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1 Samuel 15:9

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

BSB

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ASV

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 everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

KJV

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.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּחְמֹל֩vai.yach.Moland he had compassionH2550
שָׁא֨וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
וְהָעָ֜םve.ha.'Amand the peopleH5971
עַל־'al-onH5921
אֲגָ֗ג'a.GagAgagH90
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921
מֵיטַ֣בmei.Tav[the] best ofH4315
הַצֹּאן֩ha.tzoNthe sheepH6629
וְהַבָּקָ֨רve.ha.ba.Karand the cattleH1241
וְהַמִּשְׁנִ֤יםve.ha.mish.Nimand the secondH4932
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921
הַכָּרִים֙ha.ka.Rimthe lambsH3733
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921
כָּל־kol-allH3605
הַטּ֔וֹבha.Tovthe goodH2896
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
אָב֖וּ'a.Vuthey were willingH14
הַחֲרִימָ֑םha.cha.ri.Mamto totally destroy themH2763
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605
הַמְּלָאכָ֛הha.me.la.Khahthe propertyH4399
נְמִבְזָ֥הne.miv.ZahdespisedH5240
וְנָמֵ֖סve.na.Mesand worthlessH4549
אֹתָ֥הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ פhe.che.Ri.muthey totally destroyedH2763

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The Death of Agag — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Agag — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain