1 Samuel 15:5 Go deeper

And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. (KJV)

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וַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'and he came

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 15:5 word 1

שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaul

Lemma: שָׁאוּל (sha.ul) · Strong's: H7586G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Saul

Used 397 times. Also: 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 9:3, 1 Samuel 9:5, 1 Samuel 9:7, 1 Samuel 9:8, 1 Samuel 9:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7586G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 15:5 word 2

עַד\־'ad-to

Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: till

Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT 1 Samuel 15:5 word 3

עִ֣יר'ir[the] city of

Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: city

Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT 1 Samuel 15:5 word 4

עֲמָלֵ֑ק'a.ma.LekAmalek

Lemma: עֲמָלֵק (a.ma.leq) · Strong's: H6002G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Amalek

Used 37 times. Also: Exodus 17:8, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Exodus 17:11, Exodus 17:13, Exodus 17:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6002G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 15:5 word 5

וַיָּ֖רֶבvai.Ya.revand he lay in wait

Lemma: אָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H0693

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to ambush

Used 41 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:11, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:7, Joshua 8:12, Joshua 8:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0693; TAHOT 1 Samuel 15:5 word 6

בַּנָּֽחַל\׃ba.Na.chalin the wadi

Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158N

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: torrent: valley

Used 53 times. Also: Genesis 26:17, Genesis 26:19, Numbers 21:12, Numbers 21:14, Numbers 21:15, Deuteronomy 2:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5158N; TAHOT 1 Samuel 15:5 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Saul	→	שָׁאוּל H7586G Saul
came	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
to	→	עַד H5704 till
the city	→	עִיר H5892B city
of Amalek	→	עֲמָלֵק H6002G Amalek
and lay in wait	→	אָרַב H0693 to ambush
in the valley	→	נַ֫חַל H5158N torrent: valley

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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