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ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹת‘I call to accountפָּקַדְתִּיwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרAmalekעֲמָלֵקdidעָשָׂהto Israel,לְיִשְׂרָאֵלhowאֲשֶׁרhe set himself against himשָׂם לוֹon the wayבַּדֶּרֶךְwhen he came upבַּעֲלֹתוֹfrom Egypt.מִמִּצְרָיִם
1 Samuel 15:2
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: ‘I call to account what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way when he came up from Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:2, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- ‘I call to accountפָּקַדְתִּיpakadti
punish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “pakadti” appears- Amalekעֲמָלֵקamalek
Amalek
Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.
Where else “amalek” appears- didעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- to Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- he set himself against himשָׂםsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears- on the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- when he came upעֲלֹתalot
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Translation note
It refers to Amalek’s attack in the wilderness (Exodus 17:8-16; Deuteronomy 25:17-19).
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
1Samuel said to Saul, “It was I whom YHWH sent to anoint you as king over his people, over Israel; and now listen to the voice of the words of YHWH.
2 · This verse (above)
3Now go and strike Amalek, and devote to destruction all that he has; do not spare him, but put to death from man to woman, from child to nursing infant, from ox to lamb, from camel to donkey.’”