1 Samuel
Chapter 17
Verse 57
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1 Samuel 17

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57 As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

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Word Entries 62
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.

וּכְשׁ֣וּב דָּוִ֗ד מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֹתוֹ֙ אַבְנֵ֔ר וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ לִפְנֵ֣י שָׁא֑וּל וְרֹ֥אשׁ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

14 word entries
וּכְשׁ֣וּב
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7725
Occurrences
1
דָּוִ֗ד
Lemma
1732
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1732
Occurrences
847
מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙
Lemma
m/5221
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb hiphil infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5221
Occurrences
7
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י
Lemma
d/6430
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun gentilic masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H6430
Occurrences
42
וַיִּקַּ֤ח
Lemma
c/3947
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3947
Occurrences
500
אֹתוֹ֙
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker + suffix
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
אַבְנֵ֔ר
Lemma
74
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H74
Occurrences
51
וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ
Lemma
c/935
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
984
לִפְנֵ֣י
Lemma
l/6440
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
1012
שָׁא֑וּל
Lemma
7586
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7586
Occurrences
353
וְרֹ֥אשׁ
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7218
Occurrences
25
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י
Lemma
d/6430
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun gentilic masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H6430
Occurrences
42
בְּיָדֽוֹ
Lemma
b/3027
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3027
Occurrences
546
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.

ܘܟܕ ܗܦܟ ܕܘܝܕ ܟܕ ܩܛܠܗ ܠܦܠܫܬܝܐ ܕܒܪܗ ܐܒܢܝܪ ܘܐܥܠܗ ܩܕܡ ܫܐܘܠ ܘܪܝܫܗ ܕܦܠܫܬܝܐ ܒܐܝܕܗ

14 word entries
ܘܟܕ
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
ܘܟܕ
Transliteration
wkd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
406
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
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
ܟܕ
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
ܟܕ
Transliteration
kd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
881
ܩܛܠܗ
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
qtlh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
11
ܠܦܠܫܬܝܐ
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
lplshty'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
22
ܕܒܪܗ
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
dbrh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
16
ܐܒܢܝܪ
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
'bnyr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
31
ܘܐܥܠܗ
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''lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
4
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
ܘܪܝܫܗ
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
wryshh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
ܕܦܠܫܬܝܐ
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
ܒܐܝܕܗ
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
b'ydh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
83
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.

וְכַד תַּב דָוִד מִלְמִקְטַל יַת פְלִשְׁתָּאָה וּדְבַר יָתֵיהּ אַבְנֵר וְאַיְתֵיהּ קֳדָם שָׁאוּל וְרֵישָׁא דִפְלִשְׁתָּאָה בִּידֵיהּ׃

15 word entries
וְכַד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
וכד
Transliteration
wkd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
83
תַּב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תב
Transliteration
tb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
33
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
מִלְמִקְטַל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mlmqtl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
3
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
פְלִשְׁתָּאָה
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
וּדְבַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
דבר
Transliteration
wdbr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root דבר
Gloss
and led, took, brought
Occurrences
132
יָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
381
אַבְנֵר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bnr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
62
וְאַיְתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'ytyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
9
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
וְרֵישָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wrysh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
57
דִפְלִשְׁתָּאָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dplsht'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
33
בִּידֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bydyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
131
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 regressus esset David, percusso Philisthæo, tulit eum Abner, et introduxit coram Saule, caput Philisthæi habentem in manu.

19 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
regressus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
regressus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
30
esset
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
esset
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
David
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dauid
Transliteration
David
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1095
percusso
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
percusso
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
576
Philistheo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Philistheo
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
3
tulit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fero
Transliteration
tulit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
392
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
Abner
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Abner
Transliteration
Abner
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
introduxit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
introduxit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
87
coram
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
coram
Transliteration
coram
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
710
Saul
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Saul
Transliteration
Saul
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
388
caput
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
caput
Transliteration
caput
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
501
Philisthei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Philisthei
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
48
habentem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habentem
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641
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
manu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
manus
Transliteration
manu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1822
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 David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand." 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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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 17:54

David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.

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