SEsefaria
Lexicon

Get a lexicon entry

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Looks up a single lexicon entry by its exact parent lexicon and headword (NFC-normalized before matching). Unlike /api/words/{word}, this does not do fuzzy/inflected-form lookup -- it's meant for addressing one specific entry directly.

get/api/lexicon-entry/{lexicon}/{headword}

Request

  • Base URL
    https://www.sefaria.org
  • URL
    https://www.sefaria.org/api/lexicon-entry/{lexicon}/{headword}
  • Auth
    none declared

Response

The matching lexicon entry.

entryobject

The full, raw lexicon entry document (shape varies by lexicon/dictionary subclass).

content_attr_namesstring[]

Names of the attrs this entry's dictionary subclass can have as editable content, as opposed to identity/navigation fields (headword, parent_lexicon, prev_hw, next_hw, rid, quotes). Lists every content attr the subclass supports, not just the ones this particular entry actually has set -- most entries only populate a handful of these.

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