1 Kings 8:5

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְand the king

  vehamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• שְׁלֹמֹ֗הSolomon

  shelomohH8010 →291 times

• וְכָל־and all

  vekholH3605 →5413 times

• עֲדַ֤ת[the] congregation of

  ʾadatH5712 →

• יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• הַנּוֹעָדִ֣יםwho were gathered

  hanoadimH3259 →

• עָלָ֔יוto him

  ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

• אִתּ֖וֹwith him

  ʾitoH854 →929 times

• לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before

  lifneiH6440 →2123 times

• הָֽאָר֑וֹןthe ark

  haaronH727 →202 times

• מְזַבְּחִים֙[were] sacrificing

  mezabechimH2076 →134 times

• צֹ֣אןsheep

  tzonH6629 →274 times

• וּבָקָ֔רand cattle

  uvakarH1241 →183 times

• אֲשֶׁ֧רwhich

  ʾasherH834 →5497 times

• לֹֽא־not

  lo'-H3808 →5168 times

• יִסָּפְר֛וּthey were counted

  yisaferuH5608 →159 times

• וְלֹ֥אand not

  velo'H3808 →5168 times

• יִמָּנ֖וּthey were numbered

  yimanuH4487 →28 times

• מֵרֹֽב׃from multitude

  meroH7230 →149 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  2 Samuel 6:13

  When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

  it leads to

  • 1 Chronicles 15:15

    And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

  • Numbers 4:15

    When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…

  • Numbers 7:9

    But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

  • Joshua 3:3

    and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:2

    Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

• Through

  1 Chronicles 16:1

  So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

  it leads to

  • 1 Chronicles 15:1

    David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

  • Ezra 6:16–18

    Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

  • 2 Samuel 6:17–19

    So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.