21 Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 17:21. 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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Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַתַּעֲרֹ֤ךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים מַעֲרָכָ֖ה לִקְרַ֥את מַעֲרָכָֽה׃
וַתַּעֲרֹ֤ךְ
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
מַעֲרָכָ֖ה
לִקְרַ֥את
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.
ܘܐܣܬܕܪܘ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܘܦܠܫ̈ܬܝܐ ܣܕܪܐ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܣܕܪܐ
ܘܐܣܬܕܪܘ
- 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
- ܘܐܣܬܕܪܘ
- Transliteration
- w'stdrw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4
ܐܝܣܪܝܠ
- 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
- ܐܝܣܪܝܠ
- Transliteration
- 'ysryl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 809
ܘܦܠܫ̈ܬܝܐ
- 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
- ܘܦܠܫܬܝܐ
- Transliteration
- wplshty'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 18
ܣܕܪܐ
- 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
- ܣܕܪܐ
- Transliteration
- sdr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 11
ܠܘܩܒܠ
- 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
- ܠܘܩܒܠ
- Transliteration
- lwqbl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 112
ܣܕܪܐ
- 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
- ܣܕܪܐ
- Transliteration
- sdr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 11
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.
וְסַדָרוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי סִדְרָא לִקֳדָמוּת סִדְרָא׃
וְסַדָרוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סדרו
- Transliteration
- wsdrw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 19
יִשְׂרָאֵל
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- ישראל
- Transliteration
- yshr'l
- Morphology
- proper noun
- Gloss
- Israel
- Occurrences
- 2312
וּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פלשתאי
- Transliteration
- wplsht'y
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 256
סִדְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סדרא
- Transliteration
- sdr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 23
לִקֳדָמוּת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קדמות
- Transliteration
- lqdmwt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 44
סִדְרָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- סדרא
- Transliteration
- sdr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 23
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Direxerat enim aciem Israël, sed et Philisthiim ex adverso fuerant præparati.
direxerat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dirigo
- Transliteration
- direxerat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 101
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
aciem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- acies
- Transliteration
- aciem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 29
Israhel
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Israel
- Transliteration
- Israhel
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 2547
sed
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sed
- Transliteration
- sed
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1637
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
Philisthim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Philisthim
- Transliteration
- Philisthim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 133
ex
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ex
- Transliteration
- ex
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 1715
adverso
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aduersus
- Transliteration
- adverso
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 428
fuerant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- fuerant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
praeparati
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praeparo
- Transliteration
- praeparati
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 123
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: "For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army." 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.