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1 Samuel 15:21 — King James Version← Study notes

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.


1 Samuel 15:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 15:2111 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקַּ֨חwayiqaḥ
acceptconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
הָ/עָ֧םhāʿām
peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
מֵ/הַ/שָּׁלָ֛לmēhašālāl
preypronH7998
spoil
צֹ֥אןṣōʾn
cattlenounH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
וּ/בָקָ֖רwbāqār
beeveconjH1241
bull · calf · cow · great ···
רֵאשִׁ֣יתrēʾšiyt
beginningnounH7225
chief · first(-fruits · part · time) ···
הַ/חֵ֑רֶםhaḥērem
curse(-dparticleH2764
-d thing) · dedicated thing · things which should have been utterly destroyed · utter destruction ···
לִ/זְבֹּ֛חַlizəbōḥa
killpronH2076
offer · sacrifice · slay
לַֽ/יהוָ֥הlayhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָʾĕlōheykā
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בַּ/גִּלְגָּֽלbagiləgāl
Gilgal. See alsopronH1537
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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