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וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה בְּדָ֑רֶךְ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֵ֣ךְ וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ה אֶת־הַֽחַטָּאִים֙ אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֔ק וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣ בֹ֔ו עַ֥ד כַּלֹּותָ֖ם אֹתָֽם׃ And YHWH sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the ʿAmaleq, and fight against them until you have consumed them.’   … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל הֲלֹ֗וא אִם־קָטֹ֤ן אַתָּה֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ רֹ֛אשׁ שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אָ֑תָּה וַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ֧ יְהוָ֛ה לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ And Shemuʾel said, “Is it not that though you are small in your own eyes, you are the head of the tribes of Yisraʾel? And YHWH … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל הֶ֚רֶף וְאַגִּ֣ידָה לְּךָ֔ אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י הַלָּ֑יְלָה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לֹ֖ו דַּבֵּֽר׃ ס And Shemuʾel said to Shaʾul, “Stop, and I will tell you what YHWH has spoken to me this night.” And he said to him, … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל מֵעֲמָלֵקִ֣י הֱבִיא֗וּם אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָמַ֤ל הָעָם֙ עַל־מֵיטַ֤ב הַצֹּאן֙ וְהַבָּקָ֔ר לְמַ֥עַן זְבֹ֖חַ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְאֶת־הַיֹּותֵ֖ר הֶחֱרַֽמְנוּ׃ ס And Shaʾul said, “They have brought them from the ʿAmaleqites, for the people spared the best of the flock and the cattle in … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וּמֶ֛ה קֹֽול־הַצֹּ֥אן הַזֶּ֖ה בְּאָזְנָ֑י וְקֹ֣ול הַבָּקָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י שֹׁמֵֽעַ׃ And Shemuʾel said, “Then what is this sound of the flock in my ears, and the sound of the cattle that I am hearing?”   Morphology וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (vayyoʾmer) – … Continue reading →

וַיָּבֹ֥א שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל אֶל־שָׁא֑וּל וַיֹּ֧אמֶר לֹ֣ו שָׁא֗וּל בָּר֤וּךְ אַתָּה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה הֲקִימֹ֖תִי אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ And Shemuʾel came to Shaʾul, and Shaʾul said to him, “Blessed are you to YHWH! I have fulfilled the word of YHWH.”   Morphology וַיָּבֹ֥א (vayyavo) – Root: … Continue reading →

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֧ם שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל לִקְרַ֥את שָׁא֖וּל בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַיֻּגַּ֨ד לִשְׁמוּאֵ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר בָּֽא־שָׁא֤וּל הַכַּרְמֶ֨לָה֙ וְהִנֵּ֨ה מַצִּ֥יב לֹו֙ יָ֔ד וַיִּסֹּב֙ וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר וַיֵּ֖רֶד הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃ And Shemuʾel arose early to meet Shaʾul in the morning. And it was told to Shemuʾel, saying, “Shaʾul has gone to the … Continue reading →

נִחַ֗מְתִּי כִּֽי־הִמְלַ֤כְתִּי אֶת־שָׁאוּל֙ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־שָׁב֙ מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔י וְאֶת־דְּבָרַ֖י לֹ֣א הֵקִ֑ים וַיִּ֨חַר֙ לִשְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וַיִּזְעַ֥ק אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה כָּל־הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ “I regret that I have made Shaʾul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My words.” And Shemuʾel was … Continue reading →

וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹֽר׃ And the word of YHWH came to Shemuʾel, saying,   Morphology וַֽיְהִי֙ (vayhi) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And it came to pass”; Notes: A formulaic introduction to … Continue reading →

וַיַּחְמֹל֩ שָׁא֨וּל וְהָעָ֜ם עַל־אֲגָ֗ג וְעַל־מֵיטַ֣ב הַצֹּאן֩ וְהַבָּקָ֨ר וְהַמִּשְׁנִ֤ים וְעַל־הַכָּרִים֙ וְעַל־כָּל־הַטֹּ֔וב וְלֹ֥א אָב֖וּ הַחֲרִימָ֑ם וְכָל־הַמְּלָאכָ֛ה נְמִבְזָ֥ה וְנָמֵ֖ס אֹתָ֥הּ הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ פ And Shaʾul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flock and the cattle and the second-born, and the … Continue reading →

וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ אֶת־אֲגַ֥ג מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲמָלֵ֖ק חָ֑י וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם הֶחֱרִ֥ים לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃ And he captured Agag, king of ʿAmaleq, alive, but all the people he devoted to destruction by the edge of the sword.   Morphology וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ (vayyitpos) – Root: תפש (tapas); Form: Qal wayyiqtol … Continue reading →

