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1 Samuel 28:20-25

20ThenSaulשָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlH7586fellH5307straightwayhisfulllengthupontheearthH776,andwasH1961soreafraidוַיִּרָ֥אvai.yi.Ra'H3372,becauseofthewordsמִדִּבְרֵ֣יmi.div.ReiH1697ofSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050:andtherewasH1961nostrengthכֹּ֙חַ֙ko.achH3581inhim;forhehadeatenH398nobreadH3899allthedayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117,norallthenightהַלָּֽיְלָה׃ha.La.ye.lahH3915.

21Andthewomanהָֽאִשָּׁה֙ha.'i.ShahH802cameH935untoSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586,andsawH7200thathewassoretroubled,andsaidH559untohim,Behold, thy handmaid hath hearkened unto thyvoiceבְּקוֹלֶ֔ךָbe.ko.Le.chaH6963,andIhaveputוָאָשִׂ֤יםva.'a.SimH7760mylifeנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315inmyhandH3709,andhavehearkened unto thywordsדְּבָרֶ֔יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697whichthou spakest untome.

22Nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258thereforeH6258,Ipraythee, hearken thoualsoגַם־gam-H1571untothevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofthy handmaid,andletmesetוְאָשִׂ֧מָהve.'a.Si.mahH7760amorselH6595ofbreadלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899beforethee;andeatוֶאֱכ֑וֹלve.'e.KholH398,thatthou mayesthavestrengthכֹּ֔חַKo.achH3581,whenthou goestonthywayבַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ba.Da.rekhH1870.

23ButherefusedH3985,andsaidH559,Iwillnoteatאֹכַ֔ל'o.KhalH398.Buthisservantsעֲבָדָיו֙'a.va.DavH5650,togetherwiththewomanהָ֣אִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.ShahH802, constrainedhim;andhehearkened untotheirvoiceלְקֹלָ֑םle.ko.LamH6963.SohearoseH6965fromtheearthH776,andsatH3427uponthebedהַמִּטָּֽה׃ha.mi.TahH4296.

24Andthewomanוְלָאִשָּׁ֤הve.la.'i.ShahH802hadafattedcalfעֵֽגֶל־'e.gel-H5695inthehouseבַּבַּ֔יִתba.Ba.yitH1004;andshe hasted,andkilledit;andshetookH3947flourקֶ֣מַחKe.machH7058,andkneadedוַתָּ֔לָשׁva.Ta.loshH3888it,anddidbakeH644unleavenedמַצּֽוֹת׃ma.TzotH4682breadH4682thereof:

25andshebroughtH5066itbeforeSaulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586,andbeforehisservantsעֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.DavH5650;andtheydideatH398.ThentheyroseH6965up,andwentawaythatnightבַּלַּ֥יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915.

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