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1 Samuel 15:9 — King James Version← Study notes

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.


1 Samuel 15:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 15:924 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּחְמֹל֩wayaḥəmōl
have compassionconjH2550
pity · spare
שָׁא֨וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
וְ/הָ/עָ֜םwəhāʿām
peopleconjH5971
men · nation · people
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲגָ֗גʾăgāg
AgagnounH90
וְ/עַלwəʿal
aboveconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מֵיטַ֣בmēyṭab
bestnounH4315
הַ/צֹּאן֩haṣōʾn
cattleparticleH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
וְ/הַ/בָּקָ֨רwəhabāqār
beeveconjH1241
bull · calf · cow · great ···
וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁנִ֤יםwəhamišəniym
collegeconjH4932
copy · double · fatlings · next ···
וְ/עַלwəʿal
aboveconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/כָּרִים֙hakāriym
captainparticleH3733
furniture · lamb · pasture · ram. See also
וְ/עַלwəʿal
aboveconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/טּ֔וֹבhaṭwōb
beautifulparticleH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָב֖וּʾābw
consentverbH14
rest content will · be willing
הַחֲרִימָ֑/םhaḥăriymām
make accursedverbH2763
consecrate · destroy · devote · forfeit ···
וְ/כָלwəkāl
all (mannerconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/מְּלָאכָ֛הhaməlāʾkāh
businessparticleH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
נְמִבְזָ֥הnəmibəzāh
vilenounH5240
וְ/נָמֵ֖סwənāmēs
discourageconjH4549
faint · be loosed · melt · refuse ···
אֹתָ֥/הּʾōtāh
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הֶחֱרִֽימוּheḥĕriymw
make accursedverbH2763
consecrate · destroy · devote · forfeit ···
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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