1 Samuel
Chapter 17
Verse 15
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1 Samuel 17

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15 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 17:15. 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 49
Editorial Notes 1
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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.

וְדָוִ֛ד הֹלֵ֥ךְ וָשָׁ֖ב מֵעַ֣ל שָׁא֑וּל לִרְע֛וֹת אֶת־צֹ֥אן אָבִ֖יו בֵּֽית־לָֽחֶם׃

11 word entries
וְדָוִ֛ד
Lemma
c/1732
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun proper
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1732
Occurrences
44
הֹלֵ֥ךְ
Lemma
1980
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1980
Occurrences
372
וָשָׁ֖ב
Lemma
c/7725
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7725
Occurrences
428
מֵעַ֣ל
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
300
שָׁא֑וּל
Lemma
7586
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7586
Occurrences
353
לִרְע֛וֹת
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7462
Occurrences
8
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
צֹ֥אן
Lemma
6629
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6629
Occurrences
120
אָבִ֖יו
Lemma
1
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1
Occurrences
995
בֵּֽית
Lemma
1035+
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1035
Occurrences
26
לָֽחֶם
Lemma
1035
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1035
Occurrences
41
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.

ܘܗܘ ܕܘܝܕ ܗܦܟ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܠܘܬ ܫܐܘܠ ܘܐܙܠ ܠܡܪܥܐ ܥܢܐ ܕܐܒܘܗܝ ܒܝܬ ܠܚܡ

13 word entries
ܘܗܘ
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
ܘܗܘ
Transliteration
whw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
178
ܕܘܝܕ
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
dwyd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
617
ܗܦܟ
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
ܗܦܟ
Transliteration
hpk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
52
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1800
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
ܠܘܬ
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
ܠܘܬ
Transliteration
lwt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
548
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.
Transliteration
sh'wl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
265
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
ܠܡܪܥܐ
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
lmr''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
3
ܥܢܐ
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
ܥܢܐ
Transliteration
'n'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
115
ܕܐܒܘܗܝ
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
d'bwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
20
ܒܝܬ
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
ܒܝܬ
Transliteration
beth
Morphology
noun, construct form
Gloss
house of
Occurrences
480
ܠܚܡ
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
ܠܚܡ
Transliteration
lhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
29
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.

וְדָוִד אֲזַל וְתַב מִלְוַת שָׁאוּל לְמִרְעֵי יַת עֲנָא דַאֲבוּהִי בֵּית לֶחֶם׃

11 word entries
וְדָוִד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דוד
Transliteration
wdwd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1106
אֲזַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אזל
Transliteration
'zl
Morphology
verbal root אזל
Gloss
went, departed
Occurrences
220
וְתַב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ותב
Transliteration
wtb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
84
מִלְוַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לות
Transliteration
mlwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
430
שָׁאוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
sh'wl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
424
לְמִרְעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmr'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
6
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
עֲנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ענא
Transliteration
'n'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
53
דַאֲבוּהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
d'bwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
131
בֵּית
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בית
Transliteration
byt
Morphology
noun construct/absolute
Gloss
house, household
Occurrences
2611
לֶחֶם׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לחם
Transliteration
lchm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
79
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.

abiit David, et reversus est a Saul ut pasceret gregem patris sui in Bethlehem.

14 word entries
abiit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
abeo
Transliteration
abiit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
404
David
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dauid
Transliteration
David
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1095
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
reversus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
reversus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
578
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
a
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
a
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
Saul
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Saul
Transliteration
Saul
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
388
ut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ut
Transliteration
ut
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4533
pasceret
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pasco
Transliteration
pasceret
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
90
gregem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
grex
Transliteration
gregem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
182
patris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
patris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
sui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
sui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
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
Bethleem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Bethleem
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
47
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note

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: "But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem." 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.

Source availability notes

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    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.

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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 16:11

Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

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