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.
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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| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּחְמֹל֩ | vai.yach.Mol | and he had compassion | H2550 → |
| שָׁא֨וּל | sha.'Ul | Saul | H7586 → |
| וְהָעָ֜ם | ve.ha.'Am | and the people | H5971 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| אֲגָ֗ג | 'a.Gag | Agag | H90 → |
| וְעַל־ | ve.'al- | and on | H5921 → |
| מֵיטַ֣ב | mei.Tav | [the] best of | H4315 → |
| הַצֹּאן֩ | ha.tzoN | the sheep | H6629 → |
| וְהַבָּקָ֨ר | ve.ha.ba.Kar | and the cattle | H1241 → |
| וְהַמִּשְׁנִ֤ים | ve.ha.mish.Nim | and the second | H4932 → |
| וְעַל־ | ve.'al- | and on | H5921 → |
| הַכָּרִים֙ | ha.ka.Rim | the lambs | H3733 → |
| וְעַל־ | ve.'al- | and on | H5921 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הַטּ֔וֹב | ha.Tov | the good | H2896 → |
| וְלֹ֥א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| אָב֖וּ | 'a.Vu | they were willing | H14 → |
| הַחֲרִימָ֑ם | ha.cha.ri.Mam | to totally destroy them | H2763 → |
| וְכָל־ | ve.khol | and all | H3605 → |
| הַמְּלָאכָ֛ה | ha.me.la.Khah | the property | H4399 → |
| נְמִבְזָ֥ה | ne.miv.Zah | despised | H5240 → |
| וְנָמֵ֖ס | ve.na.Mes | and worthless | H4549 → |
| אֹתָ֥הּ | 'o.Tah | <obj.> it | H853 → |
| הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ פ | he.che.Ri.mu | they totally destroyed | H2763 → |
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