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SaulשָׁאוּלstruckוַיַּךְAmalekאֶת עֲמָלֵקfrom Havilahמֵחֲוִילָהas you comeבּוֹאֲךָto Shur,שׁוּרwhichאֲשֶׁרis oppositeעַל פְּנֵיEgypt.מִצְרָיִם
1 Samuel 15:7
Study it in the app“Saul struck Amalek from Havilah as you come to Shur, which is opposite Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:7, word by word
- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- struckיַּךְyach
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yach” 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- from Havilahחֲוִילָהchavila
Havilah
Havilah, the name of a region (perhaps more than one) and of men descended from it. Where it lay is not known for certain.
Where else “chavila” appears- as you comeבּוֹאֲboa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “boa” appears- to Shurשׁוּרshur
Shur
Shur, a wilderness region between Canaan and Egypt.
Where else “shur” appears- is oppositeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
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
6Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, turn aside, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I remove you with them; for you showed loyal love to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites turned aside from among Amalek.
7 · This verse (above)
8He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he devoted to destruction with the edge of the sword.