2 Samuel
Chapter 15
Verse 1
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2 Samuel 15

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1 After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 2 Samuel 15:1. 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 68
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.

וַֽיְהִי֙ מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לוֹ֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מֶרְכָּבָ֖ה וְסֻסִ֑ים וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ רָצִ֥ים לְפָנָֽיו׃

12 word entries
וַֽיְהִי֙
Lemma
c/1961
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H1961
Occurrences
1772
מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי
Lemma
m/310 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H310
Occurrences
59
כֵ֔ן
Lemma
3651 c
Morphology
Hebrew: adverb
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H3651
Occurrences
502
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
692
לוֹ֙
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם
Lemma
53
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H53
Occurrences
88
מֶרְכָּבָ֖ה
Lemma
4818
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4818
Occurrences
21
וְסֻסִ֑ים
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5483
Occurrences
14
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
Lemma
c/2572
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adjective
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H2572
Occurrences
48
אִ֖ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
רָצִ֥ים
Lemma
7323
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7323
Occurrences
47
לְפָנָֽיו
Lemma
l/6440
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6440
Occurrences
1012
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 ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἅρματα, καὶ ἵππους, καὶ πεντήκοντα ἄνδρας παρατρέχειν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.

17 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
ἐγένετο
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
egeneto
Morphology
verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it became, happened
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To become, happen, come to be, or be made.
Occurrences
1418
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
ταῦτα
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
houtos
Morphology
demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
this one
Part of Speech
demonstrative pronoun
Definition
This, these.
Occurrences
3767
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
ἐποίησεν
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
epoiesen
Morphology
verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it made, did
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To make, do, perform, or produce.
Strong's
G4160
Occurrences
2253
ἑαυτῷ
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
heautou
Morphology
reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
of himself, his own
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Definition
Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
Occurrences
462
Ἀβεσσαλὼμ
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
Abessalom
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Absalom
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Absalom.
Occurrences
113
ἅρματα
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
harmata
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative plural
Gloss
chariots
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Chariot or wheeled war vehicle.
Occurrences
86
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
ἵππους
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
ippoys
Morphology
accusative plural masculine or genitive singular neuter 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
24
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
πεντήκοντα
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
pentekonta
Morphology
numeral, indeclinable
Gloss
fifty
Part of Speech
numeral
Definition
The numeral fifty.
Occurrences
125
ἄνδρας
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
andras
Morphology
noun, masculine accusative plural
Gloss
men
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
παρατρέχειν
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
paratrechein
Morphology
present/aorist active infinitive pattern
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
ἔμπροσθεν
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
emprosthen
Morphology
adverb/preposition
Gloss
before, in front of
Part of Speech
adverb/preposition
Definition
Before, in front of, or in the presence of.
Occurrences
128
αὐτοῦ
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
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.

ܘܡܢ ܒܬܪܟܢ ܥܒܕ ܠܗ ܐܒܫܠܘܡ ܡܪ̈ܟܒܬܐ ܘܦܪ̈ܫܐ ܘܚܡܫܝܢ ܛܒܠܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܪܗܛܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܩܕܡܘܗܝ

12 word entries
ܘܡܢ
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
ܘܡܢ
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
827
ܒܬܪܟܢ
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
btrkn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
24
ܥܒܕ
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
ܥܒܕ
Transliteration
abad
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
made, did, served
Occurrences
334
ܠܗ
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
ܠܗ
Transliteration
lh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
2252
ܐܒܫܠܘܡ
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
'bshlwm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
65
ܡܪ̈ܟܒܬܐ
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
mrkbt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
31
ܘܦܪ̈ܫܐ
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
wprsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
24
ܘܚܡܫܝܢ
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
whmshyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
63
ܛܒܠܪ̈ܝܢ
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
tblryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
1
ܕܪܗܛܝܢ
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
drhtyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
4
ܗܘܘ
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
ܗܘܘ
Transliteration
hww
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1064
ܩܕܡܘܗܝ
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
qdmwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
171
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.

וַהֲוָה מִבָּתַר כֵּן וַעֲבֵד לֵיהּ אַבְשָׁלוֹם רְתִיכִין וְסוּסְוַן וְחַמְשִׁין גַבְרָא רָדְפִין קֳדָמוֹהִי׃

12 word entries
וַהֲוָה
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוה
Transliteration
whwh
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root הוה
Gloss
and was, became, happened
Occurrences
1114
מִבָּתַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
בתר
Transliteration
mbtr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
428
כֵּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כן
Transliteration
kn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
422
וַעֲבֵד
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
עבד
Transliteration
w'bd
Morphology
prefixed conjunction ו + verbal or nominal root עבד
Gloss
and made, did, served
Occurrences
1208
לֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ליה
Transliteration
lyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1154
אַבְשָׁלוֹם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'bshlwm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
109
רְתִיכִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rtykyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
44
וְסוּסְוַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wswswn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
53
וְחַמְשִׁין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wchmshyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
74
גַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
רָדְפִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rdpyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
קֳדָמוֹהִי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qdmwhy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
214
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.

Igitur post hæc fecit sibi Absalom currus, et equites, et quinquaginta viros qui præcederent eum.

15 word entries
igitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
igitur
Transliteration
igitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
420
post
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
post
Transliteration
post
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
621
haec
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
hic
Transliteration
haec
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4646
fecit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
fecit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
sibi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sui
Transliteration
sibi
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1317
Absalom
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Absalus
Transliteration
Absalom
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
78
currum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
currus
Transliteration
currum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
127
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
equites
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
eques
Transliteration
equites
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
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
quinquaginta
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
quinquaginta
Morphology
GreLa POS: numeral
Occurrences
134
viros
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
viros
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
qui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
qui
Transliteration
qui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
15011
praecederent
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
praecederent
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
68
eum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eum
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810

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 Kings 1:5

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

5 relevance votes

1 Samuel 8:11

He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots.

3 relevance votes

Psalms 20:7

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.

3 relevance votes

2 Samuel 12:11

“This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

2 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 17:16

Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 17:19

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

2 relevance votes

1 Kings 1:33

The king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

2 relevance votes
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