Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 15:5 Interlinear

came And Saul to a city of Amalek and laid wait in the valley

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיָּבֹ֥אH935cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
2שָׁא֖וּלH7586And Saulshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
3עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
4עִ֣ירH5892to a citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
5עֲמָלֵ֑קH6002of Amalekamalek, a descendant of esau; also his posterity and their country
6וַיָּ֖רֶבH7378and laid waitproperly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
7בַּנָּֽחַל׃H5158in the valleya stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)

Verse Context

1 Samuel 15:4gathered And Saul the people and numbered them in Telaim...
1 Samuel 15:5 (current)came And Saul to a city of Amalek and laid wait in the valley
1 Samuel 15:6said And Saul So the Kenites depart...

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