7 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is before Egypt.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 15:7. 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.
וַיַּ֥ךְ שָׁא֖וּל אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֑ק מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙ בּוֹאֲךָ֣ שׁ֔וּר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מִצְרָֽיִם׃
וַיַּ֥ךְ
אֶת
מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙
בּוֹאֲךָ֣
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
עַל
פְּנֵ֥י
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 ἐπάταξε Σαοὺλ τὸν Ἀμαλὴκ ἀπὸ Εὐειλὰτ ἕως Σοὺρ ἐπὶ προσώπου Αἰγύπτου.
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
ἐπάταξε
- 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
- πατάσσω
- Transliteration
- epataxe
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it struck
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To strike, smite, hit, or wound.
- Occurrences
- 233
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.
- Lemma
- Σαούλ
- Transliteration
- Saoul
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Saul
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Saul, biblical personal name.
- Occurrences
- 380
τὸν
- 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
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
Ἀμαλὴκ
- 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.
- Lemma
- Ἀμαλὴκ
- Transliteration
- amalek
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Ἀμαλὴκ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 29
ἀπὸ
- 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
- ἀπό
- Transliteration
- apo
- Morphology
- preposition with genitive
- Gloss
- from, away from
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
- Occurrences
- 3869
Εὐειλὰτ
- 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.
- Lemma
- Εὐειλὰτ
- Transliteration
- eyeilat
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Εὐειλὰτ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
ἕως
- 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
- ἕως
- Transliteration
- heos
- Morphology
- preposition/conjunction
- Gloss
- until, as far as
- Part of Speech
- preposition/conjunction
- Definition
- Temporal or spatial marker.
- Occurrences
- 1413
Σοὺρ
- 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.
- Lemma
- Σοὺρ
- Transliteration
- soyr
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Σοὺρ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 10
ἐπὶ
- 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
- epi
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- on, upon, over, against
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
- Occurrences
- 6685
προσώπου
- 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
- πρόσωπον
- Transliteration
- prosopon
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- face, presence
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Face, presence, person, or front.
- Occurrences
- 1170
Αἰγύπτου
- 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
- Αἴγυπτος
- Transliteration
- Aigyptou
- Morphology
- proper noun, genitive singular
- Gloss
- of Egypt
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Egypt.
- Occurrences
- 600
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.
ܘܡܚܐ ܫܐܘܠ ܠܥܡܠܝܩ ܡܢ ܚܘܝܠܐ ܕܒܡܥܠܢܐ ܕܫܘܕ ܕܩܕܡ ܡܨܪܝܢ
ܘܡܚܐ
- 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
- ܘܡܚܐ
- Transliteration
- wmh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 35
ܫܐܘܠ
- 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
- ܫܐܘܠ
- Transliteration
- sh'wl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 265
ܠܥܡܠܝܩ
- 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
- ܠܥܡܠܝܩ
- Transliteration
- l'mlyq
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 3
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
ܚܘܝܠܐ
- 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
- ܚܘܝܠܐ
- Transliteration
- hwyl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 3
ܕܒܡܥܠܢܐ
- 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
- ܕܒܡܥܠܢܐ
- Transliteration
- dbm'ln'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܕܫܘܕ
- 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
- ܕܫܘܕ
- Transliteration
- dshwd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܕܩܕܡ
- 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
- ܕܩܕܡ
- Transliteration
- dqdm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 30
ܡܨܪܝܢ
- 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
- ܡܨܪܝܢ
- Transliteration
- msryn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 61
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.
וּמְחָא שָׁאוּל יַת דְבֵית עֲמָלֵק מַחֲוִילָה מַעֲלָנָא דְחַגְרָא דִי עַל אַפֵּי מִצְרָיִם׃
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
שָׁאוּל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שאול
- Transliteration
- sh'wl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 424
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
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
עֲמָלֵק
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עמלק
- Transliteration
- 'mlq
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 33
מַחֲוִילָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חוילה
- Transliteration
- mchwylh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
מַעֲלָנָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עלנא
- Transliteration
- m'ln'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 132
דְחַגְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חגרא
- Transliteration
- dchgr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 3
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
עַל
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- על
- Transliteration
- 'l
- Morphology
- preposition
- Gloss
- on, upon, against, concerning
- Occurrences
- 3568
אַפֵּי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אפי
- Transliteration
- 'py
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 212
מִצְרָיִם׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- צרים
- Transliteration
- mtsrym
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 51
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Percussitque Saul Amalec ab Hevila donec venias ad Sur, quæ est e regione Ægypti.
percussitque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- percutio
- Transliteration
- percussitque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 576
{percussitque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {percussitque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
Saul
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Saul
- Transliteration
- Saul
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 388
Amalech
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Amalech
- Transliteration
- Amalech
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 40
ab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- ab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
Evila
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Euila
- Transliteration
- Evila
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 5
donec
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- donec
- Transliteration
- donec
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 328
venias
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- venias
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
Sur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Sur
- Transliteration
- Sur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 4
quae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
e
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ex
- Transliteration
- e
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1715
regione
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- regio
- Transliteration
- regione
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 261
Aegypti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Aegyptus
- Transliteration
- Aegypti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 617
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.
Genesis 25:18
They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
5 relevance votes1 Samuel 14:48
He did valiantly and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
5 relevance votesGenesis 16:7
Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
5 relevance votes1 Samuel 27:8
David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
4 relevance votesGenesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
3 relevance votesExodus 15:22
Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
3 relevance votesEcclesiastes 8:13
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
2 relevance votesJob 21:30
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
2 relevance votes