sha.saph denotes a violent cutting action in Samuel's killing of Agag.

The sole attested use describes Samuel's violent killing of Agag, set against Agag's sword making women childless in 1 Samuel 15:33.

1. Violently cut down in killing · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 15:33, the Piel sequential imperfect form occurs in the clause describing Samuel's action against Agag after Samuel compares it with the effects of Agag's sword. The APB renders the verse's outcome, “And Samuel put Agag to death before the LORD at Gilgal,”.

   1 Samuel 15:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 15:33, the APB presents the action as “Samuel put Agag to death.” It does not isolate the lemma's precise contribution beyond the verse's killing action.