1 Samuel
Chapter 3
Verse 16
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1 Samuel 3

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16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!” He said, “Here I am.”

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Panels 5
Word Entries 53
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.

וַיִּקְרָ֤א עֵלִי֙ אֶת־שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל בְּנִ֑י וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי׃

9 word entries
וַיִּקְרָ֤א
Lemma
c/7121
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7121
Occurrences
350
עֵלִי֙
Lemma
5941
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5941
Occurrences
27
אֶת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
Lemma
8050
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8050
Occurrences
123
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
שְׁמוּאֵ֣ל
Lemma
8050
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8050
Occurrences
123
בְּנִ֑י
Lemma
1121 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1121
Occurrences
4020
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
Lemma
c/559
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H559
Occurrences
3026
הִנֵּֽנִי
Lemma
2005
Morphology
Hebrew: particle + suffix
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H2005
Occurrences
301
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 εἶπεν Ἡλὶ πρὸς Σαμουὴλ, Σαμουὴλ τέκνον· καὶ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.

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
εἶπεν
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
eipen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
Ἡλὶ
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
eli
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἡλὶ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
34
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
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
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
τέκνον
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
teknon
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
child
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Child, offspring, or descendant.
Occurrences
232
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
εἶπεν
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
eipen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it said
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To say or speak.
Occurrences
5490
ἰδοὺ
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
idou
Morphology
interjection/particle
Gloss
behold, look
Part of Speech
particle/interjection
Definition
Attention marker or interjection.
Occurrences
1077
ἐγώ
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
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.

ܘܩܪܐ ܥܠܝ ܠܫܡܘܐܝܠ ܘܐܡܪ ܫܡܘܐܝܠ ܒܪܝ ܘܐܡܪ ܗܐ ܐܢܐ

9 word entries
ܘܩܪܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
HJDJN
Morphology
HJDJN
Occurrences
0
ܥܠܝ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>T"J
Morphology
>TJ[(J=
Occurrences
0
ܠܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
TR"TJN
Morphology
TR/TJN
Occurrences
0
ܘܐܡܪ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
NCJ"N
Morphology
NC/JN
Occurrences
0
ܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
ZNJ"T>
Morphology
ZNJ=/T=~>
Occurrences
0
ܒܪܝ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
LMDN
Morphology
L-!M!D(WN[/
Occurrences
0
ܘܐܡܪ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
QDM
Morphology
QDM/
Occurrences
0
ܗܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
MLK>
Morphology
MLK/~>
Occurrences
0
ܐܢܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
CLJMWN
Morphology
CLJMWN/
Occurrences
0
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.

וּקְרָא עֵלִי יַת שְׁמוּאֵל וַאֲמַר שְׁמוּאֵל בְּרִי וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא׃

10 word entries
וּקְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
קרא
Transliteration
wqr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
96
עֵלִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עלי
Transliteration
'ly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
440
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
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
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
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
בְּרִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ברי
Transliteration
bry
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
95
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
הָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הא
Transliteration
h'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
704
אֲנָא׃
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אנא
Transliteration
'n'
Morphology
personal pronoun first singular
Gloss
I
Occurrences
1108
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.

Vocavit ergo Heli Samuelem, et dixit: Samuel fili mi? Qui respondens ait: Præsto sum.

14 word entries
vocavit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uoco
Transliteration
vocavit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
652
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
Heli
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Heli
Transliteration
Heli
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
35
Samuhelem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Samuel
Transliteration
Samuhelem
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
145
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
Samuhel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Samuel
Transliteration
Samuhel
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
145
fili
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
filius
Transliteration
fili
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
5067
mi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
meus
Transliteration
mi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4586
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
respondens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
respondens
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
851
ait
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aio
Transliteration
ait
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1222
praesto
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
praesto
Transliteration
praesto
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
51
sum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sum
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
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