13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 17:13. 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.
וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת בְּנֵֽי־יִשַׁי֙ הַגְּדֹלִ֔ים הָלְכ֥וּ אַחֲרֵי־שָׁא֖וּל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֣ם ׀ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת בָּנָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָלְכוּ֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה אֱלִיאָ֣ב הַבְּכ֗וֹר וּמִשְׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ אֲבִ֣ינָדָ֔ב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖י שַׁמָּֽה׃
וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ
שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת
בְּנֵֽי
הַגְּדֹלִ֔ים
הָלְכ֥וּ
אַחֲרֵי
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה
וְשֵׁ֣ם
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
בָּנָ֗יו
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
הָלְכוּ֙
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה
הַבְּכ֗וֹר
וּמִשְׁנֵ֨הוּ֙
וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖י
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.
ܘܐܙܠܘ ܬܠܬܐ ܒܢ̈ܘܗܝ ܕܐܝܫܝ ܪ̈ܘܪܒܐ ܒܬܪ ܫܐܘܠ ܠܩܪܒܐ ܘܫܡ̈ܗܝܗܘܢ ܐܠܝܒ ܒܘܟܪܗ ܘܬܢܝܢܗ ܐܒܝܢܕܒ ܘܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܫܡܐ
ܘܐܙܠܘ
- 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
- ܘܐܙܠܘ
- Transliteration
- w'zlw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 111
ܬܠܬܐ
- 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
- ܬܠܬܐ
- Transliteration
- tlt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 126
ܒܢ̈ܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܒܢܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- bnwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 145
ܕܐܝܫܝ
- 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
- ܕܐܝܫܝ
- Transliteration
- d'yshy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 11
ܪ̈ܘܪܒܐ
- 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
- ܪܘܪܒܐ
- Transliteration
- rwrb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 42
ܒܬܪ
- 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
- ܒܬܪ
- Transliteration
- btr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 301
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
ܠܩܪܒܐ
- 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
- ܠܩܪܒܐ
- Transliteration
- lqrb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 84
ܘܫܡ̈ܗܝܗܘܢ
- 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
- ܘܫܡܗܝܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- wshmhyhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܐܠܝܒ
- 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
- ܐܠܝܒ
- Transliteration
- 'lyb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 15
ܒܘܟܪܗ
- 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
- ܒܘܟܪܗ
- Transliteration
- bwkrh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 34
ܘܬܢܝܢܗ
- 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
- ܘܬܢܝܢܗ
- Transliteration
- wtnynh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܐܒܝܢܕܒ
- 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
- ܐܒܝܢܕܒ
- Transliteration
- 'byndb
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 7
ܘܬܠܝܬܝܐ
- 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
- ܘܬܠܝܬܝܐ
- Transliteration
- wtlyty'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2
ܫܡܐ
- 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
- ܫܡܐ
- Transliteration
- shm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 55
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.
וַאֲזַלוּ תְּלָתָא בְּנֵי יִשַׁי רַבְרְבַיָא אֲזָלוּ בָּתַר שָׁאוּל לִקְרָבָא וְשׁוּם תְּלָתָא בְנוֹהִי דַאֲזָלוּ לִקְרָבָא אֱלִיאָב בּוּכְרָא וְתִנְיָנֵיהּ אֲבִינָדָב וּתְלִיתָאָה שַׁמָה׃
וַאֲזַלוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אזלו
- Transliteration
- w'zlw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 118
תְּלָתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תלתא
- Transliteration
- tlt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 158
בְּנֵי
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- בר
- Transliteration
- bny
- Morphology
- noun plural construct
- Gloss
- sons, children of
- Occurrences
- 2734
יִשַׁי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ישי
- Transliteration
- yshy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 54
רַבְרְבַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- רברביא
- Transliteration
- rbrby'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 62
אֲזָלוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אזלו
- Transliteration
- 'zlw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 118
בָּתַר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- בתר
- Transliteration
- btr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 428
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
לִקְרָבָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קרבא
- Transliteration
- lqrb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 469
וְשׁוּם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שום
- Transliteration
- wshwm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 178
תְּלָתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תלתא
- Transliteration
- tlt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 158
בְנוֹהִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נוהי
- Transliteration
- bnwhy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 52
דַאֲזָלוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אזלו
- Transliteration
- d'zlw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 118
לִקְרָבָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קרבא
- Transliteration
- lqrb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 469
אֱלִיאָב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אליאב
- Transliteration
- 'ly'b
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 11
בּוּכְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- וכרא
- Transliteration
- bwkr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 31
וְתִנְיָנֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תניניה
- Transliteration
- wtnynyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4
אֲבִינָדָב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אבינדב
- Transliteration
- 'byndb
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 13
וּתְלִיתָאָה
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תליתאה
- Transliteration
- wtlyt'h
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 44
שַׁמָה׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שמה
- Transliteration
- shmh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 29
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Abierunt autem tres filii ejus majores post Saul in prælium: et nomina trium filiorum ejus qui perrexerunt ad bellum, Eliab primogenitus, et secundus Abinadab, tertiusque Samma.
abierunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- abeo
- Transliteration
- abierunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 404
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
tres
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tres
- Transliteration
- tres
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 502
filii
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filius
- Transliteration
- filii
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 5067
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
maiores
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- magnus
- Transliteration
- maiores
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1017
post
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- post
- Transliteration
- post
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 621
Saul
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Saul
- Transliteration
- Saul
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 388
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
proelium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- proelium
- Transliteration
- proelium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 159
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
nomina
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nomen
- Transliteration
- nomina
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 1130
trium
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tres
- Transliteration
- trium
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 502
filiorum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- filius
- Transliteration
- filiorum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 5067
eius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
qui
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- qui
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
perrexerant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- pergo
- Transliteration
- perrexerant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 163
ad
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ad
- Transliteration
- ad
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 7531
bellum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bellum
- Transliteration
- bellum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 186
Heliab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Heliab
- Transliteration
- Heliab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 10
primogenitus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- primogenitus
- Transliteration
- primogenitus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 136
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
secundus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- secundus
- Transliteration
- secundus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 166
Abinadab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Abinadab
- Transliteration
- Abinadab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 11
tertiusque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tertius
- Transliteration
- tertiusque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 210
{tertiusque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {tertiusque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
Samma
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Samma
- Transliteration
- Samma
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 12
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: "And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah." 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.
1 Chronicles 2:13
and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
4 relevance votes2 Samuel 13:32
Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered, “Don’t let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
2 relevance votes1 Samuel 17:28
Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”
2 relevance votes2 Samuel 21:21
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
2 relevance votes2 Samuel 13:3
But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
2 relevance votes