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1 Samuel 15

1 S. 15:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
and the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
spared
chamal (Hebrew #2550)
to commiserate; by implication, to spare
KJV usage: have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
Pronounce: khaw-mal'
Origin: a primitive root
y Agag
'Agag (Hebrew #90)
of uncertain derivation (compare 89); flame; Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings
KJV usage: Agag.
Pronounce: ag-ag'
Origin: or uAgag {Ag-awg'}
, and the best
meytab (Hebrew #4315)
the best part
KJV usage: best.
Pronounce: may-tawb'
Origin: from 3190
of the sheep
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
, and of the oxen
baqar (Hebrew #1241)
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
KJV usage: beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
Pronounce: baw-kawr'
Origin: from 1239
, and of the ηfatlings
mishneh (Hebrew #4932)
properly, a repetition, i.e. a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by implication, a second (in order, rank, age, quality or location)
KJV usage: college, copy, double, fatlings, next, second (order), twice as much.
Pronounce: mish-neh'
Origin: from 8138
, and the lambs
kar (Hebrew #3733)
a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out)
KJV usage: captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also 1033, 3746.
Pronounce: kar
Origin: from 3769 in the sense of plumpness
, and all that was good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
, and would
'abah (Hebrew #14)
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
KJV usage: consent, rest content will, be willing.
Pronounce: aw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
not utterly destroy
charam (Hebrew #2763)
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
KJV usage: make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
Pronounce: khaw-ram'
Origin: a primitive root
them: but every thing
mla'kah (Hebrew #4399)
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
KJV usage: business, + cattle, + industrious, occupation, (+ -pied), + officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
Pronounce: mel-aw-kaw'
Origin: from the same as 4397
that was vile
nmibzeh (Hebrew #5240)
from 959, despised
KJV usage: vile.
Pronounce: nem-ib-zeh'
and refuse
macac (Hebrew #4549)
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
KJV usage: discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, X utterly.
Pronounce: maw-sas'
Origin: a primitive root
, that they destroyed utterly
charam (Hebrew #2763)
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
KJV usage: make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
Pronounce: khaw-ram'
Origin: a primitive root
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1 S. 15:3,15• 3Ve pues, y hiere á Amalec, y destuiréis en él todo lo que tuviere: y no te apiades de él: mata hombres y mujeres, niños y mamantes, vacas y ovejas, camellos y asnos.
 15Y Saúl respondió: De Amalec los han traído; porque el pueblo perdonó á lo mejor de las ovejas y de las vacas, para sacrificarlas á Jehová tu Dios; pero lo demás lo destruimos. (1 S. 15:3,15)
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or, second sort.

More on:

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Agag,
Lamb,
Ox; Oxen,
Saul,
Sheep

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the best.
1 S. 15:3,15,19• 3Ve pues, y hiere á Amalec, y destuiréis en él todo lo que tuviere: y no te apiades de él: mata hombres y mujeres, niños y mamantes, vacas y ovejas, camellos y asnos.
 15Y Saúl respondió: De Amalec los han traído; porque el pueblo perdonó á lo mejor de las ovejas y de las vacas, para sacrificarlas á Jehová tu Dios; pero lo demás lo destruimos.
 19¿Por qué pues no has oído la voz de Jehová, sino que vuelto al despojo, has hecho lo malo en los ojos de Jehová? (1 S. 15:3,15,19)
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Jos. 7:21• 21Que vi entre los despojos un manto babilónico muy bueno, y doscientos siclos de plata, y un changote de oro de peso de cincuenta siclos; lo cual codicié, y tomé: y he aquí que está escondido debajo de tierra en el medio de mi tienda, y el dinero debajo de ello. (Jos. 7:21)
the fatlings.
or, the second sort.
2 S. 6:13• 13Y como los que llevaban el arca de Dios habían andado seis pasos, sacrificaban un buey y un carnero grueso. (2 S. 6:13)
• The only question now is that of faithfulness to God, and of preferring His glory to self-interest. (“1 Samuel 15” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and oxen, and beasts of the second bearingb, and the lambsc, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction; but everything that was mean and weak, that they destroyed utterly.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Or "fatted beasts."
c
Fat lambs fed on rich pasture.