וַיַּ֥ךְ שָׁא֖וּל אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֑ק מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙ בֹּואֲךָ֣ שׁ֔וּר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מִצְרָֽיִם׃ And Shaʾul struck ʿAmaleq from Ḥawila as you go to Shur, which is before Mitsrayim.   Morphology וַיַּ֥ךְ (vayyak) – Root: נכה (nakah); Form: Hifil wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine singular; … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֣וּל אֶֽל־הַקֵּינִ֡י לְכוּ֩ סֻּ֨רוּ רְד֜וּ מִתֹּ֣וךְ עֲמָלֵקִ֗י פֶּן־אֹֽסִפְךָ֙ עִמֹּ֔ו וְאַתָּ֞ה עָשִׂ֤יתָה חֶ֨סֶד֙ עִם־כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּעֲלֹותָ֖ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַיָּ֥סַר קֵינִ֖י מִתֹּ֥וךְ עֲמָלֵֽק׃ And Shaʾul said to the Qeni, “Go, turn aside, go down from among the ʿAmaleqi, lest I destroy you … Continue reading →

וַיָּבֹ֥א שָׁא֖וּל עַד־עִ֣יר עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיָּ֖רֶב בַּנָּֽחַל׃ And Shaʾul came as far as the city of ʿAmaleq, and he contended in the valley.   Morphology וַיָּבֹ֥א (vayyavo) – Root: בוא (bo); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And … Continue reading →

וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וַֽיִּפְקְדֵם֙ בַּטְּלָאִ֔ים מָאתַ֥יִם אֶ֖לֶף רַגְלִ֑י וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים אֶת־אִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָֽה׃ And Shaʾul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaʾim: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Yehuda.   Morphology וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע (vay-shammaʿ) – Root: שמע … Continue reading →

עַתָּה֩ לֵ֨ךְ וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜ה אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֗ק וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֹ֔ו וְלֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ל עָלָ֑יו וְהֵמַתָּ֞ה מֵאִ֣ישׁ עַד־אִשָּׁ֗ה מֵֽעֹלֵל֙ וְעַד־יֹונֵ֔ק מִשֹּׁ֣ור וְעַד־שֶׂ֔ה מִגָּמָ֖ל וְעַד־חֲמֹֽור׃ ס Now go and strike ʿAmaleq, and devote to destruction all that belongs to him; and do not spare him, but put … Continue reading →

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות פָּקַ֕דְתִּי אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה עֲמָלֵ֖ק לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֥ם לֹו֙ בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ בַּעֲלֹתֹ֖ו מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ Thus says YHWH of hosts, ‘I have noted what ʿAmaleq did to Yisraʾel, how he set against him in the way when he came up from … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל אֹתִ֨י שָׁלַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ לִמְשָׁחֳךָ֣ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ עַל־עַמֹּ֖ו עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְעַתָּ֣ה שְׁמַ֔ע לְקֹ֖ול דִּבְרֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ ס And Shemuʾel said to Shaʾul, “YHWH has sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Yisraʾel; and now, listen to the … Continue reading →

וַתְּהִ֤י הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ חֲזָקָ֣ה עַל־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י שָׁא֑וּל וְרָאָ֨ה שָׁא֜וּל כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ גִּבֹּור֙ וְכָל־בֶּן־חַ֔יִל וַיַּאַסְפֵ֖הוּ אֵלָֽיו׃ ס And the war was strong against the Pelishtim all the days of Shaʾul, and whenever Shaʾul saw any mighty man or any man of valor, … Continue reading →

וְקִ֧ישׁ אֲבִֽי־שָׁא֛וּל וְנֵ֥ר אֲבִֽי־אַבְנֵ֖ר בֶּן־אֲבִיאֵֽל׃ ס And Qish, the father of Shaʾul, and Ner, the father of Avner, were sons of Aviʾel.    Morphology וְקִ֧ישׁ (ve-Qish) – Root: קיש (Qish); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “And Qish”; Notes: Name … Continue reading →

וְשֵׁם֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת שָׁא֔וּל אֲחִינֹ֖עַם בַּת־אֲחִימָ֑עַץ וְשֵׁ֤ם שַׂר־צְבָאֹו֙ אֲבִינֵ֔ר בֶּן־נֵ֖ר דֹּ֥וד שָׁאֽוּל׃ And the name of Shaʾul’s wife was Aḥinoʿam, daughter of Aḥimaʿats, and the name of his army commander was Aviner, son of Ner, Shaʾul’s uncle.   Morphology וְשֵׁם֙ (ve-shem) … Continue reading →

