1 Samuel 15:3

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• עַתָּה֩now

  ʾatahH6258 →433 times

• לֵ֨ךְgo

  lekhH1980 →1546 times

• וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜הand you will attack

  vehikitahH5221 →499 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• עֲמָלֵ֗קAmalek

  ʾamalekH6002 →39 times

• וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙and you will totally destroy

  vehacharamtemH2763 →52 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• אֲשֶׁר־that

  ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

• ל֔וֹ[belongs] to <the> it

  lo

• וְלֹ֥אand not

  velo'H3808 →5168 times

• תַחְמֹ֖לyou must have compassion

  tachmolH2550 →41 times

• עָלָ֑יוon it

  ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

• וְהֵמַתָּ֞הand you will put to death

  vehematahH4191 →839 times

• מֵאִ֣ישׁfrom a man

  meishH376 →1663 times

• עַד־unto

  ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

• אִשָּׁ֗הa woman

  ʾishahH802 →781 times

• מֵֽעֹלֵל֙from a child

  meolelH5768 →

• וְעַד־and unto

  vead-H5704 →1261 times

• יוֹנֵ֔קa suckling-child

  yonekH3243 →33 times

• מִשּׁ֣וֹרfrom an ox

  mishorH7794 →79 times

• וְעַד־and unto

  vead-H5704 →1261 times

• שֶׂ֔הa sheep

  sehH7716 →47 times

• מִגָּמָ֖לfrom a camel

  migamalH1581 →54 times

• וְעַד־and unto

  vead-H5704 →1261 times

• חֲמֽוֹר׃ סa donkey

  chamorH2543 →96 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Numbers 24:20

  Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

  it leads to

  • Exodus 17:14

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

  • Exodus 17:8

    After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

• Through

  Numbers 31:17

  So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,

  it leads to

  • Judges 21:11–12

    This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”

  • Deuteronomy 20:16–18

    However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

  • Deuteronomy 7:2

    and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

• Through

  1 Samuel 22:19

  He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

  it leads to

  • James 2:13

    For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Nehemiah 11:32

    in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

  • 1 Samuel 21:1

    Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”