Nehemiah 2:5 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֹמַ֣ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	la.Me.lekh	to the king	H4428 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
עַל־	'al-	[is] on	H5921 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
ט֔וֹב	Tov	good	H2896 →
וְאִם־	ve.'im-	and if	H518 →
יִיטַ֥ב	yi.Tav	he is good	H3190 →
עַבְדְּךָ֖	'av.de.Kha	servant your	H5650 →
לְפָנֶ֑יךָ	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִי	tish.la.Che.ni	you will send me	H7971 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוּדָ֗ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עִ֛יר	'ir	[the] city of	H5892 →
קִבְר֥וֹת	kiv.Rot	[the] tombs of	H6913 →
אֲבֹתַ֖י	'a.vo.Tai	ancestors my	H1 →
וְאֶבְנֶֽנָּה׃	ve.'ev.Ne.nah	and I will rebuild it	H1129 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 3:4
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
leads to
- Luke 2:52
  And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
- 1 Samuel 2:26
  And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
- Romans 14:18
  For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
- Psalms 111:10
  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Genesis 39:2–4
  And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
Through
Ruth 2:13
“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 1:18
  “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.
- Philippians 2:3
  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- Genesis 33:8
  “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Genesis 30:27But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”2 Samuel 14:22Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”Ruth 2:13“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.Esther 8:5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.Ezra 5:17Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.Esther 7:3Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.Esther 5:8If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”Genesis 47:30but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”Isaiah 58:12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.Esther 1:19So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.

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