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל יֹונָתָ֥ן וְיִשְׁוִ֖י וּמַלְכִּי־שׁ֑וּעַ וְשֵׁם֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י בְנֹתָ֔יו שֵׁ֤ם הַבְּכִירָה֙ מֵרַ֔ב וְשֵׁ֥ם הַקְּטַנָּ֖ה מִיכַֽל׃ And the sons of Shaʾul were Yonatan, Yishvi, and Malki-shua, and the name of his two daughters: the name of the firstborn, Merav, and the … Continue reading →

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ חַ֔יִל וַיַּ֖ךְ אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיַּצֵּ֥ל אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִיַּ֥ד שֹׁסֵֽהוּ׃ ס And he acted valiantly and struck ʿAmaleq, and he delivered Yisraʾel from the hand of those who plundered him.   Morphology וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (vayyaʿas) – Root: עשה (ʿasah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) … Continue reading →

וְשָׁא֛וּל לָכַ֥ד הַמְּלוּכָ֖ה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם סָבִ֣יב בְּֽכָל־אֹיְבָ֡יו בְּמֹואָ֣ב וּבִבְנֵי־עַמֹּ֨ון וּבֶאֱדֹ֜ום וּבְמַלְכֵ֤י צֹובָה֙ וּבַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּבְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יִפְנֶ֖ה יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ And Shaʾul took the kingship over Yisraʾel, and he fought all around against all his enemies: against Moʾav, and against the sons of ʿAmmon, … Continue reading →

וַיַּ֣עַל שָׁא֔וּל מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים הָלְכ֥וּ לִמְקֹומָֽם׃ And Shaʾul went up from after the Pelishtim, and the Pelishtim went to their place.   Morphology וַיַּ֣עַל (vayyaʿal) – Root: עלה (ʿalah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הָעָ֜ם אֶל־שָׁא֗וּל הֲֽיֹונָתָ֤ן יָמוּת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָ֠שָׂה הַיְשׁוּעָ֨ה הַגְּדֹולָ֣ה הַזֹּאת֮ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל֒ חָלִ֗ילָה חַי־יְהוָה֙ אִם־יִפֹּ֞ל מִשַּׂעֲרַ֤ת רֹאשֹׁו֙ אַ֔רְצָה כִּֽי־עִם־אֱלֹהִ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ה הַיֹּ֣ום הַזֶּ֑ה וַיִּפְדּ֥וּ הָעָ֛ם אֶת־יֹונָתָ֖ן וְלֹא־מֵֽת׃ ס And the people said to Shaʾul, “Shall Yonatan die, who has worked this great … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יֹוסִ֑ף כִּֽי־מֹ֥ות תָּמ֖וּת יֹונָתָֽן׃ And Shaʾul said, “Thus may God do, and thus may He add, for surely Yonatan shall die.”   Morphology וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (vayyoʾmer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־יֹ֣ונָתָ֔ן הַגִּ֥ידָה לִּ֖י מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָה וַיַּגֶּד־לֹ֣ו יֹונָתָ֗ן וַיֹּאמֶר֩ טָעֹ֨ם טָעַ֜מְתִּי בִּקְצֵ֨ה הַמַּטֶּ֧ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֛י מְעַ֥ט דְּבַ֖שׁ הִנְנִ֥י אָמֽוּת׃ And Shaʾul said to Yonatan, “Tell me, what have you done?” And Yonatan told him and said, “I indeed tasted a … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל הַפִּ֕ילוּ בֵּינִ֕י וּבֵ֖ין יֹונָתָ֣ן בְּנִ֑י וַיִּלָּכֵ֖ד יֹונָתָֽן׃ And Shaʾul said, “Cast between me and between Yonatan my son.” And Yonatan was taken.   Morphology וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (vayyoʾmer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (preterite) 3rd person masculine singular; … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֗וּל אֶל־יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הָ֣בָה תָמִ֑ים וַיִּלָּכֵ֧ד יֹונָתָ֛ן וְשָׁא֖וּל וְהָעָ֥ם יָצָֽאוּ׃ And Shaʾul said to YHWH, the God of Yisraʾel, “Grant a perfect decision.” And Yonatan and Shaʾul were taken, but the people went out.   Morphology וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (vayyoʾmer) … Continue reading →