1 Samuel
Chapter 20
Verse 17
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1 Samuel 20

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17 Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

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Panels 5
Word Entries 61
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.

וַיּ֤וֹסֶף יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ לְהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ אֶת־דָּוִ֔ד בְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹ אֹת֑וֹ כִּֽי־אַהֲבַ֥ת נַפְשׁ֖וֹ אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃ ס

11 word entries
וַיּ֤וֹסֶף
Lemma
c/3254
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3254
Occurrences
72
יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙
Lemma
3083
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3083
Occurrences
63
לְהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ
Lemma
l/7650
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb hiphil infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7650
Occurrences
3
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
דָּוִ֔ד
Lemma
1732
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1732
Occurrences
847
בְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹ
Lemma
b/160
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H160
Occurrences
9
אֹת֑וֹ
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker + suffix
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
כִּֽי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
אַהֲבַ֥ת
Lemma
160
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H160
Occurrences
18
נַפְשׁ֖וֹ
Lemma
5315
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5315
Occurrences
576
אֲהֵבֽוֹ
Lemma
157
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H157
Occurrences
143
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 προσέθετο ἔτι Ἰωνάθαν ὀμόσαι τῷ Δαυίδ, ὅτι ἠγάπησε ψυχὴν ἀγαπῶντος αὐτόν.

12 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
προσέθετο
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
prosetheto
Morphology
verb, middle/passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
33
ἔτι
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
ἔτι
Transliteration
eti
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
still, yet, again
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
Still, yet, further.
Occurrences
520
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
ὀμόσαι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
omosai
Morphology
Greek -σαι form; likely aorist infinitive or middle/passive verb form depending on context
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
τῷ
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
Δαυίδ
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
Dauid
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
David
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
David.
Occurrences
1047
ὅτι
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
ὅτι
Transliteration
hoti
Morphology
subordinating conjunction
Gloss
that, because, for
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Conjunction introducing cause, content, or explanation.
Occurrences
3703
ἠγάπησε
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
egapese
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἠγάπησε
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
15
ψυχὴν
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
psyche
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
soul, life
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Soul, life, self, or living being.
Occurrences
809
ἀγαπῶντος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
agapontos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter 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
1
αὐτόν
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
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
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.

ܘܐܘܣܦ ܝܘܢܬܢ ܠܡܘܡܝܘܬܗ ܠܕܘܝܕ ܒܕܪܚܡ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܡܛܠ ܕܪܚܡܬܐ ܕܢܦܫܗ ܪܚܡܗ

11 word entries
ܘܐܘܣܦ
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'wsp
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
25
ܝܘܢܬܢ
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
ywntn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
147
ܠܡܘܡܝܘܬܗ
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
lmwmywth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
3
ܠܕܘܝܕ
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
ldwyd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
181
ܒܕܪܚܡ
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
bdrhm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
1
ܗܘܐ
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
ܗܘܐ
Transliteration
hwa
Morphology
verb, being/becoming root form
Gloss
was, became
Occurrences
1800
ܠܗ
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܕܪܚܡܬܐ
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
drhmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
4
ܕܢܦܫܗ
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
dnpshh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
18
ܪܚܡܗ
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
rhmh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
12
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.

וְאוֹסִיף יְהוֹנָתָן לְאוֹמָאָה יַת דָוִד בִּדְרָחִים יָתֵיהּ אֲרֵי רַחֲמַת נַפְשֵׁיהּ רַחֲמֵיהּ׃

11 word entries
וְאוֹסִיף
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'wsyp
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
48
יְהוֹנָתָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yhwntn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
83
לְאוֹמָאָה
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'wm'h
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
2
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
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
בִּדְרָחִים
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bdrchym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
3
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
אֲרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ארי
Transliteration
'ry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1969
רַחֲמַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rchmt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
נַפְשֵׁיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
npshyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
106
רַחֲמֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rchmyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
7
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.

Et addidit Jonathas dejerare David, eo quod diligeret illum: sicut enim animam suam, ita diligebat eum.

16 word entries
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
addidit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
addo
Transliteration
addidit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
117
Ionathan
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ionatha
Transliteration
Ionathan
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
121
deierare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deiero
Transliteration
deierare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1
David
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dauid
Transliteration
David
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1095
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
eo
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
698
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quod
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1241
diligeret
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diligo
Transliteration
diligeret
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
338
illum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
sicut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sicut
Transliteration
sicut
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1559
animam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
anima
Transliteration
animam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
916
enim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
enim
Transliteration
enim
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2392
suam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
suam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783
ita
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ita
Transliteration
ita
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
439
diligebat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diligo
Transliteration
diligebat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
338
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

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 18:24

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

6 relevance votes

1 Samuel 18:1

When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

4 relevance votes

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

4 relevance votes

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.

3 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 13:6

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;

2 relevance votes
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