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The whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic and English, with word-by-word data, lexicon, cross-references and study tools.","openapi":"https://besorah.bible/api/openapi.json","docs":"https://besorah.bible/about/api/","mcp":"https://besorah.bible/mcp","mcpDiscovery":"https://besorah.bible/.well-known/mcp.json","llms":"https://besorah.bible/llms-full.txt","pages":{"note":"Every page is also available as Markdown, plain text and JSON: add .md, .txt or .json, or send Accept: text/markdown | text/plain | application/json.","example":"https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/23.json"},"endpoints":{"verse":"https://besorah.bible/api/verse?ref=John 3:16","word":"https://besorah.bible/api/word?id=H430","tools":"https://besorah.bible/api/tools/{name}"},"tools":[{"name":"get_passage","url":"https://besorah.bible/api/tools/get_passage","description":"Read a passage (verse, range or chapter) in its original language (Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic) and English, with a link. 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Use when the user asks how the texts, numbering and ids work."},{"name":"query_words","url":"https://besorah.bible/api/tools/query_words","description":"Find every word by grammar and/or Strong's number, within a book or testament — e.g. all Qal imperatives of H1285 in the Prophets, every aorist passive particip"},{"name":"get_collocations","url":"https://besorah.bible/api/tools/get_collocations","description":"The words that keep company with a Hebrew or Greek word: which other words most often appear in the same verse, ranked by how much more than chance. 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