1 Samuel

1 Samuel 15:9

⁹Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves^b and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

Footnotes

b 15:9 Or the grown bulls

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Saul	שָׁא֨וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
and his troops	וְהָעָ֜ם	wə·hā·‘ām	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
spared	וַיַּחְמֹל֩	way·yaḥ·mōl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2550 spare
Agag	אֲגָ֗ג	’ă·ḡāḡ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H90 Agag
along with	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
the best	מֵיטַ֣ב	mê·ṭaḇ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4315 the best
of the sheep	הַצֹּאן֩	haṣ·ṣōn	Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
and cattle	וְהַבָּקָ֨ר	wə·hab·bā·qār	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1241 cattle, herd, ox
the fat calves	וְהַמִּשְׁנִ֤ים	wə·ham·miš·nîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4932 double, copy, second
and	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
lambs	הַכָּרִים֙	hak·kā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3733 basket-saddle
and	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
the best	הַטּ֔וֹב	haṭ·ṭō·wḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
of everything else	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
They were unwilling	אָב֖וּ	’ā·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H14 be willing, consent
to devote them to destruction	הַחֲרִימָ֑ם	ha·ḥă·rî·mām	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
but they devoted to destruction	הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃פ	he·ḥĕ·rî·mū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
that was despised	נְמִבְזָ֥ה	nə·miḇ·zāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5240 despised
and worthless	וְנָמֵ֖ס	wə·nā·mês	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H4549 dissolve, melt

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