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Why thenוְלָמָּהdid you notלֹאlistenשָׁמַעְתָּto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWH,יְהוָהbut rushedוַתַּעַטonאֶלthe spoilהַשָּׁלָלand didוַתַּעַשׂwhat was evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH?”יְהוָה
1 Samuel 15:19
Study it in the app“Why then did you not listen to the voice of YHWH, but rushed on the spoil and did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:19, word by word
- listenשָׁמַעְתָּshamata
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamata” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- but rushedתַּעַטtaat
swoop
To dart greedily on something, like a bird of prey.
Where else “taat” appears- the spoilשָּׁלָלshalal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears- and didתַּעַשׂtaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taas” appears- what was evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears
The context
18And YHWH sent you on a journey and said, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinners, Amalek, and fight against him until you have consumed them.’
19 · This verse (above)
20Saul said to Samuel, “Yes, I have listened to the voice of YHWH, and I went on the way on which YHWH sent me; and I have brought Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted to destruction.