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1 Samuel 2:12-25

12NowthesonsH1121ofEliעֵלִ֖י'e.LiH5941werebasemen;theyknewH3045notJehovah.

13Andthecustomוּמִשְׁפַּ֥טu.mish.PatH4941ofthepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548withthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971was,that,whenanymanH376offeredH2076sacrificeזֶ֗בַחZe.vachH2077,thepriest’sהַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.HenH3548servantנַ֤עַרNa.'arH5288cameH935,whilethefleshH1320wasboilingכְּבַשֵּׁ֣לke.va.ShelH1310,withaflesh-hookofthreeשְׁלֹ֥שׁ־she.Losh-H7969teethH8127inhishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027;

14andhestruckH5221itintothepan,orkettle,orcaldronבַקַּלַּ֙חַת֙va.ka.La.chatH7037,orpotבַפָּר֔וּרva.pa.RurH6517;allthattheflesh-hookbroughtH935upthepriestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548tookH3947therewith.SotheydidinShilohבְּשִׁלֹֽה׃be.shi.LohH7887untoalltheIsraelitesthatcameH935thither.

15Yea,beforetheyburntthefatהַחֵלֶב֒ha.che.LevH2459,thepriest’sהַכֹּהֵ֗ןha.ko.HenH3548servantנַ֣עַרNa.'arH5288cameH935,andsaidH559tothemanלָאִ֣ישׁla.'IshH376thatsacrificedH2076,Giveתְּנָ֣הte.NahH5414fleshH1320toroastforthepriestלַכֹּהֵ֑ןla.ko.HenH3548;forhewillnothaveboiledמְבֻשָּׁ֖לme.vu.ShalH1310fleshH1320ofthee,butraw.

16Andifthemanהָאִ֗ישׁha.'IshH376saidH559untohim,Theywillsurelyburnthefatהַחֵ֔לֶבha.Che.levH2459first,andthentakeוְקַ֨ח־ve.Kach-H3947asmuchasthysoulH5315desireth;thenhewouldsayH559, Nay,butthou shaltgiveתִתֵּ֔ןti.TenH5414itmenowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258:andifnot,Iwilltakeלָקַ֥חְתִּיla.Kach.tiH3947itbyforceבְחָזְקָֽה׃ve.cha.ze.KahH2394.

17Andthesinחַטַּ֧אתcha.TatH2403oftheyoungהַנְּעָרִ֛יםha.ne.'a.RimH5288menH376wasH1961veryמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966greatגְּדוֹלָ֥הge.do.LahH1419beforeJehovah;forthemenH376despisedtheofferingמִנְחַ֥תmin.ChatH4503ofJehovah.

18ButSamuelוּשְׁמוּאֵ֕לu.she.mu.'ElH8050ministeredbeforeJehovah, beingachild,girdedחָג֖וּרcha.GurH2296withalinenבָּֽד׃BadH906ephodאֵפ֥וֹד'e.FodH646.

19Moreoverhismotherאִמּ֔וֹ'i.MoH517madeH6213himalittleH6996robeוּמְעִ֤ילu.me.'IlH4598,andbroughtH5927ittohimfromyeartoyear,whenshecameH5927upwithherhusbandאִישָׁ֔הּ'i.ShahH376toofferH5927theyearlysacrificeזֶ֥בַחZe.vachH2077.

20AndEliעֵלִ֜י'e.LiH5941blessedH1288Elkanahאֶלְקָנָ֣ה'el.ka.NahH511andhiswifeאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ'ish.ToH802,andsaidH559,JehovahgivetheeseedH2233ofthiswomanהָאִשָּׁ֣הha.'i.ShahH802forthepetitionהַשְּׁאֵלָ֔הha.she.'e.LahH7596whichwasaskedשָׁאַ֖לsha.'AlH7592ofJehovah.AndtheywentH1980untotheirownhome.

21AndJehovahvisitedפָקַ֤דfa.KadH6485Hannahחַנָּ֔הcha.NahH2584,andsheconceivedH2029,andbarethreeשְׁלֹשָֽׁה־she.lo.shah-H7969sonsבָנִ֖יםva.NimH1121andtwoוּשְׁתֵּ֣יu.she.TeiH8147daughtersבָנ֑וֹתva.NotH1323.AndthechildSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050grewH1431beforeJehovah.

22NowEliוְעֵלִ֖יve.'e.LiH5941wasveryH3966old;andheheardH8085allthathissonsבָּנָיו֙ba.NavH1121diduntoallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,andhowthattheylayH7901withthewomenH802thatdidserviceatthedoorH6607ofthetentאֹ֥הֶל'O.helH168ofmeetingמוֹעֵֽד׃mo.'EdH4150.

23AndhesaidH559untothem,Whyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100doyesuchthingsH1697?forIhearשֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙sho.Me.a'H8085ofyourevilH7451dealingsfromallthispeopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971.

24Nay,mysonsבָּנָ֑יba.NaiH1121;foritisnogoodטוֹבָ֤הto.VahH2896reportהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ha.she.mu.'AhH8052thatIhearשֹׁמֵ֔עַsho.Me.a'H8085: yemakeH8085Jehovah’speopleעַם־'am-H5971totransgressH5674.

25IfoneH376manH376sinיֶחֱטָ֨אye.che.Ta'H2398againstanother,Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430shalljudgehim;butifamanH376sinיֶֽחֱטָא־ye.che.ta'-H2398againstJehovah,whoshallentreatforhim? Notwithstanding,theyhearkenednotuntothevoiceלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963oftheirfatherאֲבִיהֶ֔ם'a.vi.HemH1,becauseJehovahwasmindedtoslaythem.

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