1 Samuel
Chapter 2
Verse 4
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1 Samuel 2

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4 “The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 2:4. 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 45
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.

קֶ֥שֶׁת גִּבֹּרִ֖ים חַתִּ֑ים וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים אָ֥זְרוּ חָֽיִל׃

6 word entries
קֶ֥שֶׁת
Lemma
7198
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7198
Occurrences
47
גִּבֹּרִ֖ים
Lemma
1368
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H1368
Occurrences
103
חַתִּ֑ים
Lemma
2844 b
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2844
Occurrences
3
וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים
Lemma
c/3782
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb niphal participle active
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3782
Occurrences
15
אָ֥זְרוּ
Lemma
247
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H247
Occurrences
12
חָֽיִל
Lemma
2428
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2428
Occurrences
164
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.

Τόξον δυνατῶν ἠσθένησε, καὶ ἀσθενοῦντες περιεζώσαντο δυνάμιν.

7 word entries
Τόξον
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
toxon
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
bow
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Bow, either weapon or rainbow-like arc depending on context.
Occurrences
48
δυνατῶν
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
dynaton
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
22
ἠσθένησε
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
esthenese
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
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
ἀσθενοῦντες
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
asthenoyntes
Morphology
present active participle, nominative masculine plural contracted pattern
Gloss
doing ...
Part of Speech
participle
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
περιεζώσαντο
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
periezosanto
Morphology
verb, middle/passive indicative, 3rd plural pattern
Gloss
they were ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
δυνάμιν
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
dynamin
Morphology
accusative singular feminine or third-declension accusative 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
2
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.

ܩܫ̈ܬܬܐ ܕܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ ܢܬܬܒܪ̈ܢ ܘܟܪ̈ܝܗܐ ܐܬܥܫܢܘ ܒܚܝܠܐ

6 word entries
ܩܫ̈ܬܬܐ
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
qshtt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
5
ܕܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ
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
dgnbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
26
ܢܬܬܒܪ̈ܢ
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
nttbrn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
6
ܘܟܪ̈ܝܗܐ
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
wkryh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
3
ܐܬܥܫܢܘ
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
't'shnw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
8
ܒܚܝܠܐ
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
bhyl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
88
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.

עַל מַלְכוּת מַקְדוֹן אִתְנַבִּיאַת וַאֲמַרַת קַשְׁתַּת דְגִבָּרֵי מִקְדוּנָאֵי יִתַּבְּרִין וּדְבֵית חַשְׁמוֹנָאֵי דַהֲווֹ חַלָשִׁין יִתְעַבְּדָן לְהוֹן נִסִין וּגְבוּרָן׃

17 word entries
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
מַלְכוּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mlkwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
65
מַקְדוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mqdwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
אִתְנַבִּיאַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tnby't
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
וַאֲמַרַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'mrt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
238
קַשְׁתַּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qshtt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
דְגִבָּרֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dgbry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
109
מִקְדוּנָאֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mqdwn'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
יִתַּבְּרִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytbryn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
וּדְבֵית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wdbyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
93
חַשְׁמוֹנָאֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chshmwn'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
דַהֲווֹ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הוו
Transliteration
dhww
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
399
חַלָשִׁין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chlshyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
12
יִתְעַבְּדָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yt'bdn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
לְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הון
Transliteration
lhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1262
נִסִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nsyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
13
וּגְבוּרָן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wgbwrn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
29
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.

Arcus fortium superatus est, et infirmi accincti sunt robore.

9 word entries
arcus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
arcus
Transliteration
arcus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
69
fortium
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fortis
Transliteration
fortium
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
326
superatus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
supero
Transliteration
superatus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
34
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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
infirmi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
infirmi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
63
accincti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
accingo
Transliteration
accincti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
57
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
robore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
robur
Transliteration
robore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
49

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.

Psalms 37:15

Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

6 relevance votes

Psalms 76:3

There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.

6 relevance votes

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 46:9

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

5 relevance votes

Isaiah 10:4

They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

4 relevance votes

Psalms 37:17

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

4 relevance votes

2 Corinthians 12:9

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

4 relevance votes

Hebrews 11:34

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.

4 relevance votes

Jeremiah 37:10

For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and only wounded men remained among them, they would each rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’”

3 relevance votes

Ephesians 6:14

Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

2 relevance votes
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