What Does 1 Samuel 15:15 Mean?

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“And Saul”

shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites

“them from the Amalekites”

an amalekite (or collectively the amalekites) or descendants of amalek

“They have brought”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“spared”

to commiserate; by implication, to spare

“for the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“the best”

the best part

“of the sheep”

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

“and of the oxen”

a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“to sacrifice”

to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)

“unto the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and the rest”

to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve

“we have utterly destroyed”

to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose