Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2550 [e] וַיַּחְמֹל֩ way-yaḥ-mōl But spared Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 7586 [e] שָׁא֨וּל šā-’ūl Saul N-proper-ms 5971 [e] וְהָעָ֜ם wə-hā-‘ām and the people Conj-w, Art | N-ms 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- on Prep 90 [e] אֲגָ֗ג ’ă-ḡāḡ, Agag N-proper-ms 5921 [e] וְעַל־ wə-‘al- and Conj-w | Prep 4315 [e] מֵיטַ֣ב mê-ṭaḇ the best N-msc 6629 [e] הַצֹּאן֩ haṣ-ṣōn of the sheep Art | N-cs 1241 [e] וְהַבָּקָ֨ר wə-hab-bā-qār and the oxen Conj-w, Art | N-ms 4932 [e] וְהַמִּשְׁנִ֤ים wə-ham-miš-nîm and the fatlings Conj-w, Art | N-mp 5921 [e] וְעַל־ wə-‘al- and Conj-w | Prep 3733 [e] הַכָּרִים֙ hak-kā-rîm the lambs Art | N-mp 5921 [e] וְעַל־ wə-‘al- and Conj-w | Prep 3605 [e] כָּל־ kāl- all N-msc 2896 [e] הַטּ֔וֹב haṭ-ṭō-wḇ, [that was] good Art | N-ms 3808 [e] וְלֹ֥א wə-lō and not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 14 [e] אָב֖וּ ’ā-ḇū were willing V-Qal-Perf-3cp 2763 [e] הַחֲרִימָ֑ם ha-ḥă-rî-mām; to utterly destroy them V-Hifil-Inf | 3mp 3605 [e] וְכָל־ wə-ḵāl but Conj-w | N-msc 4399 [e] הַמְּלָאכָ֛ה ham-mə-lā-ḵāh everything Art | N-fs 959 [e] נְמִבְזָ֥ה nə-miḇ-zāh despised N-fs 4549 [e] וְנָמֵ֖ס wə-nā-mês and worthless Conj-w | V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms 853 [e] אֹתָ֥הּ ’ō-ṯāh - DirObjM | 3fs 2763 [e] הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ he-ḥĕ-rî-mū. that they utterly destroyed V-Hifil-Perf-3cp   פ p̄ - Punc

New American Standard Bible
But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

King James Bible
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, cattle, and choice animals, as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.

the best

1 Samuel 15:3,15,19 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, …

Joshua 7:21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two …

the fatlings. or, the second sort

2 Samuel 6:13 And it was so, that when they that bore the ark of the LORD had gone …

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