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1 Samuel 15:21

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3947 took ויקח

H5971 But the people העם

H7998 מהשׁלל

H6629 sheep צאן

H1241 and oxen ובקר

H7225 the chief ראשׁית

H2764 of the things which should have been utterly destr החרם

H2076 to sacrifice לזבח

H3068 unto the LORD ליהוה

H430 thy God אלהיך

H1537 in Gilgal בגלגל׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

But

the

H5971 people

H3947 took

the

H4480 spoil

H6629 sheep

and

H1241 oxen

the

H7225 chief

the

things

which

should

have

been

utterly

H2764 destroyed

H2076 sacrifice

unto

the

H3068 LORD

thy

H430 God

H1537 Gilgal

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7225

Hebrew: רֵאשִׁית

Transliteration: rêʼshîyth

Pronunciation: ray-sheeth'

Part of Speech: Noun Feminine

Bible Usage: {beginning} chief ({-est}) first ({-fruits} {part} {time}) principal thing.

Definition:

the {first} in {place} {time} order or rank (specifically a firstfruit)

1. first, beginning, best, chief

a. beginning

b. first

c. chief

d. choice part

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906