15 Ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 2 Samuel 18:15. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה נְעָרִ֔ים נֹשְׂאֵ֖י כְּלֵ֣י יוֹאָ֑ב וַיַּכּ֥וּ אֶת־אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם וַיְמִיתֻֽהוּ׃
וַיָּסֹ֨בּוּ֙
עֲשָׂרָ֣ה
נְעָרִ֔ים
נֹשְׂאֵ֖י
כְּלֵ֣י
וַיַּכּ֥וּ
אֶת
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 ἐκύκλωσαν δέκα παιδάρια αἴροντα τὰ σκεύη Ἰωὰβ, καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὸν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ, καὶ ἐθανάτωσαν αὐτόν.
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
ἐκύκλωσαν
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἐκύκλωσαν
- Transliteration
- ekyklosan
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural pattern
- Gloss
- they ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 19
δέκα
- 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
- δέκα
- Transliteration
- deka
- Morphology
- numeral, indeclinable
- Gloss
- ten
- Part of Speech
- numeral
- Definition
- The numeral ten.
- Occurrences
- 187
παιδάρια
- 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.
- Lemma
- παιδάρια
- Transliteration
- paidaria
- Morphology
- nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
- 29
αἴροντα
- 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.
- Lemma
- αἴροντα
- Transliteration
- aironta
- Morphology
- nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
- 7
τὰ
- 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
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
σκεύη
- 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
- σκεῦος
- Transliteration
- skeuos
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- vessel, implement
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Vessel, implement, object, or container.
- Occurrences
- 264
Ἰωὰβ
- 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
- Ἰωάβ
- Transliteration
- Ioab
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Joab
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Joab.
- Occurrences
- 156
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
ἐπάταξαν
- 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
- πατάσσω
- Transliteration
- epataxan
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural
- Gloss
- they struck
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To strike, smite, hit, or wound.
- Occurrences
- 233
τὸν
- 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
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
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.
- Lemma
- Ἀβεσσαλώμ
- Transliteration
- Abessalom
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Absalom
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Absalom.
- Occurrences
- 113
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
ἐθανάτωσαν
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἐθανάτωσαν
- Transliteration
- ethanatosan
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd plural pattern
- Gloss
- they ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 14
αὐτόν
- 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
- αὐτός
- Transliteration
- autos
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, himself
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 26672
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.
ܘܗܦܟܘ ܥܣܪ̈ܐ ܥܠܝܡ̈ܝܢ ܫܩܝ̈ܠܝ ܡܐ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܕܝܘܐܒ ܘܡܚܐܘܗܝ ܠܐܒܫܠܘܡ ܘܩܛܠܘܗܝ
ܘܗܦܟܘ
- 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
- ܘܗܦܟܘ
- Transliteration
- whpkw
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 51
ܥܣܪ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܥܣܪܐ
- Transliteration
- 'sr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 68
ܥܠܝܡ̈ܝܢ
- 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
- ܥܠܝܡܝܢ
- Transliteration
- 'lymyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 5
ܫܩܝ̈ܠܝ
- 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
- ܫܩܝܠܝ
- Transliteration
- shqyly
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
ܡܐ̈ܢܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܡܐܢܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- m'nwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 46
ܕܝܘܐܒ
- 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
- ܕܝܘܐܒ
- Transliteration
- dyw'b
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 23
ܘܡܚܐܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܘܡܚܐܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- wmh'why
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4
ܠܐܒܫܠܘܡ
- 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
- ܠܐܒܫܠܘܡ
- Transliteration
- l'bshlwm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 21
ܘܩܛܠܘܗܝ
- 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
- ܘܩܛܠܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- wqtlwhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 12
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.
וְאִסְתַּחָרוּ עַסְרָא עוּלֵמַיָא נַטְלֵי זְיָנֵיהּ דְיוֹאָב וּמְחוֹ יַת אַבְשָׁלוֹם וְקַטְלוֹהִי׃
וְאִסְתַּחָרוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אסתחרו
- Transliteration
- w'stchrw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 8
עַסְרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עסרא
- Transliteration
- 'sr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 56
עוּלֵמַיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עולמיא
- Transliteration
- 'wlmy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 16
נַטְלֵי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נטלי
- Transliteration
- ntly
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 31
זְיָנֵיהּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זיניה
- Transliteration
- zynyh
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 28
דְיוֹאָב
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יואב
- Transliteration
- dyw'b
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 144
וּמְחוֹ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מחו
- Transliteration
- wmchw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 32
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
אַבְשָׁלוֹם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אבשלום
- Transliteration
- 'bshlwm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 109
וְקַטְלוֹהִי׃
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קטל
- Transliteration
- wqtlwhy
- Morphology
- verbal root קטל
- Gloss
- killed, slew
- Occurrences
- 146
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
cucurrerunt decem juvenes armigeri Joab, et percutientes interfecerunt eum.
cucurrerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- curro
- Transliteration
- cucurrerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 91
decem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- decem
- Transliteration
- decem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 241
iuvenes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iuuenis
- Transliteration
- iuvenes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 102
armigeri
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- armiger
- Transliteration
- armigeri
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 24
Ioab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Ioas
- Transliteration
- Ioab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 194
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
percutientes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- percutio
- Transliteration
- percutientes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 576
interfecerunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- interficio
- Transliteration
- interfecerunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 407
eum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810