1 Samuel 5:8

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.

• וַיִּשְׁלְח֡וּand they sent

  vaiyishlechuH7971 →845 times

• וַיַּאַסְפוּ֩and they gathered

  vaiyaasfuH622 →200 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• סַרְנֵ֨י[the] rulers of

  sarneiH5633 →22 times

• פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים[the] Philistines

  felishtimH6430 →287 times

• אֲלֵיהֶ֗םto them

  ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times

• וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙and they said

  vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

• מַֽה־what?

  mah-H4100 →752 times

• נַּעֲשֶׂ֗הwill we do

  naasehH6213 →2628 times

• לַֽאֲרוֹן֙to [the] ark of

  laaronH727 →202 times

• אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

  ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּand they said

  vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

• גַּ֣תGath

  gatH1661 →32 times

• יִסֹּ֔בlet it go round

  yisoH5437 →161 times

• אֲר֖וֹן[the] ark of

  ʾaronH727 →202 times

• אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

  ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• וַיַּסֵּ֕בּוּand they brought round

  vaiyassebuH5437 →161 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• אֲר֖וֹן[the] ark of

  ʾaronH727 →202 times

• אֱלֹהֵ֥י[the] God of

  ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 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

  Zechariah 12:3

  On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.

  it leads to

  • Matthew 21:44

    He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

  • Zechariah 14:2–4

    For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the…

  • Daniel 2:34–35

    As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

  • Luke 20:18

    Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

• Through

  Amos 6:2

  Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

  it leads to

  • Nahum 3:8

    Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

  • Genesis 10:10

    His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

• Through

  1 Samuel 17:4

  Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

  it leads to

  • Joshua 11:22

    No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.

• Through

  1 Samuel 5:11

  Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us…

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 5:6

    Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.