
ante
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ante
Transliteration
ante
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
594
portam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
porta
Transliteration
portam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
412
Aquarum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aqua
Transliteration
Aquarum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
692
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
dixerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
Ezrae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ezrae
Transliteration
Ezrae
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1
scribae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
scriba
Transliteration
scribae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
121
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
adferret
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
affero
Transliteration
adferret
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
174
librum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
liber
Transliteration
librum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
252
legis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lex
Transliteration
legis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
596
Mosi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Moses
Transliteration
Mosi
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
737
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
praecepit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
praecepit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
538
Dominus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Dominus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
Israheli
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Israel
Transliteration
Israheli
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
2547
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.

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him.

8 relevance votes

Nehemiah 3:26

(Now the temple servants lived in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)

6 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 34:15

Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in Yahweh’s house.” So Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

6 relevance votes

Matthew 13:52

He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

4 relevance votes

Ezra 7:11

Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of Yahweh’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:

3 relevance votes

Malachi 4:4

“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

2 relevance votes

Judges 20:8

All the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, neither will any of us turn to his house.

2 relevance votes

Nehemiah 8:16

So the people went out and brought them, and made themselves temporary shelters, everyone on the roof of his house, in their courts, in the courts of God’s house, in the wide place of the water gate, and in the wide place of Ephraim’s gate.

2 relevance votes

Nehemiah 12:37

By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 8:20

Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

2 relevance votes

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

2 relevance votes

Judges 20:1

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.

2 relevance votes
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