1 Samuel 20:18

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.

• וַיֹּֽאמֶר־and he said

  vaiyomer-H559 →5305 times

• ל֥וֹto <the> him

  lo

• יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןJonathan

  yehonatanH3083 →81 times

• מָחָ֣ר[will be] tomorrow

  macharH4279 →52 times

• חֹ֑דֶשׁa new moon

  chodeshH2320 →284 times

• וְנִפְקַ֕דְתָּand you will be missed

  venifkadtaH6485 →303 times

• כִּ֥יif

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• יִפָּקֵ֖דit will be empty

  yipakedH6485 →303 times

• מוֹשָׁבֶֽךָ׃seat your

  moshavekhaH4186 →44 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

  1 Samuel 20:5

  So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.

  it leads to

  • Numbers 10:10

    And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you…

  • 1 Samuel 19:2

    so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

  • Numbers 28:11

    At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

  • Psalms 81:3

    Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

  • 1 Samuel 20:19

    When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.

• Through

  1 Samuel 20:25

  He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.

  it leads to

  • Judges 16:20

    Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that…