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1 Samuel 15:2-9

2Thussaithאָמַר֙'a.MarH559theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, Irememberפָּקַ֕דְתִּיpa.Kad.tiH6485that whichAmalekעֲמָלֵ֖ק'a.ma.LekH6002didעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213toIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, how helaidשָׂ֥םsamH7760wait for him in thewayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870, when he cameupבַּעֲלֹת֖וֹba.'a.lo.ToH5927fromEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

3NowgoH3212andsmiteוְהִכִּֽיתָ֜הve.hi.ki.TahH5221Amalekעֲמָלֵ֗ק'a.ma.LekH6002, and utterlydestroyוְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ve.ha.cha.ram.TemH2763all that they have, andspareתַחְמֹ֖לtach.MolH2550them not; butslayוְהֵמַתָּ֞הve.he.ma.TahH4191bothmanמֵאִ֣ישׁme.'IshH376andwomanאִשָּׁ֗ה'i.ShahH802,infantמֵֽעֹלֵל֙me.'o.LelH5768andsucklingיוֹנֵ֔קyo.NekH3243,oxמִשּׁ֣וֹרmi.ShorH7794andsheepשֶׂ֔הSehH7716,camelמִגָּמָ֖לmi.ga.MalH1581anddonkeyחֲמֽוֹר׃ סcha.MorH2543.

4AndSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586gatheredH8085thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971togetherH8085, andnumberedוַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙vai.yif.ke.DemH6485them inTelaimבַּטְּלָאִ֔יםba.te.la.'ImH2923, twohundredמָאתַ֥יִםma.Ta.yimH3967thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505footmenרַגְלִ֑יrag.LiH7273, andtenוַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶתva.'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505menאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

5AndSaulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586cameוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935to acityעִ֣יר'irH5892ofAmalekעֲמָלֵ֑ק'a.ma.LekH6002, and laidwaitוַיָּ֖רֶבvai.Ya.revH7378 H693in thevalleyבַּנָּֽחַל׃ba.Na.chalH5158.

6AndSaulשָׁא֣וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to theKenitesהַקֵּינִ֡יha.kei.NiH7017,GoH3212,departסֻּ֨רוּSu.ruH5493, withdrawyourselvesרְד֜וּre.DuH3381fromamongמִתּ֣וֹךְmi.TokhH8432theAmalekitesעֲמָלֵֽק׃'a.ma.LekH6002, lest Idestroyאֹֽסִפְךָ֙'o.sif.KhaH622you with them: for yeshowedעָשִׂ֤יתָה'a.Si.tahH6213kindnessחֶ֙סֶד֙che.sedH2617to all thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, when they cameupבַּעֲלוֹתָ֖םba.'a.lo.TamH5927fromEgyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714. So theKenitesקֵינִ֖יkei.NiH7017departedוַיָּ֥סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493fromamongמִתּ֥וֹךְmi.TokhH8432theAmalekitesעֲמָלֵקִ֗י'a.mal.KiH6003.

7AndSaulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586smoteוַיַּ֥ךְvai.YakhH5221theAmalekitesעֲמָלֵ֑ק'a.ma.LekH6002fromHavilahמֵֽחֲוִילָה֙me.cha.vi.LahH2341until thoucomestבּוֹאֲךָ֣bo.'a.KhaH935toShurשׁ֔וּרShurH7793, that is eastofפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

8And hetookוַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂvai.yit.PosH8610Agagאֲגַ֥ג'a.GagH90thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of theAmalekitesעֲמָלֵ֖ק'a.ma.LekH6002aliveחָ֑יChaiH2416, and utterlydestroyedהֶחֱרִ֥יםhe.che.RimH2763all thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'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, and all that wasgoodהַטּ֔וֹבha.TovH2896, andwouldאָב֖וּ'a.VuH14not utterlydestroyהַחֲרִימָ֑םha.cha.ri.MamH2763them: but everythingהַמְּלָאכָ֛הha.me.la.KhahH4399that wasvileנְמִבְזָ֥הne.miv.ZahH5240andrefuseוְנָמֵ֖סve.na.MesH4549, that they destroyedutterlyהֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ פhe.che.Ri.muH2763.

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