The Meaning of 1 Samuel 15:5 Explained

1 Samuel 15:5

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

YLT: And Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley;

Darby: And Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.

ASV: And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 15:5?

MEANING: What does 1 Samuel 15:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 15:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 1 Samuel 15:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 1 Samuel 15:5 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 15:1-16 - Leading The People In Disobedience
Several years intervened between the preceding chapter and this. The kingdom had become strong and prosperous. It seemed as though Samuel's sentence of deposition had been forgotten. But even in hot summer weather, the taint of autumn decay may be in the air. The speck of corruption was slowly eating into Saul's heart, and at last, when this charge came concerning Amalek, the evil was revealed to all. Amalek was under a curse, and the existence of the tribe was a standing menace to the peace and prosperity of the surrounding nations; hence the edict for its destruction, Exodus 17:16. Even in this world God judges the nations, and condemns such as have ceased to fulfill His purpose. In spite of God's distinct command, Saul connived at the reservation of the choicest and best of the spoils, and this brought about his rejection. It is noticeable, also, that an Amalekite claimed to have dispatched Him on the field of Gilboa, 2 Samuel 1:1-10. If we spare what God has commanded us to destroy, it may later destroy us. Take care in your obedience; you serve an exacting though loving God! [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 15

1  Samuel sends Saul to destroy Amalek
6  Saul favors the Kenites
7  He spares Agag and the best of the spoil
10  Samuel denounces unto Saul God's rejection of him for his disobedience
24  Saul's humiliation
32  Samuel kills Agag
34  Samuel and Saul part

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 15:5 mean?

And came Saul to a city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley
וַיָּבֹ֥א שָׁא֖וּל עַד־ עִ֣יר עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיָּ֖רֶב בַּנָּֽחַל

וַיָּבֹ֥א  And  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
שָׁא֖וּל  Saul 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁאוּל  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
עִ֣יר  a  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
עֲמָלֵ֑ק  of  Amalek 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֲמָלֵק  
Sense: son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a race of people in southern Canaan.
וַיָּ֖רֶב  and  lay  in  wait 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רִיב  
Sense: to strive, contend.
בַּנָּֽחַל  in  the  valley 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַחַל 
Sense: torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley.

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