1 Samuel 9
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1 Samuel 9:1-5

1Nowtherewasamanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofBenjamin,whosenameוּ֠שְׁמוֹu.she.moH8034wasKishקִ֣ישׁkishH7027,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAbielאֲבִיאֵ֞ל'a.vi.'ElH22,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofZeror,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofBecorath,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAphiah,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofaBenjamite,amightyגִּבּ֖וֹרgi.BorH1368manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofvalor.
2AndhehadasonH1121,whosenameוּשְׁמ֤וֹu.she.MoH8034wasSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586,ayoungH1121manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376andagoodly:andtherewasnotamongthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478agoodlierpersonH376thanhe:fromhisshouldersמִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹmi.shikh.MoH7926andupwardH4605hewashigherthananyofthepeopleהָעָֽם׃ha.'AmH5971.
3AndtheassesofKishלְקִ֖ישׁle.KishH7027,Saul’sfatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1,werelost.AndKishקִ֜ישׁkishH7027saidH559toSaulH7586hissonבְּנ֗וֹbe.NoH1121,Takeקַח־kach-H3947nowoneאַחַ֣ד'a.ChadH259oftheservantsH5288withthee,andariseוְק֣וּםve.KumH6965,goseekבַּקֵּ֖שׁba.KeshH1245theasses.
4AndhepassedH5674throughthehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,andpassedH5674throughthelandבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776ofShalishah,buttheyfoundH4672themnot:thentheypassedH5674throughthelandבְאֶֽרֶץ־ve.'e.retz-H776ofShaalim,andtheretheywerenot:andhepassedH5674throughthelandבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776oftheBenjamites,buttheyfoundH4672themnot.
5WhenH834theywerecomeH935tothelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofZuphצ֔וּףTzufH6689,Saulוְשָׁא֥וּלve.sha.'UlH7586saidH559tohisservantלְנַעֲר֥וֹle.na.'a.RoH5288thatwaswithhim,ComeH935,andletusreturnH7725,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435myfatherאָבִ֛י'a.ViH1leaveoffcaringfortheasses,andbeanxiousוְדָ֥אַגve.Da.'agH1672forus.
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