1 Samuel
Chapter 14
Verse 16
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1 Samuel 14

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16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 14:16. 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 70
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.

וַיִּרְא֤וּ הַצֹּפִים֙ לְשָׁא֔וּל בְּגִבְעַ֖ת בִּנְיָמִ֑ן וְהִנֵּ֧ה הֶהָמ֛וֹן נָמ֖וֹג וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַהֲלֹֽם׃ פ

10 word entries
וַיִּרְא֤וּ
Lemma
c/7200
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7200
Occurrences
487
הַצֹּפִים֙
Lemma
d/6822
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H6822
Occurrences
11
לְשָׁא֔וּל
Lemma
l/7586
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7586
Occurrences
25
בְּגִבְעַ֖ת
Lemma
b/1390
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1390
Occurrences
10
בִּנְיָמִ֑ן
Lemma
1144
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1144
Occurrences
113
וְהִנֵּ֧ה
Lemma
c/2009
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2009
Occurrences
370
הֶהָמ֛וֹן
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1995
Occurrences
17
נָמ֖וֹג
Lemma
4127
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H4127
Occurrences
13
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
Lemma
c/3212
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3212
Occurrences
453
וַהֲלֹֽם
Lemma
c/1986
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adverb
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1986
Occurrences
2
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 εἶδον οἱ σκοποὶ τοῦ Σαοὺλ ἐν Γαβαὰ Βενιαμὶν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ παρεμβολὴ τεταραγμένη ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν.

17 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
εἶδον
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
eidon
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
Gloss
I/they saw
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To see, perceive, or look at.
Occurrences
768
οἱ
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
σκοποὶ
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
skopoi
Morphology
nominative plural masculine 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
2
τοῦ
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
Σαοὺλ
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
Saoul
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Saul
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Saul, biblical personal name.
Occurrences
380
ἐν
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
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
Γαβαὰ
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
gabaa
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Γαβαὰ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
25
Βενιαμὶν
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
Beniamin
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Benjamin
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Benjamin.
Occurrences
165
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
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
παρεμβολὴ
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
parembole
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
camp, encampment
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Camp, encampment, army camp, or fortified position.
Occurrences
249
τεταραγμένη
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
tetaragmene
Morphology
nominative feminine 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
ἔνθεν
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
enthen
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
from here, from there
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
From here, from there, or hence.
Occurrences
70
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
ἔνθεν
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
enthen
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
from here, from there
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
From here, from there, or hence.
Occurrences
70
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.

ܘܚܙܘ ܕܘܩ̈ܐ ܕܫܐܘܠ ܕܒܓܒܥܬܐ ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܘܗܐ ܚܝܠܐ ܕܦܠܫ̈ܬܝܐ ܙܥ ܘܐܙܠ ܘܐܬܬܒܪ

11 word entries
ܘܚܙܘ
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
whzw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
79
ܕܘܩ̈ܐ
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
dwq'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
18
ܕܫܐܘܠ
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
dsh'wl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
55
ܕܒܓܒܥܬܐ
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
dbgb't'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
3
ܕܒܢܝܡܝܢ
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
dbnymyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
38
ܘܗܐ
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
ܘܗܐ
Transliteration
wh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
188
ܚܝܠܐ
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
hyl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
331
ܕܦܠܫ̈ܬܝܐ
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
dplshty'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
88
ܙܥ
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
ܙܥ
Transliteration
z'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
8
ܘܐܙܠ
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'zl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
191
ܘܐܬܬܒܪ
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'ttbr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
12
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.

וַחֲזוֹ סִכְוָאַיָא לְשָׁאוּל בְּגִבְעֲתָא דְבֵית בִּנְיָמִין וְהָא הֲמוֹן מַשִׁרְיַת פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי אִתְּבַר אָזֵיל תַּבְרֵיהּ וְסַגִי׃

14 word entries
וַחֲזוֹ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חזו
Transliteration
wchzw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
101
סִכְוָאַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
skw'y'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
לְשָׁאוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lsh'wl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
424
בְּגִבְעֲתָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bgb't'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
62
דְבֵית
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בית
Transliteration
dbyt
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun construct/absolute
Gloss
of/that house, household
Occurrences
2611
בִּנְיָמִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bnymyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
81
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
הֲמוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
hmwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
12
מַשִׁרְיַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mshryt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
76
פְּלִשְׁתָּאֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
plsht'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
256
אִתְּבַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tbr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
32
אָזֵיל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'zyl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
149
תַּבְרֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tbryh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
9
וְסַגִי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
סגי
Transliteration
wsgy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
191
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.

Et respexerunt speculatores Saul qui erant in Gabaa Benjamin, et ecce multitudo prostrata, et huc illucque diffugiens.

18 word entries
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
respexerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
respexerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
203
speculatores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
speculatores
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
21
Saul
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Saul
Transliteration
Saul
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
388
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
erant
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
erant
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
Gabaa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Gabaa
Transliteration
Gabaa
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
38
Beniamin
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Beniamin
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
158
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
ecce
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ecce
Transliteration
ecce
Morphology
GreLa POS: other
Occurrences
1031
multitudo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
multitudo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
391
prostrata
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
prostrata
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
36
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
huc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
huc
Transliteration
huc
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
68
illucque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
illuc
Transliteration
illucque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
75
{illucque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{illucque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
diffugiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
diffugiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
3

Ranked cross references

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1 Samuel 14:20

Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and behold, they were all striking each other with their swords in very great confusion.

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 19:2

I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

2 relevance votes

Judges 7:22

They blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every man’s sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 68:2

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

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Psalms 58:7

Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

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