1 Samuel 17:8

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.

• וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗דand he stood

  vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times

• וַיִּקְרָא֙and he called out

  vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times

• אֶל־to

  ʾel-H413 →5510 times

• מַעַרְכֹ֣ת[the] battle lines of

  maarkhotH4634 →19 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• לָהֶ֔םto <the> them

  lahem

• לָ֥מָּה<to> why?

  lamahH4100 →752 times

• תֵצְא֖וּdo you come out

  tetzeuH3318 →1067 times

• לַעֲרֹ֣ךְto deploy

  laarokhH6186 →74 times

• מִלְחָמָ֑הbattle

  milchamahH4421 →320 times

• הֲל֧וֹא¿ not

  halo'H3808 →5168 times

• אָנֹכִ֣י[am] I

  ʾanokhiH595 →359 times

• הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗יthe Philistine

  hapelishtiH6430 →287 times

• וְאַתֶּם֙and [are] you?

  veatemH859 →1094 times

• עֲבָדִ֣יםservants

  ʾavadimH5650 →799 times

• לְשָׁא֔וּלof Saul

  leshaulH7586 →402 times

• בְּרוּ־commission

  beru-H1262 →

• לָכֶ֥םfor <the> yourselves

  lakhem

• אִ֖ישׁa man

  ʾishH376 →1663 times

• וְיֵרֵ֥דso he may come down

  veyeredH3381 →381 times

• אֵלָֽי׃to me

  ʾelaiH413 →5510 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 17:26

  David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he…

  it leads to

  • Deuteronomy 5:26

    For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

  • 1 Samuel 11:2

    But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”

  • 1 Samuel 17:36

    Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

  • 1 Samuel 17:10

    Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”

  • 1 Samuel 14:6

    Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD…

• Through

  2 Samuel 11:11

  Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat…

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 7:2

    he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

  • 2 Samuel 7:6

    For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.

  • 2 Samuel 20:6

    And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”