1 Samuel
Chapter 12
Verse 13
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1 Samuel 12

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13 Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. Behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.

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Panels 5
Word Entries 62
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.

וְעַתָּ֗ה הִנֵּ֥ה הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר שְׁאֶלְתֶּ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ׃

12 word entries
וְעַתָּ֗ה
Lemma
c/6258
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adverb
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6258
Occurrences
273
הִנֵּ֥ה
Lemma
2009
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H2009
Occurrences
473
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
Lemma
d/4428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1083
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם
Lemma
977
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H977
Occurrences
138
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
שְׁאֶלְתֶּ֑ם
Lemma
7592
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7592
Occurrences
98
וְהִנֵּ֨ה
Lemma
c/2009
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2009
Occurrences
370
נָתַ֧ן
Lemma
5414
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5414
Occurrences
1113
יְהוָ֛ה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
מֶֽלֶךְ
Lemma
4428
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4428
Occurrences
1112
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 νῦν ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεὺς ὃν ἐξελέξασθε· καὶ ἰδοὺ δέδωκε Κύριος ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς βασιλέα.

14 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
νῦν
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
νῦν
Transliteration
nyn
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
now
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
Now, at the present time.
Occurrences
614
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
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
βασιλεὺς
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
basileus
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
king
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
King or ruler.
Occurrences
3067
ὃν
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
ὅς
Transliteration
hon
Morphology
relative pronoun, accusative masculine singular
Gloss
whom, which
Part of Speech
relative pronoun
Definition
Relative pronoun who, which, that.
Occurrences
4123
ἐξελέξασθε
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
exelexasthe
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
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
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
δέδωκε
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
dedoke
Morphology
verb, perfect/aorist active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
Κύριος
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
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
ἐφʼ
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
ἐπί
Transliteration
eph
Morphology
preposition, elided form
Gloss
on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences
6685
ὑμᾶς
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
βασιλέα
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
basileus
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
king
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
King or ruler.
Occurrences
3067
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.

ܘܗܫܐ ܗܐ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܓܒܝܬܘܢ ܘܫܐܠܬܘܢ ܗܐ ܝܗܒ ܠܟܘܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܡܠܟܐ

10 word entries
ܘܗܫܐ
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
whsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
138
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
ܡܠܟܐ
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.
Transliteration
malka
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
king
Occurrences
1870
ܕܓܒܝܬܘܢ
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
dgbytwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
2
ܘܫܐܠܬܘܢ
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
wsh'ltwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
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
ܝܗܒ
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
ܝܗܒ
Transliteration
yahab
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
gave
Occurrences
147
ܠܟܘܢ
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
lkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
307
ܡܪܝܐ
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.
Transliteration
maryah
Morphology
divine title, emphatic form
Gloss
Lord
Occurrences
2917
ܡܠܟܐ
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.
Transliteration
malka
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
king
Occurrences
1870
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.

וּכְעַן הָא מַלְכָּא דְאִתְרְעִיתוּן דִי שְׁאֶלְתּוּן וְהָא מַנֵי יְיָ עֲלֵיכוֹן מַלְכָּא׃

11 word entries
וּכְעַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כען
Transliteration
wk'n
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
555
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
מַלְכָּא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מלך
Transliteration
mlk'
Morphology
prefixed preposition מ + noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
from king
Occurrences
2509
דְאִתְרְעִיתוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'tr'ytwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
5
דִי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
די
Transliteration
dy
Morphology
relative/genitive particle
Gloss
of, that, which
Occurrences
1711
שְׁאֶלְתּוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sh'ltwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
וְהָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
והא
Transliteration
wh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
254
מַנֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מני
Transliteration
mny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
268
יְיָ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yy
Morphology
divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss
the Lord
Occurrences
3908
עֲלֵיכוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lykwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
126
מַלְכָּא׃
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מלך
Transliteration
mlk'
Morphology
prefixed preposition מ + noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
from king
Occurrences
2509
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.

Nunc ergo præsto est rex vester, quem elegistis et petistis: ecce dedit vobis Dominus regem.

15 word entries
nunc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nunc
Transliteration
nunc
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
620
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
praesto
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
praesto
Transliteration
praesto
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
51
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
rex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
rex
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981
vester
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vester
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
quem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quem
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
elegistis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
eligo
Transliteration
elegistis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
325
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
petistis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
peto
Transliteration
petistis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
121
ecce
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ecce
Transliteration
ecce
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
1031
dedit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
do
Transliteration
dedit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2116
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
Dominus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Dominus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
regem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
rex
Transliteration
regem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2981

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.

1 Samuel 10:24

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?” All the people shouted and said, “Long live the king!”

5 relevance votes

Hosea 13:11

I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

5 relevance votes

1 Samuel 8:5

They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

4 relevance votes

1 Samuel 11:15

All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

2 relevance votes

Acts 13:21

Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

2 relevance votes

1 Samuel 9:20

As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don’t set your mind on them, for they have been found. For whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you and all your father’s house?”

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