1 Samuel
Chapter 8
Verse 4
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1 Samuel 8

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4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 Samuel 8:4. 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 46
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.

וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל הָרָמָֽתָה׃

8 word entries
וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ
Lemma
c/6908
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb hithpael sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6908
Occurrences
60
כֹּ֖ל
Lemma
3605
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
3268
זִקְנֵ֣י
Lemma
2205
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2205
Occurrences
103
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
Lemma
3478
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3478
Occurrences
2260
וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ
Lemma
c/935
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
984
אֶל
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל
Lemma
8050
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8050
Occurrences
123
הָרָמָֽתָה
Lemma
d/7414
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + noun proper + suffix
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H7414
Occurrences
20
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 συναθροίζονται ἄνδρες Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ παραγίνονται εἰς ʼΑρμαθαὶμ πρὸς Σαμουὴλ,

10 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
συναθροίζονται
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
synathroizontai
Morphology
verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd plural
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
6
ἄνδρες
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
andres
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative plural
Gloss
men
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
Ἰσραὴλ
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
Israel
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Israel
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Israel; the patriarch, people, or land depending on context.
Occurrences
2695
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
παραγίνονται
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
paraginontai
Morphology
verb, present/future middle-passive form, 3rd plural
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
7
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
ʼΑρμαθαὶμ
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
armathaim
Morphology
rare LXX source token; morphology and lexical role require manual review
Gloss
rare source form
Part of Speech
transliterated proper/source term
Definition
Final low-confidence LXX tail classification for a rare Greek, elided, numeral, or transliterated source token. Exact lexical identity and morphology require manual review.
Occurrences
1
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
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.

ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܣ̈ܒܐ ܕܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܘܐܬܘ ܠܘܬ ܫܡܘܐܝܠ ܠܪܡܬܐ

9 word entries
ܘܐܬܟܢܫܘ
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'tknshw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
55
ܟܠܗܘܢ
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
klhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
719
ܣ̈ܒܐ
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
ܣܒܐ
Transliteration
sb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
62
ܕܒܢ̈ܝ
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
dbny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
231
ܐܝܣܪܝܠ
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
'ysryl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
809
ܘܐܬܘ
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'tw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
146
ܠܘܬ
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
ܠܘܬ
Transliteration
lwt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
548
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
ܠܪܡܬܐ
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
lrmt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
21
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.

וְאִתְכְּנִישׁוּ כָּל סָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַאֲתוֹ לְוַת שְׁמוּאֵל לְרָמָתָא׃

8 word entries
וְאִתְכְּנִישׁוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'tknyshw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
39
כָּל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
כל
Transliteration
kl
Morphology
collective noun/adjective
Gloss
all, every
Occurrences
2135
סָבֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
סבי
Transliteration
sby
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
61
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Transliteration
yshr'l
Morphology
proper noun
Gloss
Israel
Occurrences
2312
וַאֲתוֹ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
אתו
Transliteration
w'tw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
255
לְוַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לות
Transliteration
lwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
430
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
לְרָמָתָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lrmt'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
67
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.

Congregati ergo universi majores natu Israël, venerunt ad Samuelem in Ramatha.

11 word entries
congregati
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
congregati
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
401
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
universi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
universi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
889
maiores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magnus
Transliteration
maiores
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1017
natu
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
natu
Transliteration
natu
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
42
Israhel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Israel
Transliteration
Israhel
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
2547
venerunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uenio
Transliteration
venerunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2233
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
Samuhel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Samuel
Transliteration
Samuhel
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
145
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
Ramatha
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Ramatha
Transliteration
Ramatha
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
8

Ranked cross references

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2 Samuel 5:3

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel.

3 relevance votes

1 Samuel 7:17

His return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to Yahweh there.

3 relevance votes

Exodus 3:16

Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.

2 relevance votes

Exodus 24:1

He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

2 relevance votes
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