1 Samuel 25:23

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.

• וַתֵּ֤רֶאand she saw

  vatere'H7200 →1300 times

• אֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙Abigail

  ʾavigayilH26 →17 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• דָּוִ֔דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• וַתְּמַהֵ֕רand she made haste

  vatemaherH4116 →68 times

• וַתֵּ֖רֶדand she came down

  vateredH3381 →381 times

• מֵעַ֣לfrom on

  mealH5921 →5755 times

• הַחֲמ֑וֹרthe donkey

  hachamorH2543 →96 times

• וַתִּפֹּ֞לand she fell

  vatipolH5307 →435 times

• לְאַפֵּ֤יto [the] face of

  leapeiH639 →276 times

• דָוִד֙David

  davidH1732 →999 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• פָּנֶ֔יהָface her

  paneihaH6440 →2123 times

• וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּand she bowed down

  vatishtachuH7812 →172 times

• אָֽרֶץ׃[the] ground

  ʾaretzH776 →2504 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 24:8

  After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 25:23–24

    When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.

• Through

  1 Samuel 20:41

  When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept…

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 18:3

    Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

  • Genesis 29:11

    Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

  • 1 Samuel 10:1

    Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

  • Genesis 43:28

    “Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

  • 2 Samuel 1:26

    I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

• Through

  Judges 1:14

  One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”

  it leads to

  • Joshua 15:18–19

    One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”

• Through

  Joshua 15:18

  One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”

  it leads to

  • Genesis 24:64

    And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel