| 18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 15:18:1 ⧉וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥vayishlakhakhasent you 1 Samuel 15:18:2 ⧉יְהוָ֖הyahwehLORD 1 Samuel 15:18:3 ⧉בְּדָ֑רֶךְbedarekhon the road 1 Samuel 15:18:4 ⧉וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvayomersaid 1 Samuel 15:18:5 ⧉לֵ֣ךְlekhgo 1 Samuel 15:18:6 ⧉וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞הvehakharamtadevote to destruction 1 Samuel 15:18:7 ⧉אֶת־הַֽחַטָּאִים֙ethakhataimthe sinners 1 Samuel 15:18:8 ⧉אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֔קetamalekAmalek 1 Samuel 15:18:9 ⧉וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣venilkhamafight 1 Samuel 15:18:10 ⧉ב֔וֹvoagainst him 1 Samuel 15:18:11 ⧉עַ֥דaduntil 1 Samuel 15:18:12 ⧉כַּלּוֹתָ֖םkalotahmtheir destruction 1 Samuel 15:18:13 ⧉אֹתָֽם׃otamthem |
| 18. Formal Translation And the LORD {Yahweh, Righteous Judge} sent you on a journey and said, “Go and utterly devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight them until you have completely finished them.” |
| 18. Dynamic Translation The LORD {Yahweh, Divine Avenger} sent you out, saying, “Go and completely wipe out those sinners, the Amalekites, and fight them until there are no survivors.” |