The phrase “the word of the LORD was to” is a common formula introducing a message God gives to a prophet. I would like this phrase in Biblical terms, but it has several variations:
and-was word LORD DO-marker
word LORD was DO-marker
word LORD which was DO-mark
and-was word LORD by
I would love to have a single search string that captures exactly this set, but excludes everything else. One issue is the variable position of was (before or after “word LORD”). Another is the possibility of “which”. Finally, there’s the problem that sometimes the text says “the word of the LORD came by (the hand of)”, so the expression can use either “by” or the direct object marker.
Any ideas?