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1 Samuel 2:18-26

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.

26AndthechildSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050grewon,andincreasedinfavorbothwithJehovah,andalsoH1571withmenH376.

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