1 Samuel
Chapter 20
Verse 10
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1 Samuel 20

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10 Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 20:10. 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 63
Editorial Notes 0
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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.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן מִ֖י יַגִּ֣יד לִ֑י א֛וֹ מַה־יַּעַנְךָ֥ אָבִ֖יךָ קָשָֽׁה׃ ס

12 word entries
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
דָּוִד֙
Lemma
1732
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1732
Occurrences
847
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן
Lemma
3083
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3083
Occurrences
63
מִ֖י
Lemma
4310
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4310
Occurrences
333
יַגִּ֣יד
Lemma
5046
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5046
Occurrences
170
לִ֑י
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
א֛וֹ
Lemma
176 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H176
Occurrences
320
מַה
Lemma
4100
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
449
יַּעַנְךָ֥
Lemma
6030 b
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6030
Occurrences
133
אָבִ֖יךָ
Lemma
1
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1
Occurrences
995
קָשָֽׁה
Lemma
7186
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7186
Occurrences
25
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Ἰωνάθαν, τίς ἀπαγγείλῃ μοι, ἐὰν ἀποκριθῇ ὁ πατήρ σου σκληρῶς;

14 word entries
Καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
εἶπε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eipe
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
Δαυὶδ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
David
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
David
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
David.
Occurrences
1047
πρὸς
Status
Machine-aligned lexicon entry
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Aligned to an existing lexicon entry but not manually reviewed for this LXX verse.
Note
Machine-aligned to an existing lexicon entry. Verify against the source before treating as hand-curated.
Transliteration
pros
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with/toward
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
with/toward
Strong's
G4314
Occurrences
3989
Ἰωνάθαν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Ionathan
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Jonathan
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Jonathan.
Occurrences
218
τίς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
τίς
Transliteration
tis
Morphology
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Gloss
who, someone
Part of Speech
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Definition
Interrogative or indefinite pronoun depending on accent/context.
Occurrences
1124
ἀπαγγείλῃ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
apaggeile
Morphology
nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
μοι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
ἐὰν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐάν
Transliteration
ean
Morphology
conditional particle
Gloss
if, whenever
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Definition
Conditional particle, often with subjunctive.
Occurrences
1253
ἀποκριθῇ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
apokrith
Morphology
verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
πατήρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
pater
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
father
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Father or ancestor.
Occurrences
1228
σου
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
σκληρῶς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
skleros
Morphology
adverbial -ως form or perfect participle pattern depending on context
Gloss
...ly / having ...
Part of Speech
adverb/participle form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
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.

ܘܐܡܪ ܕܘܝܕ ܠܝܘܢܬܢ ܡܢܘ ܢܚܘܝܢܝ ܕܠܡܐ ܢܥܢܝܟ ܐܒܘܟ ܩܫܝܐܝܬ

9 word entries
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
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
ܠܝܘܢܬܢ
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
lywntn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
37
ܡܢܘ
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
ܡܢܘ
Transliteration
mnw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
227
ܢܚܘܝܢܝ
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
nhwyny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܕܠܡܐ
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
dlm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
132
ܢܥܢܝܟ
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
n'nyk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܐܒܘܟ
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
'bwk
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
49
ܩܫܝܐܝܬ
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
qshy'yt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
8
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.

וַאֲמַר דָוִד לִיהוֹנָתָן מַן יְחַוֵי לִי אוֹ דִלְמָא יְתֵבִנָךְ אֲבוּךְ פִּתְגָמִין קָשִׁין׃

12 word entries
וַאֲמַר
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אמר
Transliteration
w'mr
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אמר, speech/action form
Gloss
and said, spoke
Occurrences
3728
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
לִיהוֹנָתָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lyhwntn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
83
מַן
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מן
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, out of, than
Occurrences
2836
יְחַוֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ychwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
20
לִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לי
Transliteration
ly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
595
אוֹ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
או
Transliteration
'w
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
70
דִלְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
למא
Transliteration
dlm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
187
יְתֵבִנָךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytbnk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
אֲבוּךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bwk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
74
פִּתְגָמִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ptgmyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
24
קָשִׁין׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qshyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
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.

Responditque David ad Jonathan: Quis renuntiabit mihi, si quid forte responderit tibi pater tuus dure de me?

16 word entries
responditque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
responditque
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
851
{responditque}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{responditque}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
David
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dauid
Transliteration
David
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1095
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
Ionathan
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ionatha
Transliteration
Ionathan
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
121
quis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
nuntiabit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nuntio
Transliteration
nuntiabit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
184
mihi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
mihi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
quid
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quid
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
forte
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
forte
Transliteration
forte
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
200
responderit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
responderit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
851
tibi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tibi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
pater
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pater
Transliteration
pater
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1575
tuus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tuus
Transliteration
tuus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5615
dure
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dure
Transliteration
dure
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
8

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.

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

2 relevance votes

1 Samuel 25:10

Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.

2 relevance votes

Genesis 42:7

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

2 relevance votes

1 Samuel 25:14

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.

2 relevance votes

1 Kings 12:13

The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

2 relevance votes

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 18:23

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

2 relevance votes
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