1 Samuel 16:9

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.

• וַיַּעֲבֵ֥רand he made pass by

  vaiyaaverH5674 →556 times

• יִשַׁ֖יJesse

  yishaiH3448 →42 times

• שַׁמָּ֑הShammah

  shamahH8048 →

• וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• גַּם־also

  gam-H1571 →769 times

• בָּזֶ֖ה<in> this one

  bazehH2088 →1180 times

• לֹא־not

  lo'-H3808 →5168 times

• בָחַ֥רhe has chosen

  vacharH977 →171 times

• יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 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 Chronicles 2:13

  Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

  it leads to

  • 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…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Samuel 17:13

    The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

  • 1 Samuel 16:6–13

    When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

• Through

  1 Samuel 17:13

  The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

  it leads to

  • 1 Chronicles 2:13

    Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

  • 2 Samuel 13:3

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

  • 2 Samuel 21:21

    and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

  • 1 Samuel 16:6–9

    When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

• Through

  2 Samuel 13:3

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

  it leads to

  • 1 Corinthians 3:19

    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”