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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 15:8Hebrew 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 ···
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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