1 Samuel 16:19

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.

• וַיִּשְׁלַ֥חand he sent

  vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times

• שָׁא֛וּלSaul

  shaulH7586 →402 times

• מַלְאָכִ֖יםmessengers

  malakhimH4397 →213 times

• אֶל־to

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• יִשָׁ֑יJesse

  yishaiH3448 →42 times

• וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• שִׁלְחָ֥הsend !

  shilchahH7971 →845 times

• אֵלַ֛יto me

  ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• דָּוִ֥דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• בִּנְךָ֖son your

  binkhaH1121 →4930 times

• אֲשֶׁ֥רwho

  ʾasherH834 →5497 times

• בַּצֹּֽאן׃[is] with the flock

  batzonH6629 →274 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 Kings 19:19

  So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.

  it leads to

  • 2 Kings 2:8

    And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

  • 2 Kings 2:13–14

    Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

  • Psalms 78:70–72

    He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

• Through

  1 Samuel 16:11

  And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit…

  it leads to

  • Psalms 78:70–71

    He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

  • 2 Samuel 7:8

    Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My…

  • 2 Samuel 13:3

    Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

  • 1 Samuel 17:28

    Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep…

  • 1 Chronicles 17:7

    Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My…