1 Samuel

1 Samuel 15:33

³³But Samuel declared:

“As your sword has made women childless,

so your mother will be childless among women.”

And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But Samuel	שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	šə·mū·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8050 Samuel
declared	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
As	כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
your sword	חַרְבֶּ֔ךָ	ḥar·be·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2719 sword
has made women	נָשִׁים֙	nā·šîm	Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
childless	שִׁכְּלָ֤ה	šik·kə·lāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7921 be bereaved
so	כֵּן־	kên-	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
your mother	אִמֶּ֑ךָ	’im·me·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H517 mother
will be childless	תִּשְׁכַּ֥ל	tiš·kal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7921 be bereaved
among women	מִנָּשִׁ֖ים	min·nā·šîm	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
And Samuel	שְׁמוּאֵ֧ל	šə·mū·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8050 Samuel
hacked Agag	אֲגָ֛ג	’ă·ḡāḡ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H90 Agag
to pieces	וַיְשַׁסֵּ֨ף	way·šas·sêp̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8158 hew in pieces
before	לִפְנֵ֥י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
at Gilgal	בַּגִּלְגָּֽל׃ס	bag·gil·gāl	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1537 Gilgal

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Judges 1:7 · Genesis 9:6 · Matthew 7:2 · Revelation 16:6 · Revelation 18:6 · James 2:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.