1 Samuel

1 Samuel 15:18

¹⁸and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and sent	וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥	way·yiš·lā·ḥă·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H7971 send
you on a mission	בְּדָ֑רֶךְ	bə·ḏā·reḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
saying	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Go	לֵ֣ךְ	lêḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and devote to destruction	וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ה	wə·ha·ḥă·ram·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
the sinful	הַֽחַטָּאִים֙	ha·ḥaṭ·ṭā·’îm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H2400 sinful
Amalekites	עֲמָלֵ֔ק	‘ă·mā·lêq	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6002 Amalek
Fight	וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣	wə·nil·ḥam·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H3898 fight, do battle
against them	ב֔וֹ	ḇōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
until	עַ֥ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
you have wiped them out	כַּלּוֹתָ֖ם	kal·lō·w·ṯām	Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent

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Proverbs 10:29 · Job 31:3 · Genesis 13:13 · Genesis 15:16 · Numbers 16:38

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.