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1 Samuel 21

Bible in Basic English, Verse 15

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15 Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 21:15. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 69
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אָכִ֖ישׁ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֑יו הִנֵּ֤ה תִרְאוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַ לָ֛מָּה תָּבִ֥יאוּ אֹת֖וֹ אֵלָֽי׃

12 word entries
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
אָכִ֖ישׁ
Lemma
397
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H397
Occurrences
21
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
עֲבָדָ֑יו
Lemma
5650
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5650
Occurrences
605
הִנֵּ֤ה
Lemma
2009
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H2009
Occurrences
473
תִרְאוּ֙
Lemma
7200
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
675
אִ֣ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַ
Lemma
7696
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hithpael participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7696
Occurrences
5
לָ֛מָּה
Lemma
l/4100
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + particle
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
145
תָּבִ֥יאוּ
Lemma
935
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
1266
אֹת֖וֹ
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker + suffix
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
אֵלָֽי
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἀγχοῦς πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ, ἰδοὺ ἴδετε ἄνδρα ἐπίληπτον, ἱνατί εἰσηγάγετε αὐτὸν πρὸς μέ;

16 word entries
Καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
εἶπεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eipen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
Ἀγχοῦς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
agchoys
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀγχοῦς
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
19
πρὸς
Status
Machine-aligned lexicon entry
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
Note
Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
Transliteration
pros
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with/toward
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
3989
τοὺς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
παῖδας
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
pais
Morphology
noun, masculine/feminine nominative singular
Gloss
child, servant
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Child, servant, attendant, or young person.
Occurrences
276
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ἰδοὺ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
idou
Morphology
interjection/particle
Gloss
behold, look
Part of Speech
particle/interjection
Definition
Attention marker or interjection.
Occurrences
1077
ἴδετε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
idete
Morphology
verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd plural
Gloss
see, behold
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To see, perceive, or look at.
Occurrences
768
ἄνδρα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
andra
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative singular
Gloss
man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
ἐπίληπτον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
epilepton
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἱνατί
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
hinati
Morphology
interrogative particle
Gloss
why?
Part of Speech
interrogative particle
Definition
Interrogative particle meaning why or for what reason.
Occurrences
133
εἰσηγάγετε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
eisegagete
Morphology
verb, active imperative/indicative, 2nd plural pattern
Gloss
you all ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
αὐτὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
πρὸς
Status
Machine-aligned lexicon entry
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
Note
Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
Transliteration
pros
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with/toward
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
3989
μέ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

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.

ܘܐܡܪ ܐܟܝܫ ܠܥܒ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܗܐ ܚܙܝܬܘܢ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܫܢܝܐ ܗܘ ܠܡܢܐ ܐܝܬܝܬ ܘܢܝܗܝ ܠܘܬܝ

12 word entries
ܘܐܡܪ
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.
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1697
ܐܟܝܫ
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.
Transliteration
'kysh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
17
ܠܥܒ̈ܕܘܗܝ
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.
Transliteration
l'bdwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
33
ܗܐ
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
ܗܐ
Transliteration
h'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
591
ܚܙܝܬܘܢ
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.
Transliteration
hzytwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
12
ܓܒܪܐ
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.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
622
ܕܫܢܝܐ
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.
Transliteration
dshny'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
5
ܗܘ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
ܠܡܢܐ
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.
Transliteration
lmn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
117
ܐܝܬܝܬ
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.
Transliteration
'ytyt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
12
ܘܢܝܗܝ
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.
Transliteration
wnyhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܠܘܬܝ
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.
Transliteration
lwty
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
135
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

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.

וַאֲמַר אָכִישׁ לְעַבְדוֹהִי הָא כַד חֲזֵיתוּן דִגְבַר שָׁטֵי הוּא לְמָא אַיְתֵיתוּן יָתֵיהּ לְוָתִי׃

13 word entries
וַאֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
and said, spoke
Occurrences
3728
אָכִישׁ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'kysh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
21
לְעַבְדוֹהִי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עבד
Transliteration
l'bdwhy
Morphology
verbal or nominal root עבד
Gloss
made, did, served
Occurrences
1208
הָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הא
Transliteration
h'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
704
כַד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כד
Transliteration
kd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
581
חֲזֵיתוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chzytwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
8
דִגְבַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
גבר
Transliteration
dgbr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
627
שָׁטֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שטי
Transliteration
shty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
5
הוּא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוא
Transliteration
hw'
Morphology
personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
he, it
Occurrences
992
לְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
למא
Transliteration
lm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
187
אַיְתֵיתוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'ytytwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
יָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
381
לְוָתִי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ותי
Transliteration
lwty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
94
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

an desunt nobis furiosi, quod introduxistis istum, ut fureret me præsente? hiccine ingredietur domum meam?

16 word entries
an
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
an
Transliteration
an
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
119
desunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
desum
Transliteration
desunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
43
nobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nos
Transliteration
nobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1585
furiosi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
furiosi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
2
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quod
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1241
introduxistis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
introduxistis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
87
istum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
iste
Transliteration
istum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
877
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
fureret
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
furo
Transliteration
fureret
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
3
me
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
me
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
praesente
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
praesum
Transliteration
praesente
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
54
hicine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
hicine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
4646
{hicine}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
{hicine}
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1109
ingredietur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
ingredietur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
561
domum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
domus
Transliteration
domum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1989
meam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meus
Transliteration
meam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4586
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