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1 Samuel 21

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1 Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 21:1. 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 51
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.

וַיָּ֖קָם וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן בָּ֥א הָעִֽיר׃

5 word entries
וַיָּ֖קָם
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6965
Occurrences
265
וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ
Lemma
c/3212
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3212
Occurrences
453
וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן
Lemma
c/3083
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun proper
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3083
Occurrences
13
בָּ֥א
Lemma
935
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
1266
הָעִֽיר
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5892
Occurrences
390
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 ἀνέστη Δαυὶδ καὶ ἀπῆλθε, καὶ Ἰωνάθαν εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν.

11 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
ἀνέστη
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
aneste
Morphology
verb, aorist active/intransitive indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it arose, stood up
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To rise, stand up, arise, or raise.
Occurrences
216
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
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
ἀπῆλθε
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
apelthe
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀπῆλθε
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
28
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
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
εἰσῆλθεν
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
eiselthen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it entered
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To go in, enter, or come in.
Occurrences
378
εἰς
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
εἰς
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
preposition with accusative
Gloss
into, to, for
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
Occurrences
6787
τὴν
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
πόλιν
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
polis
Morphology
noun, feminine nominative singular
Gloss
city
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
City or town.
Occurrences
1387
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.

ܘܩܡ ܝܘܢܬܢ ܘܥܠ ܠܩܪܝܬܐ

4 word entries
ܘܩܡ
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
ܘܩܡ
Transliteration
wqm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
131
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
ܘܥܠ
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
ܘܥܠ
Transliteration
w'l
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
687
ܠܩܪܝܬܐ
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
lqryt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
54
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.

וְקָם וַאֲזַל וִיהוֹנָתָן עַל לְקַרְתָּא׃

5 word entries
וְקָם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
וקם
Transliteration
wqm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
112
וַאֲזַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אזל
Transliteration
w'zl
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אזל
Gloss
and went, departed
Occurrences
220
וִיהוֹנָתָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wyhwntn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
83
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
לְקַרְתָּא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lqrt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
512
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.

Venit autem David in Nobe ad Achimelech sacerdotem: et obstupuit Achimelech, eo quod venisset David. Et dixit ei: Quare tu solus, et nullus est tecum?

26 word entries
venit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
venit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
David
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dauid
Transliteration
David
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1095
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
Nobe
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nobes
Transliteration
Nobe
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
7
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
Ahimelech
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Ahimelech
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
12
sacerdotem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
sacerdotem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
777
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
obstipuit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
obstipuit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
32
Ahimelech
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Ahimelech
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
12
eo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eo
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
quod
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quod
Transliteration
quod
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1241
venisset
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
venisset
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
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
dixit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dico
Transliteration
dixit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
6477
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
quare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quare
Transliteration
quare
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
224
tu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tu
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
solus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
solus
Transliteration
solus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
188
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
nullus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nullus
Transliteration
nullus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
196
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
tecum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tu
Transliteration
tecum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4602
{tecum}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
{tecum}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5272

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