1 Samuel
Chapter 2
Verse 26
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1 Samuel 2

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26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh and also with men.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 2:26. 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.

וְהַנַּ֣עַר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל הֹלֵ֥ךְ וְגָדֵ֖ל וָט֑וֹב גַּ֚ם עִם־יְהוָ֔ה וְגַ֖ם עִם־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ ס

11 word entries
וְהַנַּ֣עַר
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle definite article + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5288
Occurrences
10
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
Lemma
8050
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8050
Occurrences
123
הֹלֵ֥ךְ
Lemma
1980
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1980
Occurrences
372
וְגָדֵ֖ל
Lemma
c/1432
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1432
Occurrences
3
וָט֑וֹב
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adjective
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2896
Occurrences
27
גַּ֚ם
Lemma
1571
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1571
Occurrences
508
עִם
Lemma
5973 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5973
Occurrences
900
יְהוָ֔ה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
וְגַ֖ם
Lemma
c/1571
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1571
Occurrences
249
עִם
Lemma
5973 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5973
Occurrences
900
אֲנָשִֽׁים
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
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 τὸ παιδάριον Σαμουὴλ ἐπορεύετο, καὶ ἦν ἀγαθὸν μετὰ Κυρίου καὶ μετὰ ανθρώπων.

13 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
τὸ
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
παιδάριον
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
paidarion
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
child, young servant
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Child, youth, or young servant.
Occurrences
99
Σαμουὴλ
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
Samouel
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Samuel
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Samuel.
Occurrences
145
ἐπορεύετο
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
eporeueto
Morphology
verb, imperfect middle/passive deponent indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she was going
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To go, travel, journey, or walk.
Occurrences
631
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
ἦν
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
en
Morphology
verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it was
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
ἀγαθὸν
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
agathon
Morphology
adjective, accusative masculine singular or nominative/accusative neuter singular
Gloss
good
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Good, beneficial, noble, or upright.
Occurrences
290
μετὰ
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
meta
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with, after
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of μετά.
Occurrences
2247
Κυρίου
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
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
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
μετὰ
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
meta
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
with, after
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of μετά.
Occurrences
2247
ανθρώπων
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
anthropon
Morphology
Greek -ων form; often genitive plural noun/adjective or nominative masculine participle
Gloss
of ... / being ...
Part of Speech
participle/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
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.

ܘܛܠܝܐ ܫܡܘܐܝܠ ܐܙ̇ܠ ܘܝܪܒ ܛܒ ܘܛܐܒ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ ܘܐܦ ܩܕܡ ܒܢܝ̈ ܐܢܫܐ

12 word entries
ܘܛܠܝܐ
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
wtly'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
26
ܫܡܘܐܝܠ
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
shmw'yl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
90
ܐܙ̇ܠ
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
ܐܙܠ
Transliteration
'zl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
147
ܘܝܪܒ
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
wyrb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
7
ܛܒ
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
ܛܒ
Transliteration
tb
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
279
ܘܛܐܒ
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
wt'b
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
ܡܪܝܐ
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.
Transliteration
maryah
Morphology
divine title, emphatic form
Gloss
Lord
Occurrences
2917
ܘܐܦ
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
ܘܐܦ
Transliteration
w'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
323
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
ܒܢܝ̈
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
ܒܢܝ
Transliteration
bnay
Morphology
noun, masculine construct plural
Gloss
sons, children of
Occurrences
882
ܐܢܫܐ
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
'nsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
290
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.

וְרַבְיָא שְׁמוּאֵל אָזִיל וְסַגִי וּשְׁמֵיהּ טָב וְתַקְנָן אוֹרְחָתֵיהּ קֳדָם יְיָ וּתְרִיצִין עוֹבָדוֹהִי בְּגוֹ בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא׃

15 word entries
וְרַבְיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wrby'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
55
שְׁמוּאֵל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shmw'l
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
144
אָזִיל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'zyl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
149
וְסַגִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
סגי
Transliteration
wsgy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
191
וּשְׁמֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wshmyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
125
טָב
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טב
Transliteration
tb
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
212
וְתַקְנָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wtqnn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
44
אוֹרְחָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wrchtyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
33
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
יְיָ
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yy
Morphology
divine name substitute in Targumic Aramaic
Gloss
the Lord
Occurrences
3908
וּתְרִיצִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wtrytsyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
7
עוֹבָדוֹהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'wbdwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
25
בְּגוֹ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בגו
Transliteration
bgw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
166
בְּנֵי
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בר
Transliteration
bny
Morphology
noun plural construct
Gloss
sons, children of
Occurrences
2734
אֱנָשָׁא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'nsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
203
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.

Puer autem Samuel proficiebat atque crescebat, et placebat tam Domino quam hominibus.

12 word entries
puer
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
puer
Transliteration
puer
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
312
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
Samuhel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Samuel
Transliteration
Samuhel
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
145
proficiebat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
proficiebat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
29
atque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
atque
Transliteration
atque
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
755
crescebat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cresco
Transliteration
crescebat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
96
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
placebat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
placeo
Transliteration
placebat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
232
tam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tam
Transliteration
tam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
112
Deo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
quam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quam
Transliteration
quam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
426
hominibus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
hominibus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653

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.

Luke 2:52

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

24 relevance votes

Luke 2:40

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

12 relevance votes

Luke 1:80

The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

11 relevance votes

Acts 2:47

praising God and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

11 relevance votes

1 Samuel 2:21

Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.

11 relevance votes

Romans 14:18

For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

10 relevance votes

Proverbs 3:3

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

7 relevance votes
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