1 Samuel
Chapter 17
Verse 23
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1 Samuel 17

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23 As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 17:23. 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 85
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.

וְה֣וּא ׀ מְדַבֵּ֣ר עִמָּ֗ם וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִ֣ישׁ הַבֵּנַ֡יִם עוֹלֶ֞ה גָּלְיָת֩ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י שְׁמ֤וֹ מִגַּת֙ ממערות פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע דָּוִֽד׃

19 word entries
וְה֣וּא
Lemma
c/1931
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + pronoun
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1931
Occurrences
260
מְדַבֵּ֣ר
Lemma
1696
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1696
Occurrences
702
עִמָּ֗ם
Lemma
5973 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5973
Occurrences
900
וְהִנֵּ֣ה
Lemma
c/2009
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2009
Occurrences
370
אִ֣ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
הַבֵּנַ֡יִם
Lemma
d/1143
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine dual absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1143
Occurrences
2
עוֹלֶ֞ה
Lemma
5927
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5927
Occurrences
451
גָּלְיָת֩
Lemma
1555
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1555
Occurrences
6
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י
Lemma
d/6430
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun gentilic masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H6430
Occurrences
42
שְׁמ֤וֹ
Lemma
8034
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8034
Occurrences
521
מִגַּת֙
Lemma
m/1661
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1661
Occurrences
4
ממערות
Lemma
m/4630
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4630
Occurrences
1
מִמַּעַרְכ֣וֹת
Lemma
m/4634
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4634
Occurrences
1
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
Lemma
6430
Morphology
Hebrew: noun gentilic masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6430
Occurrences
203
וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר
Lemma
c/1696
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb piel sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1696
Occurrences
331
כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים
Lemma
k/1697
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
95
הָאֵ֑לֶּה
Lemma
d/428
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + pronoun
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H428
Occurrences
276
וַיִּשְׁמַ֖ע
Lemma
c/8085
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
250
דָּוִֽד
Lemma
1732
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1732
Occurrences
847
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.

ܘܥܕ ܗܘ ܡܡܠܠ ܥܡܗܘܢ ܗܐ ܓܒܪܐ ܓܢܒܪܐ ܣ̇ܠܩ ܓܘܠܝܕ ܦܠܫܬܝܐ ܫܡܗ ܡܢ ܓܬ ܡܢ ܣܕܪܐ ܕܦܠܫ̈ܬܝܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܘܫܡܥ ܕܘܝܕ

21 word entries
ܘܥܕ
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
ܘܥܕ
Transliteration
w'd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
26
ܗܘ
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
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
ܡܡܠܠ
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
mmll
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
55
ܥܡܗܘܢ
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
'mhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
131
ܗܐ
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
ܗܐ
Transliteration
h'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
591
ܓܒܪܐ
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
gbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
622
ܓܢܒܪܐ
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
gnbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
64
ܣ̇ܠܩ
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
ܣܠܩ
Transliteration
slq
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
77
ܓܘܠܝܕ
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
gwlyd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܦܠܫܬܝܐ
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
plshty'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
99
ܫܡܗ
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
ܫܡܗ
Transliteration
shmh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
146
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
ܓܬ
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
ܓܬ
Transliteration
gt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
11
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
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.
Transliteration
sdr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
11
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
ܘܐܡܪ
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'mr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1697
ܡ̈ܠܐ
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
ܡܠܐ
Transliteration
ml'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
159
ܗܠܝܢ
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
hlyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
840
ܘܫܡܥ
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
wshm'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
102
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
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.

וְהוּא מְמַלֵיל עִמְהוֹן וְהָא גַבְרָא מִבֵּינֵיהוֹן סְלִיק גָלְיַת פְּלִשְׁתָּאָה שְׁמֵיהּ מִגָת מִסִדְרֵי פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי וּמַלֵיל כְּפִתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין וּשְׁמַע דָוִד׃

18 word entries
וְהוּא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוא
Transliteration
whw'
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
and he, it
Occurrences
992
מְמַלֵיל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mmlyl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
122
עִמְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'mhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
100
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
גַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
מִבֵּינֵיהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mbynyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
17
סְלִיק
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
slyq
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
163
גָלְיַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
glyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
13
פְּלִשְׁתָּאָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
plsht'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
33
שְׁמֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shmyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
125
מִגָת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מגת
Transliteration
mgt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
8
מִסִדְרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
msdry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
30
פְלִשְׁתָּאֵי
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
וּמַלֵיל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wmlyl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
122
כְּפִתְגָמַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
kptgmy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
107
הָאִלֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
h'lyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
171
וּשְׁמַע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שמע
Transliteration
wshm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
154
דָוִד׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דוד
Transliteration
dwd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1106
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.

Cumque adhuc ille loqueretur eis, apparuit vir ille spurius ascendens, Goliath nomine, Philisthæus de Geth, de castris Philisthinorum: et loquente eo hæc eadem verba audivit David.

27 word entries
cumque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cumque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
{cumque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{cumque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
adhuc
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
adhuc
Transliteration
adhuc
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
271
ille
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
ille
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
loqueretur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loqueretur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543
eis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
apparuit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
appareo
Transliteration
apparuit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
202
vir
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
vir
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
ille
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
ille
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
spurius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
spurius
Transliteration
spurius
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
2
ascendens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ascendo
Transliteration
ascendens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
671
Goliath
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Goliath
Transliteration
Goliath
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
6
nomine
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nomen
Transliteration
nomine
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1130
Philistheus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Philistheus
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
48
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
Geth
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Geth
Transliteration
Geth
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
35
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
castris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
castra
Transliteration
castris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
263
Philisthinorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Philisthinorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
54
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
loquente
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
loquente
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
haec
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
haec
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
eadem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
idem
Transliteration
eadem
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
187
verba
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verba
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
audivit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audivit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
David
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dauid
Transliteration
David
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1095
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: "And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them ." 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

These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.

  • 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.

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