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1 Samuel 5

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1 Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

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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.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּים֙ לָֽקְח֔וּ אֵ֖ת אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיְבִאֻ֛הוּ מֵאֶ֥בֶן הָעֵ֖זֶר אַשְׁדּֽוֹדָה׃

9 word entries
וּפְלִשְׁתִּים֙
Lemma
c/6430
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun gentilic masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6430
Occurrences
19
לָֽקְח֔וּ
Lemma
3947
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3947
Occurrences
420
אֵ֖ת
Lemma
853
Morphology
Hebrew: particle direct object marker
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H853
Occurrences
8730
אֲר֣וֹן
Lemma
727
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H727
Occurrences
128
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
Lemma
d/430
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H430
Occurrences
365
וַיְבִאֻ֛הוּ
Lemma
c/935
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hiphil sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
984
מֵאֶ֥בֶן
Lemma
m/72+
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun proper
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H72
Occurrences
1
הָעֵ֖זֶר
Lemma
72
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H72
Occurrences
3
אַשְׁדּֽוֹדָה
Lemma
795
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H795
Occurrences
9
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 ἀλλόφυλοι ἔλαβον τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν αὐτὴν ἐξ Ἀβενεζὲρ εἰς Ἄζωτον.

14 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
ἀλλόφυλοι
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
allophyloi
Morphology
noun/adjective, nominative masculine plural
Gloss
foreigners, Philistines
Part of Speech
noun/adjective
Definition
Foreign, of another people; often Philistine in LXX context.
Occurrences
223
ἔλαβον
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
elabon
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 1st singular or 3rd plural
Gloss
I/they took, received
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To take, receive, or obtain.
Occurrences
894
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
κιβωτὸν
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
kiboton
Morphology
noun, feminine accusative singular
Gloss
ark, chest
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Ark, chest, or box.
Occurrences
165
τοῦ
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
Θεοῦ
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
theou
Morphology
noun, masculine genitive singular
Gloss
of God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
3522
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
εἰσήνεγκαν
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
eisenegkan
Morphology
aorist 3rd plural verb pattern or accusative feminine noun pattern depending on context
Gloss
they ... / ...
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
13
αὐτὴν
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
ἐξ
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
ἐκ
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
preposition with genitive
Gloss
from, out of
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the genitive; form before a vowel.
Occurrences
3500
Ἀβενεζὲρ
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
abenezer
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ἀβενεζὲρ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
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
Ἄζωτον
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
azoton
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative 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
12
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.

ܘܦ̈ܠܫܬܝܐ ܕܒܪܘ ܩܒܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܘܐܝܬܝܘܗ̇ ܡܢ ܟܐܦܐ ܕܥܘܕܪܢܐ ܠܐܫܕܘܕ

9 word entries
ܘܦ̈ܠܫܬܝܐ
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
wplshty'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
18
ܕܒܪܘ
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
dbrw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
8
ܩܒܘܬܗ
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
qbwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
25
ܕܐܠܗܐ
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
d'lh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
374
ܘܐܝܬܝܘܗ̇
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'ytywh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
6
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܟܐܦܐ
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
k'p'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
107
ܕܥܘܕܪܢܐ
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
d'wdrn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
4
ܠܐܫܕܘܕ
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
l'shdwd
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
4
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.

וּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי שְׁבוֹ יַת אֲרוֹנָא דַייָ וְאַיְתוֹהִי מֵאֶבֶן סַעֲדָא לְאַשְׁדוֹד׃

9 word entries
וּפְלִשְׁתָּאֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wplsht'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
256
שְׁבוֹ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שבו
Transliteration
shbw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
19
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
אֲרוֹנָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rwn'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
146
דַייָ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דיי
Transliteration
dyy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1761
וְאַיְתוֹהִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'ytwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
8
מֵאֶבֶן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אבן
Transliteration
m'bn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
30
סַעֲדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
s'd'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
7
לְאַשְׁדוֹד׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'shdwd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
18
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.

Philisthiim autem tulerunt arcam Dei, et asportaverunt eam a lapide Adjutorii in Azotum.

13 word entries
Philisthim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Philisthim
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
133
autem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
autem
Transliteration
autem
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
5069
tulerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fero
Transliteration
tulerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
392
arcam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
arca
Transliteration
arcam
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
225
Dei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Dei
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
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
asportaverunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
asporto
Transliteration
asportaverunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
15
eam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eam
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
a
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ab
Transliteration
a
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
3693
lapide
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lapis
Transliteration
lapide
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
330
Adiutorii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Adiutorii
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1
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
Azotum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Azotus
Transliteration
Azotum
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
28

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.

1 Samuel 7:12

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”

5 relevance votes

1 Samuel 4:1

The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

4 relevance votes

Joshua 13:3

from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,

3 relevance votes

1 Samuel 4:22

She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”

3 relevance votes

1 Samuel 4:11

God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

2 relevance votes

Joshua 11:22

There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.

2 relevance votes

Acts 8:40

But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 78:61

and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.

1 relevance votes
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