1 Samuel 26:12

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.

• וַיִּקַּח֩and he took

  vaiyikachH3947 →966 times

• דָּוִ֨דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• אֶֽת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• הַחֲנִ֜יתthe spear

  hachanitH2595 →47 times

• וְאֶת־and <obj.>

  veetH853 →10935 times

• צַפַּ֤חַת[the] jug of

  tzapachatH6835 →7 times

• הַמַּ֙יִם֙<the> water

  hamayimH4325 →581 times

• מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵ֣י[at the] head of

  meraashoteiH7226 →

• שָׁא֔וּלSaul

  shaulH7586 →402 times

• וַיֵּלְכ֖וּand they went

  vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times

• לָהֶ֑םfor <the> themselves

  lahem

• וְאֵ֣יןand there not

  veeinH369 →789 times

• רֹאֶה֩[was one who] saw

  roehH7200 →1300 times

• וְאֵ֨יןand there not

  veeinH369 →789 times

• יוֹדֵ֜עַ[was one who] knew

  yodea'H3045 →945 times

• וְאֵ֣יןand there not

  veeinH369 →789 times

• מֵקִ֗יץ[was one who] awoke

  mekitzH6974 →

• כִּ֤יfor

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• כֻלָּם֙all of them

  khulamH3605 →5413 times

• יְשֵׁנִ֔ים[were] sleeping

  yeshenimH3463 →

• כִּ֚יfor

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• תַּרְדֵּמַ֣ת<the> deep sleep of

  tardematH8639 →

• יְהוָ֔הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• נָפְלָ֖הit had fallen

  nafelahH5307 →435 times

• עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃on them

  ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 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

  Genesis 15:12

  As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

  it leads to

  • Job 33:15

    In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Genesis 2:21

    So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

• Through

  Isaiah 29:10

  For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

  it leads to

  • Romans 11:8

    as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

  • Isaiah 44:18

    They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

• Through

  1 Samuel 24:4

  So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you…

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 26:8–11

    Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to…

  • 1 Samuel 26:23

    May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

  • 1 Samuel 24:10

    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I…

• Through

  Genesis 2:21

  So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 15:12

    As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.