50 So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 17:50. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק דָּוִ֤ד מִן־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ בַּקֶּ֣לַע וּבָאֶ֔בֶן וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ וְחֶ֖רֶב אֵ֥ין בְּיַד־דָּוִֽד׃
וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק
מִן
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙
בַּקֶּ֣לַע
וּבָאֶ֔בֶן
וַיַּ֥ךְ
אֶת
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י
וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ
וְחֶ֖רֶב
בְּיַד
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܥܫܢ ܕܘܝܕ ܡܢ ܦܠܫܬܝܐ ܒܩܠܥܐ ܘܒܟܐܦܐ ܘܡܚܝܗܝ ܠܦܠܫܬܝܐ ܘܩܛܠܗ ܘܣܝܦܐ ܠܝܬ ܒܐܝܕܗ ܕܕܘܝܕ
ܘܥܫܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܥܫܢ
- Transliteration
- w'shn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 12
ܕܘܝܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܘܝܕ
- Transliteration
- dwyd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 617
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܢ
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5552
ܦܠܫܬܝܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܦܠܫܬܝܐ
- Transliteration
- plshty'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 99
ܒܩܠܥܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܩܠܥܐ
- Transliteration
- bql''
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 8
ܘܒܟܐܦܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܒܟܐܦܐ
- Transliteration
- wbk'p'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 6
ܘܡܚܝܗܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܡܚܝܗܝ
- Transliteration
- wmhyhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 34
ܠܦܠܫܬܝܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܦܠܫܬܝܐ
- Transliteration
- lplshty'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 22
ܘܩܛܠܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܩܛܠܗ
- Transliteration
- wqtlh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 31
ܘܣܝܦܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܣܝܦܐ
- Transliteration
- wsyp'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 7
ܠܝܬ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܝܬ
- Transliteration
- lyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 159
ܒܐܝܕܗ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܐܝܕܗ
- Transliteration
- b'ydh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 83
ܕܕܘܝܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܕܘܝܕ
- Transliteration
- ddwyd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 183
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
וּתְקֵיף דָוִד מִן פְּלִשְׁתָּאָה בְּקִלְעָא וּבְאַבְנָא וּמְחָא יַת פְּלִשְׁתָּאָה וְקַטְלֵיהּ וְחַרְבָּא לֵית בִּידָא דְדָוִד׃
וּתְקֵיף
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תקיף
- Transliteration
- wtqyp
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 178
דָוִד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דוד
- Transliteration
- dwd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 1106
מִן
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- מן
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- from, out of, than
- Occurrences
- 2836
פְּלִשְׁתָּאָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פלשתאה
- Transliteration
- plsht'h
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 33
בְּקִלְעָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קלעא
- Transliteration
- bql''
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 9
וּבְאַבְנָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- באבנא
- Transliteration
- wb'bn'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1
וּמְחָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מחא
- Transliteration
- wmch'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 92
יַת
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ית
- Transliteration
- yt
- Morphology
- accusative/direct object marker
- Gloss
- direct object marker
- Occurrences
- 4303
פְּלִשְׁתָּאָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פלשתאה
- Transliteration
- plsht'h
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 33
וְקַטְלֵיהּ
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קטל
- Transliteration
- wqtlyh
- Morphology
- verbal root קטל
- Gloss
- killed, slew
- Occurrences
- 146
וְחַרְבָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חרבא
- Transliteration
- wchrb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 272
לֵית
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- לית
- Transliteration
- lyt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 629
בִּידָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ידא
- Transliteration
- byd'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 152
דְדָוִד׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דוד
- Transliteration
- ddwd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1106
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Prævaluitque David adversum Philisthæum in funda et lapide, percussumque Philisthæum interfecit. Cumque gladium non haberet in manu David,
praevaluitque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praeualeo
- Transliteration
- praevaluitque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 42
{praevaluitque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {praevaluitque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
David
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Dauid
- Transliteration
- David
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1095
adversus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aduersus
- Transliteration
- adversus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 428
Philistheum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Philistheus
- Transliteration
- Philistheum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 48
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
funda
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- funda
- Transliteration
- funda
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 6
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
lapide
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lapis
- Transliteration
- lapide
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 330
percussumque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- percutio
- Transliteration
- percussumque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 576
{percussumque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {percussumque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
Philistheum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Philistheus
- Transliteration
- Philistheum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 48
interfecit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- interficio
- Transliteration
- interfecit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 407
cumque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cumque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5272
{cumque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {cumque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
gladium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- gladius
- Transliteration
- gladium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 462
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
haberet
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- habeo
- Transliteration
- haberet
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 1641
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
manu
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- manus
- Transliteration
- manu
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1822
David
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Dauid
- Transliteration
- David
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1095
Coverage: Source-structure exceptions
Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.
Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.
Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate structure
This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Judges 15:15
And taking up the mouth-bone of an ass newly dead, which he saw by chance on the earth, he put to death a thousand men with it.
4 relevance votes1 Samuel 17:39
And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them off.
3 relevance votes1 Samuel 21:9
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.
3 relevance votes1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul said, The Lord's blessing will be yours, for you have had pity on me.
3 relevance votesJudges 3:31
And after him came Shamgar, the son of Anath, who put to death six hundred Philistines with an ox-stick; and he was another saviour of Israel.
2 relevance votes1 Samuel 13:22
So on the day of the fight at Michmash, not a sword or a spear was to be seen in the hands of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan: only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
2 relevance votes