1 Samuel 15:9:181 Sam.15.9.W18TAB
הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃
hekherimu
“devoted to destruction”
- Transliteration
- he-khe-ri-MU
- Extended
- heh-kheh-ree-MOO
- IPA
- /hɛħ.ɛriːˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- devoted to destruction
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
he-khe-ri-MU
- phraseyour reading level
o-TAH he-khe-ri-MU
- clause
ve-khol-ha-me-la-KHA ne-miv-ZA ve-na-MES o-TAH he-khe-ri-MU
- sentence
va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM al-a-GAG ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM ve-al-kol-ha-TOV ve-LO a-VU ha-kha-ri-MAM ve-khol-ha-me-la-KHA ne-miv-ZA ve-na-MES o-TAH he-khe-ri-MU
Exegesis
The noun hammelekhah {הַמְּלָאכָ֛ה | ham-me-lā-ḵāh} “property” is then qualified by the participle nĕ-mîv-zāh {נְמִבְזָ֥ה | nĕ-mîv-zāh} “despised” and the perfect wə-nā-mēs {וְנָמֵ֖ס | nā-mēs} “worthless,” culminating in the Hiphil perfect hē-ḥe-rî-mû {הֶחֱרִימוּ | hĕ-ḥe-rî-mû} “they utterly destroyed.” The parallel structure highlights the tension between selective mercy and uncompromising execution of the ban on what was deemed contemptible.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:9
Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the cattle, the choice animals, the lambs, and all that was good; they were unwilling to devote them to utter destruction, but they utterly destroyed all the property that was despised .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:9:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 15:9, so the Hebrew word הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ (hekherimu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.15.9.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.9.W18.S1) and character.