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1 Samuel 10:24-27

24Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֜לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413allכָּל־kol-H3605the peopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971, “Do you seeהַרְּאִיתֶם֙ha.re.'i.TemH7200the oneאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834the LORDיְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛יYah.weh kiH3068 H3588has chosenבָּֽחַר־ba.char-H977? There isno oneאֵ֥ין'einH369like himכָּמֹ֖הוּka.Mo.huH3644among allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605the peopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971.”And allכָל־khol-H3605the peopleהָעָ֛ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּha.'Am vai.yo.me.RuH5971 H559shoutedוַיָּרִ֧עוּvai.ya.Ri.'uH7321, “Long liveיְחִ֥יye.ChiH2421the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פha.Me.lekhH4428!”

25Then Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֜לshe.mu.'ElH8050explainedוַיְדַבֵּ֨רvay.da.BerH1696toאֶל־'el-H413the peopleהָעָ֗םha.'AmH5971אֵ֚ת'etH853the rightsמִשְׁפַּ֣טmish.PatH4941of kingshipהַמְּלֻכָ֔הha.me.lu.KhahH4410.He wrote themוַיִּכְתֹּ֣בvai.yikh.ToH3789on a scrollבַּסֵּ֔פֶרba.Se.ferH5612and laid it upוַיַּנַּ֖חvai.ya.NachH5117beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068.And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֛לshe.mu.'ElH8050אֶת־'et-H853sent allכָּל־kol-H3605the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971awayוַיְשַׁלַּ֧חvay.sha.LachH7971,eachאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376to his own homeלְבֵיתֽוֹ׃le.vei.ToH1004.

26Saulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586alsoוְגַ֨ם־ve.Gam-H1571wentהָלַ֥ךְha.LakhH1980to his homeלְבֵית֖וֹle.vei.ToH1004in Gibeahגִּבְעָ֑תָהgiv.'A.tahH1390,and the men of valorהַחַ֕יִלha.Cha.yilH2428whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834heartsבְּלִבָּֽם׃be.li.BamH3820Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430had touchedנָגַ֥עna.Ga'H5060wentוַיֵּלְכ֣וּvai.ye.le.KhuH1980with himעִמּ֔וֹi.MoH5973.

27But some worthlessבְלִיַּ֣עַלve.li.Ya.'alH1100menוּבְנֵ֧יu.ve.NeiH1121saidאָמְר֗וּ'a.me.RuH559, “Howמַה־mah-H4100can thisזֶ֔הZehH2088mansave usיֹּשִׁעֵ֙נוּ֙yo.shi.'E.nuH3467?”So they despised himוַיִּבְזֻ֕הוּvai.yiv.Zu.huH959and broughtהֵבִ֥יאוּhe.Vi.'uH935himnoוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808giftsמִנְחָ֑הmin.ChahH4503;but Saul remainedוַיְהִ֖יvay.HiH1961silentכְּמַחֲרִֽישׁ׃ פke.ma.cha.RishH2790about it.

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