Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 15:2-9

2Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, I have marked thatwhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Amalekעֲמָלֵ֖ק'a.ma.LekH6002didעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213toIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,howאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hesetשָׂ֥םsamH7760himselfagainstH4714him in thewayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870, when hecameH5927upH5927outאֵ֛ת'etH853ofEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

3Nowעַתָּה֩'a.TahH6258go andsmiteוְהִכִּֽיתָ֜הve.hi.ki.TahH5221Amalekעֲמָלֵ֗ק'a.ma.LekH6002, and utterlydestroyוְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ve.ha.cha.ram.TemH2763allH3605that they have, andspareתַחְמֹ֖לtach.MolH2550themnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808; butslayוְהֵמַתָּ֞הve.he.ma.TahH4191bothH3605manמֵאִ֣ישׁme.'IshH376andwomanאִשָּׁ֗ה'i.ShahH802,infantיוֹנֵ֔קyo.NekH3243and suckling,oxמִשּׁ֣וֹרmi.ShorH7794andsheepשֶׂ֔הSehH7716,camelמִגָּמָ֖לmi.ga.MalH1581and ass.

4AndSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586summonedוַיְשַׁמַּ֤עvay.sha.Ma'H8085thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, andnumberedוַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙vai.yif.ke.DemH6485them inTelaimבַּטְּלָאִ֔יםba.te.la.'ImH2923,twoמָאתַ֥יִםma.Ta.yimH3967hundredH3967thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505footmenרַגְלִ֑יrag.LiH7273, andtenוַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶתva.'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505menאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

5AndSaulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586cameH935to thecityעִ֣יר'irH5892ofAmalekעֲמָלֵ֑ק'a.ma.LekH6002, andlaidH935wait in thevalleyבַּנָּֽחַל׃ba.Na.chalH5158.

6AndSaulשָׁא֣וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto theKenitesהַקֵּינִ֡יha.kei.NiH7017,GoH5927,departסֻּ֨רוּSu.ruH5493,getH8432youH859downרְד֜וּre.DuH3381from among theAmalekitesH6002,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435IdestroyH3605youH859with them: for ye shewedkindnessחֶ֙סֶד֙che.sedH2617toallH3605thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, when theycameH5927upH5927outאֶֽל־'el-H413ofEgyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.Soעָשִׂ֤יתָה'a.Si.tahH6213theKenitesקֵינִ֖יkei.NiH7017departedוַיָּ֥סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493from among theAmalekitesH6002.

7AndSaulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586Smoteוַיַּ֥ךְvai.YakhH5221theAmalekitesעֲמָלֵ֑ק'a.ma.LekH6002, fromHavilahמֵֽחֲוִילָה֙me.cha.vi.LahH2341as thou goest toShurשׁ֔וּרShurH7793, that isbeforeפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

8And hetookוַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂvai.yit.PosH8610Agagאֲגַ֥ג'a.GagH90thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of theAmalekitesעֲמָלֵ֖ק'a.ma.LekH6002aliveחָ֑יChaiH2416, and utterly destroyedallכָּל־kol-H3605thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971with theedgeלְפִי־le.fi-H6310of theswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719.

9ButSaulשָׁא֨וּלsha.'UlH7586and thepeopleוְהָעָ֜םve.ha.'AmH5971sparedוַיַּחְמֹל֩vai.yach.MolH2550Agagאֲגָ֗ג'a.GagH90, and thebestמֵיטַ֣בmei.TavH4315of thesheepהַצֹּאן֩ha.tzoNH6629, and of theoxenוְהַבָּקָ֨רve.ha.ba.KarH1241, and of thefatlingsוְהַמִּשְׁנִ֤יםve.ha.mish.NimH4932, and thelambsהַכָּרִים֙ha.ka.RimH3733, andallH3605that wasgoodהַטּ֔וֹבha.TovH2896, and wouldnotH3808utterlydestroyH2763them: buteveryH3605thingH3605that was vile andrefuseH3808, that they destroyed utterly.

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