7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה הַנָּשִׁ֥ים הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת וַתֹּאמַ֑רְןָ הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ באלפו וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃
וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה
הַנָּשִׁ֥ים
הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת
וַתֹּאמַ֑רְןָ
הִכָּ֤ה
באלפו
בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו
וְדָוִ֖ד
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 ἐξῆρχον αἱ γυναῖκες, καὶ ἔλεγον, ἐπάταξε Σαοὺλ ἐν χιλιάσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ Δαυὶδ ἐν μυριάσιν αὐτοῦ.
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
ἐξῆρχον
- 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
- ἐξῆρχον
- Transliteration
- exerchon
- 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
- 4
αἱ
- 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
γυναῖκες
- 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
- γυνή
- Transliteration
- gynaikes
- Morphology
- noun, feminine nominative plural
- Gloss
- women, wives
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Woman or wife.
- Occurrences
- 889
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
ἔλεγον
- 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
- ἔλεγον
- Transliteration
- elegon
- 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
- 21
ἐπάταξε
- 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
- epataxe
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it struck
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To strike, smite, hit, or wound.
- Occurrences
- 233
Σαοὺλ
- 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
- Σαούλ
- Transliteration
- Saoul
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Saul
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Saul, biblical personal name.
- Occurrences
- 380
ἐν
- 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
- ἐν
- Transliteration
- en
- Morphology
- preposition with dative
- Gloss
- in, among, with
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the dative.
- Strong's
- G1722
- Occurrences
- 13086
χιλιάσιν
- 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
- χιλιάσιν
- Transliteration
- chiliasin
- Morphology
- dative plural noun pattern or 3rd plural verb ending depending on context
- Gloss
- to/for ... / they ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 11
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.
- Lemma
- αὐτός
- Transliteration
- autos
- Morphology
- pronoun, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- he, himself
- Part of Speech
- pronoun
- Definition
- Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
- Occurrences
- 26672
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
Δαυὶδ
- 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
- Δαυίδ
- Transliteration
- David
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- David
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- David.
- Occurrences
- 1047
ἐν
- 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
- ἐν
- Transliteration
- en
- Morphology
- preposition with dative
- Gloss
- in, among, with
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the dative.
- Strong's
- G1722
- Occurrences
- 13086
μυριάσιν
- 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
- μυριάσιν
- Transliteration
- myriasin
- Morphology
- dative plural noun pattern or 3rd plural verb ending depending on context
- Gloss
- to/for ... / they ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 5
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.
- 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.
ܘܡܥܢܝ̈ܢ ܗ̈ܘܝ ܢܫ̈ܐ ܘܓܚ̈ܟܢ ܘܐܡܪ̈ܢ ܩܛܠ ܫܐܘܠ ܒܐ̈ܠܦܐ ܘܕܘܝܕ ܒܪ̈ܒܘܬܐ
ܘܡܥܢܝ̈ܢ
- 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
- ܘܡܥܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- wm'nyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܗ̈ܘܝ
- 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
- ܗܘܝ
- Transliteration
- hwy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 130
ܢܫ̈ܐ
- 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
- ܢܫܐ
- Transliteration
- nsh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 93
ܘܓܚ̈ܟܢ
- 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
- ܘܓܚܟܢ
- Transliteration
- wghkn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܘܐܡܪ̈ܢ
- 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
- ܘܐܡܪܢ
- Transliteration
- w'mrn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 10
ܩܛܠ
- 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
- ܩܛܠ
- Transliteration
- qtl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 41
ܫܐܘܠ
- 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
- ܫܐܘܠ
- Transliteration
- sh'wl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 265
ܒܐ̈ܠܦܐ
- 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
- ܒܐܠܦܐ
- Transliteration
- b'lp'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 9
ܘܕܘܝܕ
- 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
- ܘܕܘܝܕ
- Transliteration
- wdwyd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 46
ܒܪ̈ܒܘܬܐ
- 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
- ܒܪܒܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- brbwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 10
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.
וַאֲתִיבָא נְשַׁיָא דִמְשַׁבְּחָן וַאֲמַרָא קְטַל שָׁאוּל בְּאַלְפִין וְדָוִד בְּרִיבְוָן׃
וַאֲתִיבָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אתיבא
- Transliteration
- w'tyb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1
נְשַׁיָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- נשיא
- Transliteration
- nshy'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 56
דִמְשַׁבְּחָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- משבחן
- Transliteration
- dmshbchn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 1
וַאֲמַרָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אמרא
- Transliteration
- w'mr'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 17
קְטַל
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- קטל
- Transliteration
- qtl
- Morphology
- verbal root קטל
- Gloss
- killed, slew
- Occurrences
- 146
שָׁאוּל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שאול
- Transliteration
- sh'wl
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 424
בְּאַלְפִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אלפין
- Transliteration
- b'lpyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 278
וְדָוִד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- דוד
- Transliteration
- wdwd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1106
בְּרִיבְוָן׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ריבון
- Transliteration
- brybwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 2
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Et præcinebant mulieres, ludentes, atque dicentes: [Percussit Saul mille, et David decem millia.]
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
praecinebant
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- praecino
- Transliteration
- praecinebant
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 4
mulieres
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mulier
- Transliteration
- mulieres
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 534
ludentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ludo
- Transliteration
- ludentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 29
atque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- atque
- Transliteration
- atque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 755
dicentes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- dico
- Transliteration
- dicentes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6477
percussit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- percutio
- Transliteration
- percussit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 576
Saul
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Saul
- Transliteration
- Saul
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 388
mille
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mille
- Transliteration
- mille
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 626
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
David
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Dauid
- Transliteration
- David
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 1095
decem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- decem
- Transliteration
- decem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 241
milia
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mille
- Transliteration
- milia
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 626
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 21:11
And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
7 relevance votes1 Samuel 29:5
Is not this David, of whom they sung one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
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And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
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