Nehemiah 2:3

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וָאֹמַ֣רand I said

  vaomarH559 →5305 times

• לַמֶּ֔לֶךְto the king

  lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• לְעוֹלָ֣םfor ever

  leolamH5769 →438 times

• יִחְיֶ֑הmay he live

  yichyehH2421 →282 times

• מַדּ֜וּעַwhy?

  madua'H4069 →72 times

• לֹא־not

  lo'-H3808 →5168 times

• יֵרְע֣וּwill they be sad

  yereuH7489 →107 times

• פָנַ֗יface my

  fanaiH6440 →2123 times

• אֲשֶׁ֨רthat

  ʾasherH834 →5497 times

• הָעִ֜ירthe city

  hairH5892 →1090 times

• בֵּית־[the] house of

  beit-H1004 →2046 times

• קִבְר֤וֹת[the] tombs of

  kivrotH6913 →67 times

• אֲבֹתַי֙ancestors my

  ʾavotaiH1 →1212 times

• חֲרֵבָ֔ה[is] desolate

  charevahH2720 →

• וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָand gates its

  usheareihaH8179 →374 times

• אֻכְּל֥וּthey have been consumed

  ʾukeluH398 →810 times

• בָאֵֽשׁ׃ סby <the> fire

  vaeshH784 →378 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Daniel 2:4

  Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

  it leads to

  • Daniel 3:9

    saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!

    Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

  • Daniel 5:10

    Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Ezra 4:7

    And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.

• Through

  1 Kings 1:31

  Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

  it leads to

  • Daniel 2:4

    Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

• Through

  Nehemiah 1:3

  And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

  it leads to

  • Nehemiah 2:17

    Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we…

  • 2 Kings 25:10

    And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

• Through

  Psalms 137:6

  May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

  it leads to

  • Ezekiel 3:26

    I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.

  • Psalms 22:15

    My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.