2 Samuel 2:1

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.

• וַיְהִ֣יand it was

  vayhiH1961 →3559 times

• אַֽחֲרֵי־after

  ʾacharei-H310 →715 times

• כֵ֗ןthus

  khenH3651 →771 times

• וַיִּשְׁאַל֩and he enquired

  vaiyishalH7592 →171 times

• דָּוִ֨דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• בַּֽיהוָ֤ה׀by Yahweh

  bayahwehH3068 →6520 times

• לֵאמֹר֙<to> saying

  lemorH559 →5305 times

• הַאֶעֱלֶ֗ה¿ will I go up

  haeelehH5927 →890 times

• בְּאַחַת֙in one of

  beachatH259 →971 times

• עָרֵ֣י[the] cities of

  ʾareiH5892 →1090 times

• יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

  yehudahH3063 →819 times

• וַיֹּ֧אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• יְהוָ֛הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• אֵלָ֖יוto him

  ʾelavH413 →5510 times

• עֲלֵ֑הgo up

  ʾalehH5927 →890 times

• וַיֹּ֧אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• דָּוִ֛דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• אָ֥נָהwhere?

  ʾanahH575 →

• אֶעֱלֶ֖הwill I go up

  ʾeelehH5927 →890 times

• וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• חֶבְרֹֽנָה׃Hebron towards

  chevronahH2275 →72 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

  Psalms 143:8

  Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

  it leads to

  • Psalms 25:4–5

    Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.

  • Proverbs 3:5–6

    Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

  • Psalms 32:8

    I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

  • Isaiah 48:17

    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

  • Isaiah 30:21

    And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

• Through

  Genesis 32:2

  When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 2:8

    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

• Through

  1 Samuel 23:4

  Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

  it leads to

  • Judges 7:7

    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”

  • Joshua 8:7

    you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.