But Saul
Sha'uwl (shaw-ool')
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites -- Saul, Shaul.
and the people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
spared
chamal (khaw-mal')
to commiserate; by implication, to spare -- have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
Agag
'Agag (ag-ag')
flame; Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings -- Agag.
and the best
meytab (may-tawb')
the best part -- best.
of the sheep
tso'n (tsone)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
and of the oxen
baqar (baw-kawr')
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd -- beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
and of the fatlings
mishneh (mish-neh')
a repetition, i.e. a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by implication, a second (in order, rank, age, quality or location)
and the lambs
kar (kar)
a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out)
and all that was good
towb (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
and would
'abah (aw-baw')
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent -- consent, rest content will, be willing.
not utterly destroy
charam (khaw-ram')
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
them but every thing
mla'kah (mel-aw-kaw')
deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
that was vile
nmibzeh (nem-ib-zeh')
despised -- vile.
and refuse
macac (maw-sas')
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief) -- discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, utterly.
that they destroyed utterly
charam (khaw-ram')
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
