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He capturedוַיִּתְפֹּשׂAgagאֶת אֲגַגkingמֶלֶךְof Amalekעֲמָלֵקalive,חָיand allוְאֶת כָּלthe peopleהָעָםhe devoted to destructionהֶחֱרִיםwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword.חָרֶב
1 Samuel 15:8
Study it in the app“He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he devoted to destruction with the edge of the sword.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:8, word by word
- He capturedיִּתְפֹּשׂyitpos
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “yitpos” appears- Agagאֲגַגagag
Agag
Agag, the name or title of the kings of Amalek. The name perhaps means "flame."
Where else “agag” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of 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- aliveחָיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- he devoted to destructionהֶחֱרִיםhecherim
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hecherim” appears- with the edgeפִיfi
edge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appears- of the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears
The context
7Saul struck Amalek from Havilah as you come to Shur, which is opposite Egypt.
8 · This verse (above)
9But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the flock and the herd, the second-born and the lambs, and all that was good, and they were not willing to devote them to destruction; but all the property that was despised and worthless, that they devoted to destruction.