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1 Samuel 15:9

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And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.	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.	Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But Saul^H7586 and the people^H5971 spared^H2550 Agag^H90, and the best^H4315 of the sheep^H6629, and of the oxen^H1241, and of the fatlings^H4932, and the lambs^H3733, and all that was good^H2896, and would^H14 not utterly destroy^H2763 them: but every thing^H4399 that was vile^H5240 and refuse^H4549, that they destroyed utterly^H2763.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּחְמֹל שָׁאוּל וְהָעָם עַל־אֲגָג וְעַל־מֵיטַב הַצֹּאן וְהַבָּקָר וְהַמִּשְׁנִים וְעַל־הַכָּרִים וְעַל־כָּל־הַטֹּוב וְלֹא אָבוּ הַחֲרִימָם וְכָל־הַמְּלָאכָה נְמִבְזָה וְנָמֵס אֹתָהּ הֶחֱרִימוּ׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּחְמֹל֩	va/i.yach.Mol	H2550	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he had compassion
שָׁא֨וּל	sha.'Ul	H7586	HNp	Saul
וְ/הָ/עָ֜ם	ve./ha./'Am	H5971	HC/Td/Ncmsa	and/ the/ people
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
אֲגָ֗ג	'a.Gag	H90	HNp	Agag
וְ/עַל	ve./'al-	H5921	HC/R	and/ on
מֵיטַ֣ב	mei.Tav	H4315	HNcmsc	(the) best of
הַ/צֹּאן֩	ha./tzoN	H6629	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ sheep
וְ/הַ/בָּקָ֨ר	ve./ha./ba.Kar	H1241	HC/Td/Ncbsa	and/ the/ cattle
וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁנִ֤ים	ve./ha./mish.Nim	H4932	HC/Td/Ncmpa	and/ the/ second
וְ/עַל	ve./'al-	H5921	HC/R	and/ on
הַ/כָּרִים֙	ha./ka.Rim	H3733	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ lambs
וְ/עַל	ve./'al-	H5921	HC/R	and/ on
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
הַ/טּ֔וֹב	ha./Tov	H2896	HTd/Aamsa	the/ good
וְ/לֹ֥א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
אָב֖וּ	'a.Vu	H14	HVqp3cp	they were willing
הַחֲרִימָ֑/ם	ha.cha.ri.Ma/m	H2763	HVhc/Sp3mp	to totally destroy/ them
וְ/כָל	ve./khol	H3605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ all
הַ/מְּלָאכָ֛ה	ha./me.la.Khah	H4399	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ property
נְמִבְזָ֥ה	ne.miv.Zah	H5240	HNcfsa	despised
וְ/נָמֵ֖ס	ve./na.Mes	H4549	HC/VNrmsa	and/ worthless
אֹתָ֥/הּ	'o.Ta/h	H853	HTo/Sp3fs	(obj.)/ it
הֶחֱרִֽימוּ	he.che.Ri.mu	H2763	HVhp3cp	they totally destroyed

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H14 — אָבָה (ʼâbâh, aw-baw'): a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent; consent, rest content will, be willing.
• H90 — אֲגַג (ʼĂgag, ag-ag'): or אֲגָג; of uncertain derivation (compare אָגֵא); flame; Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings; Agag.
• H1241 — בָּקָר (bâqâr, baw-kawr'): from בָּקַר; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd; beeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.
• H2550 — חָמַל (châmal, khaw-mal'): a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare; have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
• H2763 — חָרַם (châram, khaw-ram'): a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose; make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; 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); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H3733 — כַּר (kar, kar): from כָּרַר in the sense of plumpness; 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); captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also בֵּית כַּר, כָּרִי.
• H4315 — מֵיטָב (mêyṭâb, may-tawb'): from יָטַב; the best part; best.
• H4399 — מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'): from the same as מֲלְאָךְ; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor); business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
• H4549 — מָסַס (mâçaç, maw-sas'): a primitive root; to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief); discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly.
• H4932 — מִשְׁנֶה (mishneh, mish-neh'): from שָׁנָה; 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); college, copy, double, fatlings, next, second (order), twice as much.
• H5240 — נְמִבְזֶה (nᵉmibzeh, nem-ib-zeh'): from בָּזָה,; despised; vile.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
• H7586 — שָׁאוּל (Shâʼûwl, shaw-ool'): passive participle of שָׁאַל; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites; Saul, Shaul.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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