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1 Samuel 8:19-22

19Butthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971refusedH3985tohearken untothevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֑לshe.mu.'ElH8050;andtheysaidH559, Nay:butwewillhaveakingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overus,

20thatwealsoגַם־gam-H1571maybeוְהָיִ֥ינוּve.ha.Yi.nuH1961likeallthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471,andthatourkingמַלְכֵּ֙נוּ֙mal.Ke.nuH4428mayjudgeוּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּu.she.fa.Ta.nuH8199us,andgoוְיָצָ֣אve.ya.Tza'H3318outbeforeus,andfightוְנִלְחַ֖םve.nil.ChamH3898ourbattlesH4421.

21AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֔לshe.mu.'ElH8050heardH8085allthewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofthepeopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971,andherehearsedthemintheearsבְּאָזְנֵ֥יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241ofJehovah.

22AndJehovahsaidH559toSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050, Hearken untotheirvoiceבְּקוֹלָ֔םbe.ko.LamH6963,andmakeH8085themakingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428.AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElH8050saidH559untothemenאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Go yeeverymanH376untohiscityלְעִירֽוֹ׃ פle.'i.RoH5892.

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