OET interlinear 1 SAM 15:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יַּחְמֹל֩ שָׁא֨וּל וְ⁠הָ⁠עָ֜ם עַל

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_had_compassion Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,the,people on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ʼAgag and,on best_of of,the_sheep and,the,cattle and,the,second and,on the,lambs and,on all/each/any/every the,good and=not would to,totally_destroy_them and=all the,property despised and,worthless DOM=her/it utterly_destroyed )

See how you translated the expression “have compassion on” in [15:3](../15/03.md). Alternate translation: [But Saul and the people spared]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠הַ⁠מִּשְׁנִ֤ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_had_compassion Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,the,people on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ʼAgag and,on best_of of,the_sheep and,the,cattle and,the,second and,on the,lambs and,on all/each/any/every the,good and=not would to,totally_destroy_them and=all the,property despised and,worthless DOM=her/it utterly_destroyed )

This could mean: (1) second-born animals, which people in this culture considered to be superior. Alternate translation: [and the second-born animals] or [and the superior animals]; (2) fattened animals. Alternate translation: [and the fatlings]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠כָּרִים֙ וְ⁠עַל

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_had_compassion Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,the,people on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ʼAgag and,on best_of of,the_sheep and,the,cattle and,the,second and,on the,lambs and,on all/each/any/every the,good and=not would to,totally_destroy_them and=all the,property despised and,worthless DOM=her/it utterly_destroyed )

The term translated as lambs here refers specifically to lambs that have grazed in pastures and whose meat would therefore be particularly flavorful. Your language may have an expression that you could use in your translation to convey this meaning. Alternate translation: [and on the free-range lambs] or [and on the pasture-fed lambs]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

(Occurrence 2) וְ⁠עַל & כָּל־הַ⁠טּ֔וֹב

and,on & (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_had_compassion Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,the,people on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ʼAgag and,on best_of of,the_sheep and,the,cattle and,the,second and,on the,lambs and,on all/each/any/every the,good and=not would to,totally_destroy_them and=all the,property despised and,worthless DOM=her/it utterly_destroyed )

The author is using the adjective good as a noun to mean a certain kind of thing. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [and on everything else that was good]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠כָל־הַ⁠מְּלָאכָ֛ה נְמִבְזָ֥ה וְ⁠נָמֵ֖ס

and=all (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_had_compassion Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,the,people on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ʼAgag and,on best_of of,the_sheep and,the,cattle and,the,second and,on the,lambs and,on all/each/any/every the,good and=not would to,totally_destroy_them and=all the,property despised and,worthless DOM=her/it utterly_destroyed )

In this context, the term property refers to animals that people domesticate and raise. Alternate translation: [But all of the despised and weakened livestock]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

וְ⁠כָל־הַ⁠מְּלָאכָ֛ה נְמִבְזָ֥ה וְ⁠נָמֵ֖ס

and=all (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_had_compassion Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,the,people on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ʼAgag and,on best_of of,the_sheep and,the,cattle and,the,second and,on the,lambs and,on all/each/any/every the,good and=not would to,totally_destroy_them and=all the,property despised and,worthless DOM=her/it utterly_destroyed )

This phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word weakened tells why this property was despised. Alternate translation: [But all of the despicably weak livestock] or [But all of the livestock that people despised because it was weak]