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The original languages
Every translation involves the translator’s choices. The source text underlying those choices is made available here for the reader’s own examination.
Open the analysis
The Old Testament in Hebrew, the New Testament in Greek
Tap any word to open its parsing, Strong’s number and English gloss.
The same analysis is included in the application. Without opening a separate viewer, a word may be selected while reading in the application and consulted in place. This is the more suitable method during group study.
To learn Hebrew sentences step by step through their grammar — read Genesis 1–2 verse by verse and word by word in Scripture & Grammar.
Scope of the analysis
Information provided for each word
- Morphology — part of speech and inflected form. Tense · voice · person · number · gender.
- Strong's number — a reference number by which the same word may be traced throughout the Bible.
- Word meaning — the semantic range of the word before it is narrowed to a single rendering.
- Lemma and transliteration — the lexical form and its pronunciation.
- Occurrence concordance — every occurrence of the word in the Bible, enabling the reader to verify how other translators have rendered it.
The root of a word
Root · a Hebrew word grows out of a three-letter root
Purpose
Tools for examining the source text word by word have long existed. They have, however, largely been confined to costly Bible-study software, so that access to the original has depended on the ability to pay.
The source text is not the property of any particular group. This organization has therefore analysed the complete Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament word by word and made the analysis available to anyone, free of charge and without login. We regard this as the most substantive contribution we are able to make as a nonprofit organization.
Method of use
Three steps in the use of the analysis
Sources of the text
The source texts and numbering system used are as follows. The Hebrew is the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB), the Greek is the Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, and the word numbering is Strong's. Full details are given under Text Sources & Copyright.
Text and original-language analysis in one application
Selecting a word while reading opens its analysis in place. All features are free of charge.