1 Samuel
Chapter 17
Verse 31
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1 Samuel 17

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31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 17:31. 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 37
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.

וַיְּשָּֽׁמְעוּ֙ הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר דָּוִ֑ד וַיַּגִּ֥דוּ לִפְנֵֽי־שָׁא֖וּל וַיִּקָּחֵֽהוּ׃

9 word entries
וַיְּשָּֽׁמְעוּ֙
Lemma
c/8085
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb niphal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8085
Occurrences
250
הַדְּבָרִ֔ים
Lemma
d/1697
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1697
Occurrences
351
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
Lemma
834 a
Morphology
Hebrew: particle relative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H834
Occurrences
4808
דִּבֶּ֣ר
Lemma
1696
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1696
Occurrences
702
דָּוִ֑ד
Lemma
1732
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1732
Occurrences
847
וַיַּגִּ֥דוּ
Lemma
c/5046
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5046
Occurrences
165
לִפְנֵֽי
Lemma
l/6440
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
1012
שָׁא֖וּל
Lemma
7586
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7586
Occurrences
353
וַיִּקָּחֵֽהוּ
Lemma
c/3947
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3947
Occurrences
500
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.

ܘܐܫܬܡܥ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܡܠܠ ܕܘܝܕ ܩܕܡ ܫܐܘܠ ܘܕܒܪܗ

7 word entries
ܘܐܫܬܡܥ
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'shtm'
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
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
ܕܡܠܠ
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
dmll
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
32
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
ܩܕܡ
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
ܩܕܡ
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1019
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
ܘܕܒܪܗ
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
wdbrh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
15
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.

וְאִשְׁתְּמָעוּ פִתְגָמַיָא דְמַלֵיל דָוִד וְחַוִיאוּ קֳדָם שָׁאוּל וְדַבַּרְהִי׃

8 word entries
וְאִשְׁתְּמָעוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'shtm'w
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
7
פִתְגָמַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ptgmy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
107
דְמַלֵיל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dmlyl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
122
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
וְחַוִיאוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wchwy'w
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
37
קֳדָם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
קדם
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
prepositional or nominal form
Gloss
before, in front of, east
Occurrences
2023
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
וְדַבַּרְהִי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wdbrhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
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.

Audita sunt autem verba quæ locutus est David, et annuntiata in conspectu Saul.

13 word entries
audita
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
audio
Transliteration
audita
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1534
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
verba
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uerbum
Transliteration
verba
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1162
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
locutus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
loquor
Transliteration
locutus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1543
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
adnuntiata
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
adnuntiata
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
169
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
conspectu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
conspectu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
413
Saul
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Saul
Transliteration
Saul
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
388
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 when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him." 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.

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.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

3 relevance votes
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