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1 Kings 12:11-14

11Andnowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258whereasmyfatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1didladeyouwithaheavyכָּבֵ֔דka.VedH3515yokeעֹ֣ל'olH5923,Iwilladdאוֹסִ֣יף'o.SifH3254toyouryokeעֻלְּכֶ֑ם'u.le.KhemH5923:myfatherאָבִ֗י'a.ViH1chastisedyouwithwhipsבַּשּׁוֹטִ֔יםba.sho.TimH7752,butIwillchastiseyouwithscorpionsבָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃ba.'ak.ra.BimH6137.

12SoJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֧םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379andallthepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971cameH935toRehoboamרְחַבְעָ֖םre.chav.'AmH7346thethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117,asthekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428bade,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,ComeH935tomeagainthethirdהַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי׃ha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117.

13Andthekingהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428answeredוַיַּ֧עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971roughly,andforsookthecounselעֲצַ֥ת'a.TzatH6098oftheoldH2205menwhichtheyhadgivenhim,

14andspaketothemafterthecounselכַּעֲצַ֤תka.'a.TzatH6098oftheyoungהַיְלָדִים֙hay.la.DimH3206men,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Myfatherאָבִי֙'a.ViH1madeH3513youryokeעֻלְּכֶ֔ם'u.le.KhemH5923heavyהִכְבִּ֣ידhikh.BidH3513,butIwilladdאֹסִ֣יף'o.SifH3254toyouryokeעֻלְּכֶ֑ם'u.le.KhemH5923:myfatherאָבִ֗י'a.ViH1chastisedyouwithwhipsבַּשּׁוֹטִ֔יםba.sho.TimH7752,butIwillchastiseyouwithscorpionsבָּעַקְרַבִּֽים׃ba.'ak.ra.BimH6137.

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