1 Samuel 15:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.”

1 Samuel 15:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 15:812 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּתְפֹּ֛שׂwayitəpōś

catchconjH8610

handle · (lay · take) hold (on · over) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

אֲגַ֥גʾăgag

AgagnounH90

מֶֽלֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

עֲמָלֵ֖קʿămālēq

AmaleknounH6002

חָ֑יḥāy

aliveadjH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/עָ֖םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

הֶחֱרִ֥יםheḥĕriym

make accursedverbH2763

consecrate · destroy · devote · forfeit ···

לְ/פִיləpiy

mouthpronH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

חָֽרֶבḥāreb

axenounH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

ℹWords 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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